Quick |
Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate. |
superl. |
Quick |
Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready. |
superl. |
Quick |
Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick. |
superl. |
Quick |
Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper. |
superl. |
Quick |
Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen. |
superl. |
Quick |
Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear. |
superl. |
Quick |
Pregnant; with child. |
superl. |
Quick |
In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick. |
adv. |
Quick |
That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge. |
n. |
Quick |
The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick, to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively. |
n. |
Quick |
Quitch grass. |
n. |
Quick |
To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive. |
v. t. & i. |
Quick-scented |
Acute of smell. |
a. |
Quick-witted |
Having ready wit |
a. |
Quick-wittedness |
Readiness of wit. |
n. |
Second-sighted |
Having the power of second-sight. |
a. |
Sharp-sighted |
Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and figuratively. |
a. |
Sighted |
of Sight |
imp. & p. p. |
Sighted |
Having sight, or seeing, in a particular manner; -- used in composition; as, long-sighted, short-sighted, quick-sighted, sharp-sighted, and the like. |
a. |
Clear-sighted |
Seeing with clearness; discerning; as, clear-sighted reason |
a. |