facilitate. To quicken, in the sense here considered, is to increase speed, move or cause to move more rapidly, as through more space or with, a greater number of motions in the same time. To accelerate is to increase the speed of action or of motion. A motion whose speed increases upon itself is said to be accelerated, as the motion of a falling body, which becomes swifter with every second of time.
: one of the young unfurling fronds of some ferns that are often eaten as greens âcalled also fiddlehead fern.See fiddlehead defined for kids. ADVERTISEMENT. one of the young unfurling fronds of some ferns that are often eaten as greens âcalled also fiddlehead fern.
Noun. 1. fiddle-bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow. violin. Amati-a violin made by Nicolo Amati or a member of his family.. any instrument of the viol or violin family, esp the violin. 2. (Instruments) a violin played as a folk instrument. 3. time-wasting or trifling behaviour; nonsense; triviality. 4. (Nautical Terms) nautical a small railing around the top of a table to prevent objects from falling off it in bad weather.