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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

  1. verb To go faster, or to make something go faster.
  2. verb To make something happen sooner or more quickly than planned.
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