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quickens

Syllables: quick·ensUK/ˈkwɪk(ə)ns/

quickens noun: synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also, the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses. Also the plural of quicken.

Noun

quickens pl (plural only)

  1. (Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, plural, plural-only, chiefly Midlands (northern)) Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also, the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.
    • Quickens are not confined to one species of grass.1898, Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, Transactions
    Synonyms:
    couch grass

Also used as

quickens is also the plural of quicken.

quickens is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of quicken.

Synonyms of quickens

Origin of quickens

From quicken + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs).

Phrases with quickens

Questions about quickens

What does quickens mean?
Quickens means synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also, the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.
What part of speech is quickens?
Quickens is a noun.
How do you pronounce quickens?
Quickens is pronounced /ˈkwɪk(ə)ns/ (UK).

Words near quickens in the dictionary

  1. quickeneth
  2. quickening
  3. quickening up
  4. quickeningly
  5. quickenings
  6. quickens
  7. quickens up
  8. quicker
  9. quicker on the draw
  10. quicker sighted
  11. quicker than a minnow can swim a dipper

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