QUICKENING
Dictionary entry overview: What does quickening mean?
• QUICKENING (noun)
The noun QUICKENING has 3 senses:
1. the process of showing signs of life
2. the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus
3. the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
Familiarity information: QUICKENING used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• QUICKENING (noun)
Meaning:
The process of showing signs of life
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Context example:
the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain
Hypernyms ("quickening" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
Meaning:
The stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("quickening" is a kind of...):
degree; level; point; stage (a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process)
Holonyms ("quickening" is a part of...):
gestation; maternity; pregnancy (the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus)
Meaning:
The act of accelerating; increasing the speed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
speedup; acceleration; quickening
Hypernyms ("quickening" is a kind of...):
hurrying; speed; speeding (changing location rapidly)
