speed

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/spiːd/]

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1. speed (verb) — sense 1

Definition: To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.

Example: 18ᵗʰc., Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland
At night returning, every labor sped, / He sits him down the monarch of a shed: / Smiles by his cheerful fire, and round surveys, / His children’s looks, that brighten at the blaze;

2. speed (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour.

Example: God speed, until we meet again.

3. speed (verb) — sense 3

Definition: To go fast.

Example: The Ferrari was speeding along the road.

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