Meaning

1 senses

  1. To accelerate.

Examples

15 sentences

  1. The car continued to pick up speed.

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  2. The car started to pick up speed.

    Автомобіль почав набирати швидкість. — lingvokrolik

    ruАвтомобиль начал набирать скорость. — marafon

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  3. The winds are picking up speed.

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  4. The train continued to pick up speed.

    deDer Zug nahm immer weiter Fahrt auf. — Yorwba

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  5. The train will pick up speed in a minute.

    ruЧерез минуту поезд наберёт скорость. — sharptoothed

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Forms

picks up speed, picking up speed, picked up speed, picked up speed
Base formpick up speed · to pick up speed
3rd person singularpicks up speed
Present participlepicking up speed
Past simplepicked up speed
Past participlepicked up speed

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypick up speed
he, she, itpicks up speed

Past simpleLesson

all personspicked up speed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave picked up speed
he, she, ithas picked up speed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pick up speed

Synonyms

2 synonyms
gather speedgather pace

Word family

1 related words
Relatedgather steam

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
piccolopickB1pickaxepickerpicket
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