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What does speed up mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word speed up? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To accelerate; to increase speed.
  2. (transitive) To increase the speed of something; to make something go faster.
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Often in some of these countries, vanilla beans are dried over fires to speed up the process, giving the vanilla beans a smoky aroma.
If the predictions are correct residents can expect pollution levels to triple, vegetation to be destroyed and global warming to speed up.
However warm or cold we are to the general idea of the EU, nothing we decide just now will slow or speed up its political momentum.
He said the package would include more aggressive measures to speed up bad debt write-offs and stabilize the banking system.
On Friday, the council voted to speed up planning for a UN peacekeeping force to be sent to Darfur to relieve underfinanced African Union troops.
The lane is intended to speed up travelling times for vehicles carrying the bulk of commuters.

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