Definition of
quickening has definitions from the field of biology
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[ noun ] (biology) the process of showing signs of life

Examples

"the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain"

Used in print

(Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)

In the other hemisphere it is growing colder and nymphs , those who stayed alive through the summer , are being brought into nests for quickening and more growing '' .

Related terms

organic_process

2
[ noun ] the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels movements of the fetus

Related terms

degree pregnancy

3
[ noun ] the act of accelerating; increasing the speed

Synonyms

acceleration speedup

Related terms

speed accelerate accelerate

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Rhymes with

thickening sickening weakening commissioning repositioning partitioning conditioning positioning envisioning cunning awakening glistening christening stiffening listening reckoning sickening sweetening seasoning reasoning thickening likening slackening blackening cushioning darkening winning summoning functioning sanctioning malfunctioning deepening inning rationing fashioning disillusioning vacationing lengthening counting worsening widening shunning unquestioning questioning lessening sinning pinning leavening deadening threatening deafening apportioning weaning sanctioning poisoning opening reclining declining running strengthening lengthening hastening heightening ripening happening saddening enlightening fastening broadening fattening softening determining tightening maddening loosening lightening frightening clowning printing crowning spinning listening grinning wanting designing whining wining heartening hardening disheartening gardening dampening shortening caning kenning glistening accounting stiffening christening stunning sweetening meaning adjoining whitening evening leaning yawning awning imprinting ballooning refining concerning disappointing defining warning whitening mining shining reckoning scanning aligning assigning regaining beginning cloning greening cleaning deepening crooning convening unreasoning cushioning waning tanning banning fining fawning downing dining pining signing dawning lining ironing ruining refining screening bargaining enchanting coarsening confining thinning housecleaning returning retaining remaining vacationing dissenting discerning demeaning cocooning mourning morning maddening intervening campaigning yearning heightening swooning saddening happening ripening governing frowning fattening fastening worsening planning softening browning tightening self-governing lightning rationing disheartening whining ordaining zoning moaning combining churning joining penning returning heartening hardening blackening gardening frightening remaining

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