Found 2 items, similar to Sped.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sped
speed
n 1: distance travelled per unit time [syn:
velocity]
2: a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens;
“the
project advanced with gratifying speed” [syn:
swiftness,
fastness]
3: changing location rapidly [syn:
speeding,
hurrying]
4: the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera)
lens system [syn:
focal ratio,
f number,
stop number]
5: a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and
decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some
forms of depression [syn:
amphetamine,
pep pill,
upper]
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sped]
speed
v 1: step on it;
“He rushed down the hall to receive his guests”;
“The cars raced down the street” [syn:
rush,
hotfoot,
hasten,
hie,
race,
pelt along,
rush along,
cannonball along
,
bucket along,
belt along] [ant:
linger]
2: move faster;
“The car accelerated” [syn:
accelerate,
speed up
,
quicken] [ant:
decelerate]
3: travel at an excessive or illegal velocity;
“I got a ticket
for speeding”
4: move very fast;
“The runner zipped past us at breakneck
speed” [syn:
travel rapidly,
hurry,
zip]
5: cause to move faster;
“He accelerated the car” [syn:
accelerate,
speed up] [ant:
decelerate]
[also:
sped]
sped
See
speed
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sped
Sped
\Sped\,
imp. & p. p. of
Speed.
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Speed
\Speed\ (sp[=e]d), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Sped (sp[e^]d),
Speeded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Speeding.] [AS. sp[=e]dan, fr.
sp[=e]d, n.; akin to D. spoeden, G. sich sputen. See
Speed,
n.]
1. To go; to fare. [Obs.]
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To warn him now he is too farre sped. --Remedy of
Love.
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2. To experience in going; to have any condition, good or
ill; to fare. --Shak.
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Ships heretofore in seas like fishes sped;
The mightiest still upon the smallest fed. --Waller.
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3. To fare well; to have success; to prosper.
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Save London, and send true lawyers their meed!
For whoso wants money with them shall not speed!
--Lydgate.
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I told ye then he should prevail, and speed
On his bad errand. --Milton.
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4. To make haste; to move with celerity.
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I have speeded hither with the very extremest inch
of possibility. --Shak.
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5. To be expedient. [Obs.] --Wyclif (2 Cor. xii. 1.)
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