Definition of Speed
-
(n.) Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.
-
(n.) The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel.
-
(n.) One who, or that which, causes or promotes speed or success.
-
(n.) To go; to fare.
-
(n.) To experience in going; to have any condition, good or ill; to fare.
-
(n.) To fare well; to have success; to prosper.
-
(n.) To make haste; to move with celerity.
-
(n.) To be expedient.
-
(v. t.) To cause to be successful, or to prosper; hence, to aid; to favor.
-
(v. t.) To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
-
(v. t.) To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
-
(v. t.) To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin; to undo.
-
(v. t.) To wish success or god fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
Homophones of Speed
No Homophones Found.