Definition of speed

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Speed (v. t.) To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.

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Hastily :: Hastily (adv.) In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.
Static :: Stathmograph (n.) A contrivance for recording the speed of a railway train.
Eftsoons :: Eftsoons (adv.) Again; anew; a second time; at once; speedily.
Hurried :: Hurried (a.) Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried writer; a hurried life..
Rakish :: Rakish (a.) Having a saucy appearance indicative of speed and dash.
Fleetness :: Fleetness (n.) Swiftness; rapidity; velocity; celerity; speed; as, the fleetness of a horse or of time..
Betimes :: Betimes (adv.) In a short time; soon; speedily; forth with.
Breakneck :: Breakneck (a.) Producing danger of a broken neck; as, breakneck speed..
Student :: Studding sail () A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase her speed. Its head is bent to a small spar which is called the studding-sail boom. See Illust. of Sail..
Slip :: Slip (n.) The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller..
Regulate :: Regulate (v. t.) To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate, degree, or condition; as, to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc..
Speed :: Speed (n.) The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel..
Expeditive :: Expeditive (a.) Performing with speed.
Hurry :: Hurry (v. t.) To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
Speed :: Speed (v. t.) To cause to be successful, or to prosper; hence, to aid; to favor..
Dispatch :: Dispatch (v. t.) The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste..
Posthaste :: Posthaste (n.) Haste or speed in traveling, like that of a post or courier..
Brush :: Brush (n.) A short contest, or trial, of speed..
Speedwell :: Speedwell (n.) Any plant of the genus Veronica, mostly low herbs with pale blue corollas, which quickly fall off..
Speedful :: Speedful (a.) Full of speed (in any sense).
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