Quicken
verb
Make or become faster or quicker.
The sight of food quickened his steps.
Often appears as...
- quicken the pace
- quicken the process
verb
Stimulate or become stimulated.
His interest was quickened by the challenge.
Often appears as...
- quicken interest
- quicken desire
verb
Make alive or lively.
The coffee served to quicken his senses.
Often appears as...
- quicken senses
- quicken spirits
verb
Make or become faster or quicker.
The sight of food quickened his steps.
Often appears as...
- quicken the pace
- quicken the process
verb
Stimulate or become stimulated.
His interest was quickened by the challenge.
Often appears as...
- quicken interest
- quicken desire
verb
Make alive or lively.
The coffee served to quicken his senses.
Often appears as...
- quicken senses
- quicken spirits
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Action Acceleration
Used when actions or events are sped up, often urgently.
The manager's announcement quickened the project's completion.
Pro Tip 2/3Time-sensitive
Implies a reaction to something with a limited timeframe or deadline.
The deadline quickened her typing speed dramatically.
Pro Tip 3/3Increased Urgency
Shows a sudden rise in the importance or necessity of an action.
The approaching storm quickened our preparations.
Pro Tip 1/3Action Acceleration
Used when actions or events are sped up, often urgently.
The manager's announcement quickened the project's completion.
Pro Tip 2/3Time-sensitive
Implies a reaction to something with a limited timeframe or deadline.
The deadline quickened her typing speed dramatically.
Pro Tip 3/3Increased Urgency
Shows a sudden rise in the importance or necessity of an action.
The approaching storm quickened our preparations.
Pro Tip 1/3Action Acceleration
Used when actions or events are sped up, often urgently.
The manager's announcement quickened the project's completion.
Pro Tip 2/3Time-sensitive
Implies a reaction to something with a limited timeframe or deadline.
The deadline quickened her typing speed dramatically.
Pro Tip 3/3Increased Urgency
Shows a sudden rise in the importance or necessity of an action.
The approaching storm quickened our preparations.
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The psychology of...
to help regulate functions like heart rate, digestion, and respiration. These signals start a chemical cascade that floods the body with several different stress hormones, causing physiological changes that prepare the body to defend itself. Our heart rate speeds up, breathing quickens,
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The history of human...
and therefore represent the building blocks of our entire emotional lives. Well, if you look at an emotion like this, then it looks like a simple it's triggered by an external predicament, it's hardwired, it's there to protect us from harm. So you see a bear, your heart rate quickens,
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Obesity PIPE National...
want to do so much more but my body is the one telling me you know I got slowed down here and slow it down but I'm running out of time in order to quicken his weight-loss Francis has opted for a radical solution a gastric bypass surgery basically what they're gonna do
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Beating a Lie Detector...
movies some steely-eyed spy tried to conceal the truth from a mysterious interrogator but can you beat a lie detector in real life lying is a stressful business the natural physiological reactions to telling a big fat whopper is that your pulse quickens
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Awkward Stare PIPE Brain...
well and that feeling that you did something wrong can increase stress levels releasing adrenaline and cortisol which can cause you to breathe faster make your pulse quicken and even raise your body temperature all from having some unwanted eyes on you
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Why the universe seems...
He stood up and moved out from behind his desk. 'What is the atom mostly made of?' he thought, 'Space.' He started walking. 'What am I mostly made of? Atoms.' He quickened his pace, almost to a jog now. 'What is the wall mostly made of?'
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Is our universe the only...
it similarly the astronomers results are surely well deserving of the nobel prize but they raised an analogous question what force is driving all galaxies to rush away from every other at an ever quickening speed well the
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The powerful stories...
And he must have been aware that he was living through a moment of quickening change, of growing confidence in our continent. He must have been aware of new states that were building their influence
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TED2015 in review PIPE...
him to do every sound somebody gives a TED talk he gets stronger it's like the quickening it's amazing they've also said that this vest would allow us to
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Giant Crocodilians PIPE...
and follow quickening their pace upstream many will find their way to the fabled cayman lake which few humans have laid eyes on
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The psychology of...
to help regulate functions like heart rate, digestion, and respiration. These signals start a chemical cascade that floods the body with several different stress hormones, causing physiological changes that prepare the body to defend itself. Our heart rate speeds up, breathing quickens,
Video examples
The history of human...
and therefore represent the building blocks of our entire emotional lives. Well, if you look at an emotion like this, then it looks like a simple it's triggered by an external predicament, it's hardwired, it's there to protect us from harm. So you see a bear, your heart rate quickens,
Video examples
Obesity PIPE National...
want to do so much more but my body is the one telling me you know I got slowed down here and slow it down but I'm running out of time in order to quicken his weight-loss Francis has opted for a radical solution a gastric bypass surgery basically what they're gonna do
Video examples
Beating a Lie Detector...
movies some steely-eyed spy tried to conceal the truth from a mysterious interrogator but can you beat a lie detector in real life lying is a stressful business the natural physiological reactions to telling a big fat whopper is that your pulse quickens
Video examples
Awkward Stare PIPE Brain...
well and that feeling that you did something wrong can increase stress levels releasing adrenaline and cortisol which can cause you to breathe faster make your pulse quicken and even raise your body temperature all from having some unwanted eyes on you
Video examples
Why the universe seems...
He stood up and moved out from behind his desk. 'What is the atom mostly made of?' he thought, 'Space.' He started walking. 'What am I mostly made of? Atoms.' He quickened his pace, almost to a jog now. 'What is the wall mostly made of?'
Video examples
Is our universe the only...
it similarly the astronomers results are surely well deserving of the nobel prize but they raised an analogous question what force is driving all galaxies to rush away from every other at an ever quickening speed well the
Video examples
The powerful stories...
And he must have been aware that he was living through a moment of quickening change, of growing confidence in our continent. He must have been aware of new states that were building their influence
Video examples
TED2015 in review PIPE...
him to do every sound somebody gives a TED talk he gets stronger it's like the quickening it's amazing they've also said that this vest would allow us to
Video examples
Giant Crocodilians PIPE...
and follow quickening their pace upstream many will find their way to the fabled cayman lake which few humans have laid eyes on
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Jane McGonigal
American Designer
It seems like what happens when we play games is that we go into a psychological state called eustress, or positive stress. It's basically the same as negative stress in the sense that we get our adrenaline up, you know, our breathing rate quickens, our pulse quickens.
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Amos Bronson Alcott
American Educator
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples.
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Martha Graham
American Dancer
There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.
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Agnes Gund
American Public Servant
The arts capture our insecurities, quicken our instincts, guide us through threats. They help us know ourselves. They help us know each other. They help us know better.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
American Politician
I fear that the hearts of the vast majority of mankind would beat on strongly and steadily and without any quickening if the league were to perish altogether.
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Kurt Elling
American Musician
My intellect was quickened at divinity school, and my abilities to discern were strengthened, and that's always valuable.
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Giacomo Puccini
Italian Composer
Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
American Activist
Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
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Alex Ebert
American Musician
Pro Tools was invented to quicken the recording process.
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Stefon Diggs
American Athlete
I try to do anything I can to quicken things up.
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Jane McGonigal
American Designer
It seems like what happens when we play games is that we go into a psychological state called eustress, or positive stress. It's basically the same as negative stress in the sense that we get our adrenaline up, you know, our breathing rate quickens, our pulse quickens.
Quote examples
Amos Bronson Alcott
American Educator
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples.
Quote examples
Martha Graham
American Dancer
There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.
Quote examples
Agnes Gund
American Public Servant
The arts capture our insecurities, quicken our instincts, guide us through threats. They help us know ourselves. They help us know each other. They help us know better.
Quote examples
Henry Cabot Lodge
American Politician
I fear that the hearts of the vast majority of mankind would beat on strongly and steadily and without any quickening if the league were to perish altogether.
Quote examples
Kurt Elling
American Musician
My intellect was quickened at divinity school, and my abilities to discern were strengthened, and that's always valuable.
Quote examples
Giacomo Puccini
Italian Composer
Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.
Quote examples
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
American Activist
Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
Quote examples
Alex Ebert
American Musician
Pro Tools was invented to quicken the recording process.
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Stefon Diggs
American Athlete
I try to do anything I can to quicken things up.
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