Word Finder - accelerates

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To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

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To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.

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to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.

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To cause a change of velocity.

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To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.

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to accelerate our departure

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To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.

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To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.

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Grow; increase.

An enzyme is a highly active protein that accelerates a chemical reaction.

In the Persian tradition the crime of Cambyses is the murder of his brother; he is further accused of drunkenness, in which he commits many crimes, and thus accelerates his ruin.

The huge financial savings that new technology brings with it, accelerates the demise of the old.

When light strikes a photocathode inside the tube, an electron is emitted, which accelerates toward the first anode in a multiplier unit.

Despite a reassuringly solid weight for such a low slung compact frame it accelerates and holds speed superbly.

Acidic rain accelerates the disintegration of cushion fibers.

It accelerates so strongly, you actually have to be careful, because you can suddenly find yourself driving at too high a speed for the road.

Magnetic fields influence cell interactions with ions, and this actually accelerates the body's ability to heal itself by increasing blood circulation to key areas in the body.

All three types of UV can damage collagen, which accelerates the aging process in the skin.

Controlling your kart is handled with the d-pad (the touch screen is rarely used in the game), while A accelerates, B brakes, R hops, and L/X use items.

This condition accelerates clotting, which ironically can result in hemorrhage when the clotting factors are exhausted.

This concern intensifies if the vomiting is accompanied by diarrhea that accelerates fluid and electrolyte depletion.

Over time as glucose production accelerates, the child develops hyperglycemia or glucotoxicity and lipotoxicity (hyperlipidemia or high fat levels in the blood) as well.

Werner Syndrome, a rare disease that accelerates aging.

Dr. Dean Ornish, the founder of the Life Choice Diet, supports the idea that the enzymes produced for the digestion of a particular food accelerates many chemical reactions in the body that leads to a higher metabolic rate.

It's called an acceleration rider because it accelerates payment of the insurance policy's death benefit.

Sun exposure also accelerates the aging process.

Mild redness and flaking is normal, as Natural Advantage accelerates the cell turnover rate of the skin.

If this is admitted the poverty of tropical sea-water in mineral nitrogen compounds is explained by the higher temperature, which accelerates the activity of denitrifying bacteria.

The irregularity of spacing has thus the effect of a convex lens, which accelerates the marginal relatively to the central rays.

Increasing your exercise levels accelerates this rate.