eilen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- accelerate verb To go faster, or to make something go faster.
- hasten verb To move or act quickly, or to make something happen sooner.
- hie verb To hurry or go quickly (archaic or literary).
- hurry verb To move or act with speed, or to make someone or something move faster.
- lope verb To move with a relaxed, easy stride, usually at a steady pace.
- rush verb To hurry or do something very quickly, sometimes carelessly.
- scuttle noun An open bucket or container used for carrying coal.
- skelter verb To hurry or scurry off in a disorderly rush.
- skitter verb To move quickly and lightly, as if scampering.
Senses
eilen is used for these senses in English:
- accelerate (transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
- hasten (intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion.
- hie (intransitive, poetic) To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry.
- hotfoot it (intransitive, informal) to hasten; to move rapidly
- hurry (intransitive) To do things quickly.
- lope To travel an easy pace with long strides.
- rush (transitive, or, intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
- scuttle (intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry.
accelerate — full definition
- verb To go faster, or to make something go faster.
- verb To make something happen sooner or more quickly than planned.