present participle of quicken

An increase of speed. / The action of bringing someone or something to life. / The first noticeable movements of a foetus during pregnancy, or the period when this occurs.

plural of quickening

quickening

(transitive) / (intransitive) / (transitive) / (intransitive) To become quicker or faster.

(transitive, rare) To apply quicksilver (mercury) to (something); to combine (something) with quicksilver; to quicksilver.

(chiefly Ireland, Northern England) In full quicken tree: the European rowan, rowan, or mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia).

(chiefly Midlands (northern), Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also (chiefly in the plural), the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.

simple past tense and past participle of quicken

(chiefly Midlands (northern), Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also, the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.