HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary based on WordNet 2.1. This version links 147,249 word forms.
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| NOUN | 1 | speed, velocity | Distance travelled per unit time |
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| 2 | speed, swiftness, fastness | A rate (usually rapid) at which something happens | |
| 3 | speed, speeding, hurrying | Changing location rapidly | |
| 4 | speed, focal ratio, f number, stop number | The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system | |
| 5 | speed, amphetamine, pep pill, upper | A central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite | |
| VERB | 1 | speed, rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along | Step on it |
| 2 | speed, accelerate, speed up, quicken | Move faster | |
| 3 | speed | Travel at an excessive or illegal velocity | |
| 4 | speed, travel rapidly, hurry, zip | Move very fast | |
| 5 | speed, accelerate, speed up | Cause to move faster |
| Sounds | spiy'd |
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| Rhymes | accede, accompanied, agreed, and 107 more rhymes in iyd... |
| Meaning | Distance travelled per unit time. |
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| Synonyms | velocity |
| Broader | rate |
| Narrower | airspeed; escape velocity; groundspeed; hypervelocity; muzzle velocity; peculiar velocity; radial velocity; speed of light, light speed, c; steerageway; terminal velocity |
| Adjectives | speedy; speedy |
| Verbs | speed; speed; speed; speed; speed |
| Meaning | A rate (usually rapid) at which something happens. |
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| Examples | "the project advanced with gratifying speed" |
| Synonyms | swiftness, fastness |
| Broader | pace, rate |
| Narrower | haste, hastiness, hurry, hurriedness, precipitation; execution speed; graduality, gradualness |
| Attributes | fast; slow |
| Adjectives | speedy; speedy |
| Verbs | speed; speed; speed; speed; speed |
| Meaning | Changing location rapidly. |
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| Synonyms | speeding, hurrying |
| Broader | motion, movement, move |
| Narrower | acceleration, quickening, speedup; deceleration; scud, scudding |
| Adjectives | speedy; speedy |
| Verbs | speed; speed; speed; speed |
| Meaning | The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system. |
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| Synonyms | focal ratio, f number, stop number |
| Broader | ratio |
| Meaning | A central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite. Used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression. |
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| Synonyms | amphetamine, pep pill, upper |
| Broader | drug of abuse, street drug; stimulant, stimulant drug, excitant |
| Narrower | amphetamine sulfate, amphetamine sulphate; Benzedrine, bennie; dextroamphetamine sulphate, Dexedrine; methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash |
| Meaning | Step on it. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
| Model | They speed up the hill |
| Synonyms | rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along |
| Contrary | linger, dawdle |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
| See also | speed up |
| Narrower | barge, thrust ahead, push forward; tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck; dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot |
| Entailed by | stampede; bustle, bustle about, hustle |
| Nouns | speed; speeding; speed |
| Meaning | Move faster. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Model | These cars won't speed |
| Synonyms | accelerate, speed up, quicken |
| Contrary | decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard |
| Broader | intensify, deepen |
| Narrower | brisk, brisk up, brisken |
| Nouns | speed; speed; speed |
| Meaning | Travel at an excessive or illegal velocity. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
| Model | These cars won't speed |
| Examples | "I got a ticket for speeding" |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
| Nouns | speed; speed, speeding; speed; speeder |
| Meaning | Move very fast. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
| Model | These cars won't speed |
| Examples | "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed" |
| Synonyms | travel rapidly, hurry, zip |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
| See also | speed up |
| Narrower | flit, flutter, fleet, dart; run; zoom, zoom along, whizz, whizz along |
| Nouns | speed; speed; speed |
| Meaning | Cause to move faster. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | accelerate, speed up |
| Contrary | decelerate, slow down |
| Broader | modify, qualify |
| Nouns | speed; speed; speed |
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