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Definition of Speed up
1. Verb. Move faster. "These cars won't speed up "; "The car accelerated"
Specialized synonyms: Brisk, Brisk Up, Brisken
Generic synonyms: Deepen, Intensify
Derivative terms: Accelerative, Acceleratory, Quickening, Speed, Speed, Speed, Speedup
Antonyms: Decelerate
2. Verb. Cause to move faster. "He accelerated the car"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Acceleration, Acceleration, Accelerative, Accelerator, Accelerator, Acceleratory, Speed, Speed, Speed, Speedup
Antonyms: Decelerate
Definition of Speed up
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To accelerate, to increase speed ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Speed Up
Literary usage of Speed up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1908)
"... at any speed up to 18.5 miles per hr. This is for continuous duty. At maximum
duty for short periods the FIG. ..."
2. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1919)
"speed up the engine a little by opening or moving the throttle lever towards you,
a couple of notches. Al«o, advance the spark to a normal running position, ..."
3. Roosevelt in the Kansas City Star: War-time Editorials by Theodore Roosevelt (1921)
"TELL THE TRUTH AND speed up THE WAR JANUARY 4, 1918 ANY maji who at this time
leaves undone anything to increase our fighting efficiency is a foe of America ..."
4. Roosevelt in the Kansas City Star: War-time Editorials by Theodore Roosevelt (1921)
"speed up THE WORK FOR THE ARMY AND GIVE ALL WHO ENTER IT FAIR PLAY AUGUST 23,
1918 OUR Government must learn that needless delay is worse ..."
5. The Manufacture of Pulp and Paper: A Textbook of Modern Pulp and Paper Mill by J. Newell Stephenson (1921)
"Therefore, if a series motor without load be connected to the line, it will tend
to speed up more and more, but it can never reach the point where the ..."
6. The Manufacture of Pulp and Paper: A Textbook of Modern Pulp and Paper Mill by J. Newell Stephenson (1921)
"Therefore, if a series motor without load be connected to the line, it will tend
to speed up more and more, but it can never reach the point where the ..."
7. The Future of German Industrial Exports: Practical Suggestions for by Siegfried Herzog (1918)
"Capital Does Not Exist Independently of the State"—Prods to speed up "Progress"—Compulsory
Reports of Discoveries—The Veil of Mystery to Enshroud German ..."
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