v., -tened, -ten·ing, -tens.

v.intr.

To move or act swiftly.

v.tr.

1. To cause to hurry.
2. To speed up; accelerate: fanned the wet paint to hasten drying. See synonyms at speed.

verb

1. To move swiftly: bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hurry, hustle, pelt², race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour², shoot, speed, sprint, tear¹, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom. Informal hotfoot, rip. Slang barrel, highball. Chiefly British nip¹. Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, stepjumpon it. See move/halt.
2. To increase the speed of: accelerate, expedite, hurry, hustle, quicken, speed (up), step up. See fast/slow/velocity.

v

Definition: speed something; hurry
Antonyms: delay, go slow, lag, linger, loiter, procrastinate, rest, slow down, tarry

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IN BRIEF: v. - Act or move at high speed; Cause to occur rapidly; Step on it; Speed up the progress of.

People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - ile, skynde sig
v. tr. - fremskynde, forcere

Nederlands (Dutch)
bespoedigen, verhaasten, ijlen, zich reppen/spoeden, tot haast aansporen

Français (French)
v. intr. - accélérer, précipiter
v. tr. - se hâter, s'empresser de, partir en toute hâte

Deutsch (German)
v. - sich beeilen, hasten, beschleunigen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - βιάζομαι, σπεύδω, επισπεύδω, επιταχύνω, προτρέχω

Italiano (Italian)
affrettarsi, accelerare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - acelerar

Русский (Russian)
спешить, подгонять, ускорять

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - apresurarse, darse prisa
v. tr. - acelerar, apretar el paso

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - skynda (sig), påskynda

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
赶快, 急忙, 催促, 加速

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 趕快, 急忙
v. tr. - 催促, 加速

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 서두르다, 서둘러~하다
v. tr. - 서두르게 하다, 촉진하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 急がす, せきたてる, 早める, 促進する, 急ぐ, 急がせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يستعجله, يحثه على العجله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮מיהר‬
v. tr. - ‮החיש, האיץ‬

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