Quicken
verb — past tense: quickened ; past participle: quickened ; present participle: quickening ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (1. To become more rapid. 2. To come or return to life: "And the weak spirit quickens". 3. To reach the stage of pregnancy when the fetus can be felt to move) steps quicken ញាប់ឡើង, hopes quicken មានឡើងវិញ
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To make or become quick stimulate: to move more rapidly; to animate; to speed up, to revive; to become more lively or eager) quicken one's pace ធ្វើអោយគាប់ប្រសើរឡើង
Example: Mr. Surin quickened his steps as the rain began to fail, The man's story quickened Dang's interest in him.quicken hope ធ្វើអោយមានក្ដីសង្ឃឹមឡើងវិញ - 3.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ធ្វើអោយលឿន ឬរហ័ស
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: quickened ; past participle: quickened ; present participle: quickening ;
- 1.
- To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.
- 2.
- To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts; to quicken one's departure or speed.
- 3.
- To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To come to life; to become alive; to become vivified or enlivened; hence, to exhibit signs of life; to move, as the fetus in the womb.
- 5.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated; as, his pulse quickened.
- 1.
- dispatch, expedite, facilitate, forward, hasten, hurry, push, rush, speed
- 2.
- hurry, accelerate, speed, hasten, step up, speed up, expedite
- 3.
- animate, enliven, vivify, liven
- 1.
- block, hinder, impede, retard, slow