| VERB | change | hasten, rush, hurry, look sharp, festinate | act or move at high speed |
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| motion | hasten, rush, hotfoot, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it | move fast | |
| social | hasten, expedite | speed up the progress of | |
| creation | hasten, induce, stimulate, rush | cause to occur rapidly |
| Sounds | hhey'sahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Act or move at high speed. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | rush, hurry, look sharp, festinate | |
| Caused by | rush, hurry | urge to an unnatural speed |
| Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
| Spanish | acelerar, apresurarse, apurarse, apurar | |
| Catalan | abalançar-se, accelerar-se, afanyar-se, apressar-se, apressar, atropellar, cuitar, donar-se pressa, llençar-se, precipitar-se | |
| Meaning | Move fast. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | rush, hotfoot, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it | |
| Entailed by | bustle, bustle about, hustle | Move or cause to move energetically or busily |
| stampede | run away in a stampede / stampede | |
| Narrower | barge, thrust ahead, push forward | Push one's way |
| dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot | Run or move very quickly or hastily | |
| tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck | Move quickly and violently | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Opposite | linger, dawdle | Take one's time |
| Spanish | apresurarse, correr, darse prisa, lanzarse, precipitarse, precipitar | |
| Catalan | afanyar-se, apressar, cuitar, llençar-se, precipitar-se, precipitar | |
| Meaning | speed up the progress of; facilitate. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | expedite | |
| Broader | help, assist, aid | Give help or assistance |
| Spanish | acelerar, activar, apresurar | |
| Catalan | accelerar, activar, apressar, cuitar | |
| Meaning | Cause to occur rapidly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | induce, stimulate, rush | |
| Broader | effect, effectuate, set up | produce |
| Spanish | estimular, provocar | |
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