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SpEd sped

Spelling: [sped]

IPA: /spɛd/

Sped is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in SpEd (deps).

Definitions for SpEd

noun

1. rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
2. relative rapidity in moving, going, etc.; rate of motion or progress:
3. full, maximum, or optimum rate of motion:
4. Automotive. a transmission gear ratio.
5. Photography. Also called film speed. the sensitivity of a film or paper to light, measured by an ASA or DIN index, which assigns low numbers to slow film and higher numbers to faster film. Also called shutter speed. the length of time a shutter is opened to expose film. the largest opening at which a lens can be used.
6. Slang. a stimulating drug, as caffeine, ephedrine, or especially methamphetamine or amphetamine.
7. Informal. a person or thing that is compatible with or typical of one's ability, personality, desires, etc.:
8. Archaic. success or prosperity.

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of speed.

Idioms

1. at full / top speed, at the greatest speed possible: to the maximum of one's capabilities; with great rapidity:
2. up to speed, operating at full or optimum speed. functioning or producing at an expected, acceptable, or competitive level; up to par:

verb (used with object)

1. to promote the success of (an affair, undertaking, etc.); further, forward, or expedite.
2. to direct (the steps, course, way, etc.) with speed.
3. to increase the rate of speed of (usually followed by up):
4. to bring to a particular speed, as a machine.
5. to cause to move, go, or proceed with speed.
6. to expedite the going of:
7. Archaic. to cause to succeed or prosper.

verb (used without object)

1. to move, go, pass, or proceed with speed or rapidity.
2. to drive a vehicle at a rate that exceeds the legally established maximum:
3. to increase the rate of speed or progress (usually followed by up).
4. to get on or fare in a specified or particular manner.
5. Archaic. to succeed or prosper.

Origin of SpEd

before 900; 1965-70 for def 6; (noun) Middle English spede good luck, prosperity, rapidity, Old English spēd; cognate with Dutch spoed, Old High German spōt; akin to Old English spōwan to pro

Examples for SpEd

The smugglers then sped off, leaving as many as a hundred people floating in the water.

Ambrose sped away, knowing that Perronel would be quite satisfied.

Diana had sped an arrow from her bow that is like the crescent moon.

Today the train station that once sped exports to all corners of the country runs one train a week.

Mothers pushed their children's heads down and they sped through town, leaving a trail of machine-gun shells in their wake.

With the news of an American being diagnosed with Ebola on U.S. soil, Garry hopes the process may be sped along.

The arrow that he sped from his cross-bow struck in the yellow flanks.

But Mary, regardless of maternal cacklings, sped after the doctor as he turned his horse.

The long hours, of watching and waiting, sped on, until it was nearly dark.

For some, it sped up a process of awakening that may have taken years.