English Dictionary

speed

/spiːd/

verb

(intransitive, archaic) To succeed; to prosper, be lucky. / (transitive, archaic) To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour. / (intransitive) To go fast.

He speeds down the highway.

意味（1）

(intransitive, archaic) To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.

And yf I maye fynde suche a knyghte that hath all these vertues / he may drawe oute this swerd oute of the shethe / for I haue ben at kyng Ryons / it was told me ther were passyng good knyghtes / and he and alle his knyghtes haue assayed it and none can spede

意味（2）

(transitive, archaic) To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour.

God speed, until we meet again.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To go fast.

The Ferrari was speeding along the road.

意味（4）

(intransitive) To exceed the speed limit.

Why do you speed when the road is so icy?

意味（5）

(transitive) To increase the rate at which something occurs.

It is possible that the uterine contractions speed the sperm along.

意味（6）

(intransitive, slang) To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.

Jackie is just speeding away / Thought she was James Dean for a day

意味（7）

(obsolete) To be expedient.

意味（8）

(archaic) To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin.

infected with the fashions, full of wingdalls, sped with spavins, rayed with yellows

意味（9）

(archaic) To wish success or good fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.

Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.

意味（10）

To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.

He sped him thence, home to his habitation.

意味（11）

To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.

Judicial acts […] are sped in open court at the instance of one or both of the parties.