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QUICKENING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of accelerating; increasing the speed
Synonyms:
acceleration; quickening; speedup
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("quickening" is a kind of...):
hurrying; speed; speeding (changing location rapidly)
Derivation:
quicken (move faster)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The process of showing signs of life
Example:
the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("quickening" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("quickening" is a kind of...):
degree; level; point; stage (a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process)
Holonyms ("quickening" is a part of...):
gestation; maternity; pregnancy (the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus)
Derivation:
quicken (show signs of life)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb quicken
