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speed
noun
    1. Rate of movement or action, especially distance travelled per unit of time.
      Thesaurus: acceleration, tempo, velocity.
    2. Quickness; rapidity.
      Example: with speed
      Thesaurus: haste, hurry, rapidity, alacrity, promptness, velocity; Antonym: slowness, tardiness.
    3. A gear setting on a vehicle.
      Example: five-speed gearbox
    4. A photographic film's sensitivity to light.
    5. drug-taking slang
verb, intr
    sped, speeding
    1. To move quickly.
      Thesaurus: hasten, quicken, hurry, rush, hurtle, race, sprint; Antonym: delay.
    speeded, speeding
    2. To drive at a speed higher than the legal limit.
Derivative: speeder
    Idiom: at speed
      Quickly.
    Etymology: Anglo-Saxon sped.

    Phrasal Verb: speed up or speed something up
      To increase in speed or make it increase in speed.


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