English > festinate: 1 sense > verb 1, changeMeaning | Act or move at high speed. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
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Synonyms | rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp |
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Caused by | rush, hurry | urge to an unnatural speed |
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Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
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Spanish | acelerar, apresurarse, apurarse, apurar |
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Catalan | abalançar-se, accelerar-se, afanyar-se, apressar-se, apressar, atropellar, cuitar, donar-se pressa, llençar-se, precipitar-se |
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Nouns | festination | involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease) |
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