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- Dictionaryquicken/ˈkwɪk(ə)n/
verb
- 1. make or become faster or quicker: "she quickened her pace, desperate to escape" Similar Opposite
- 2. stimulate or become stimulated: "her interest quickened" Similar Opposite
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QUICKEN definition: 1. to become quicker, or to make something become quicker: 2. If a feeling or quality quickens, it…. Learn more.
The meaning of QUICKEN is to make alive : revive. How to use quicken in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Quicken.
Quicken definition: to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten. See examples of QUICKEN used in a sentence.
QUICKEN meaning: 1. to become quicker, or to make something become quicker: 2. If a feeling or quality quickens, it…. Learn more.
Definition of quicken verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
When things quicken, they speed up or make something go faster. If you're late for school, you should probably quicken your pace. Your heartbeat probably quickens when you're afraid or after you've been running fast, and you could also say that your curiosity quickens (or increases) when you overhear a mysterious phone call. The oldest meaning ...
If something quickens or if you quicken it, it becomes faster or moves at a greater speed.
to become faster or to cause something to become faster: His breathing quickened. (Definition of quicken from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of quicken. in Chinese (Traditional) （使）變快，（使）加速, （情緒，素質）受到激發, 激發（情緒，素質）… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) （使）变快，（使）加速, （情绪，素质）受到激发, 激发（情绪，素质）… See more.
to give or restore vigor or activity to; stir up, rouse, or stimulate: to quicken the imagination. to revive; restore life to: The spring rains quickened the earth. See more
1. to make or become faster; accelerate: he quickened his walk; her heartbeat quickened with excitement. 2. to impart to or receive vigour, enthusiasm, etc; stimulate or be stimulated: science quickens man's imagination. 3. to make or become alive; revive. 4. (Gynaecology & Obstetrics) a. (of an unborn fetus) to begin to show signs of life.
