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quickening
quick·en Q0029200 (kwĭk′ən)v. quick·ened, quick·en·ing, quick·ens v.tr.1. To make more rapid: Stress quickens the pulse.2. To cause (a body or soul, for example) to become alive; vitalize.3. To excite and stimulate; stir: Such stories quicken the imagination.v.intr.1. To become more rapid. See Synonyms at speed.2. To come or return to life, as a soul.3. To become excited or stimulated: Our interest in the project has quickened.4. To reach the stage of pregnancy when the fetus can be felt to move.
quick′en·er n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | quickening - the process of showing signs of life; "the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain"biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms | | 2. | quickening - the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetusdegree, stage, level, point - a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"maternity, pregnancy, gestation - the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus | | 3. |  quickening - the act of accelerating; increasing the speedspeedup, accelerationhurrying, speeding, speed - changing location rapidly |
quickeningadjectiveServing to enliven:animating, enlivening, rousing, stimulating, vitalizing, vivifying.Translations
IdiomsSeequicken the/(one's) pulseEncyclopediaSeeQuickenquickening
quickening [kwik´en-ing] the first perceptible movement of the fetus in the uterus, appearing usually in the sixteenth to eighteenth week of pregnancy.quick·en·ing (kwik'ĕn-ing), Signs of life felt by the mother as a result of fetal movements, usually appearing 16-20 weeks into pregnancy. [A.S. cwic, living] quickening (kwĭk′ə-nĭng)n. The initial signs of fetal life felt by the mother as a result of movement by the fetus.quickening Obstetrics A subjective sensation experienced by the mother during early pregnancy, that occurs around the 16th gestational wk. See Bonding. Cf Lightening. quick·en·ing (kwik'ĕn-ing) Signs of life felt by the mother as a result of the fetal movements, usually first noted at 17 to 20 weeks of pregnancy. [A.S. cwic, living]quickening Perception by the mother-to-be of movements of the fetus in the womb. In first pregnancies this is usually noticed around the 20th week, but, with experience, quickening may be recognized as early as the 16th week.quickening
Related to quickening: fetal movementSynonyms for quickeningadj serving to enlivenSynonyms- animating
- enlivening
- rousing
- stimulating
- vitalizing
- vivifying
Synonyms for quickeningnoun the process of showing signs of lifeRelated Words- biological process
- organic process
noun the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetusRelated Words- degree
- stage
- level
- point
- maternity
- pregnancy
- gestation
noun the act of acceleratingSynonymsRelated Words |