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Verb speed has 5 senses
- rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along - step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentence:
They speed up the hill
- accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken - move faster; "The car accelerated"
--2 is one way to intensify, deepen
Sample sentence:
These cars won't speed
- speed - travel at an excessive or illegal velocity; "I got a ticket for speeding"
--3 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentence:
These cars won't speed
- travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip - move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"
--4 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentence:
These cars won't speed
- accelerate, speed, speed up - cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car"
--5 is one way to modify, qualify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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