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It depends on how it is used in the sentence. It can be either a verb or a noun.

If the sentence is something like:

"He watched the car chase speed by." Then it is a verb.

But if the sentence is something like:

"They drove with great speed." It is a noun.

Mostly, "speed" is not a verb, the correct form to identify a verb is if there is a presence of "to".

So, "to speed" is a verb, and "speed" is a noun.

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No. The past tense of speed is sped and while speeded may occasionally sound right it isn't a real word and is just a word we Americans use incorrectly.

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