Synonyms of the word brisken


BRISKENACCELERATE - BRISK - QUICKEN - SPEED

brisken

  • v. To become, or make, brisk or brisker.

accelerate

  • v. (transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
  • v. (transitive) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
  • v. (transitive, physics) To cause a change of velocity.
  • v. (transitive) To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
  • v. (transitive, education) To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
  • v. (intransitive) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
  • v. (intransitive) Grow; increase.
  • v. (obsolete) Alternative form of accelerated.
  • adj. (rare) Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.

brisk

  • adj. Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick.
  • adj. Full of spirit of life; effervescing.
  • adj. (archaic) sparkling.
  • adj. Stimulating or invigorating.
  • adj. Abrupt, curt in one's manner or in relation to others.
  • v. (transitive, often with "up") To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate.

quicken

  • v. (transitive, now literary) To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive.
  • v. (intransitive, now literary) To come back to life, receive life.
  • v. (intransitive) To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be roused, excited.
  • v. (intransitive) Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy…
  • v. (transitive) To make quicker; to hasten, speed up.
  • v. (intransitive) To become faster.
  • v. (shipbuilding) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper.
  • n. (now chiefly Northern England) The European rowan, Sorbus aucuparia.

speed

  • n. The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion; rapidity.
  • n. The rate of motion or action, specifically (mathematics)/(physics) the magnitude of the velocity; the…
  • n. (photography) The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.
  • n. (photography) The duration of exposure, the time during which a camera shutter is open.
  • n. (photography) The largest size of the lens opening at which a lens can be used.
  • n. (photography) The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a photographic objective.
  • n. (slang, uncountable) Amphetamine or any amphetamine-based drug (especially methamphetamine) used as a…
  • n. (archaic) Luck, success, prosperity.
  • n. (slang) Personal preference.
  • v. (intransitive, archaic) To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour.
  • v. (intransitive) To go fast.
  • v. (intransitive) To exceed the speed limit.
  • v. (transitive) To increase the rate at which something occurs.
  • v. (intransitive, slang) To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.
  • v. (obsolete) To be expedient.
  • v. (archaic) To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin.
  • v. (archaic) To wish success or good fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
  • v. To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
  • v. To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.

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