quicken
kwi kuhn
- v move faster
- v make keen or more acute
- v give life or energy to
- v show signs of life
the fetus quickened - v give new life or energy to
- For Greenspan and his colleagues at the Fed, which has been gradually raising interest rates over the past year, the quandary is whether to quicken the pace or take a break.
- If prices dip lower, he adds, the pace of the slowdown will quicken as domestic oil and gas fields that demand expensive, high-technology drilling methods will be shut.
- Every morning, I watch an Arab worker quicken his pace as he traverses to the Israeli side of my street.