quickening
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the process of showing signs of life
the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain
Types & categories
- organic process hypernym
Sense 2 noun
the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus
Types & categories
- stage hypernym
Parts & wholes
- maternity part holonym
Related & opposite
- quicken derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
Types & categories
- speeding hypernym
Related & opposite
- deceleration antonym
- quicken derivation
- accelerate derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | organic process |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | quicken |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | maternity |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | stage |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | deceleration |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | quicken |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | accelerate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | speeding |