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quickens en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkwɪk(ə)ns/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, plural, plural-only, qualifier: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:
2. (Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, form-of, plural, qualifier:chiefly Midlands (northern)) plural of quicken
   form of quicken

Synonyms

couch grass

quickens en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈkwɪk(ə)ns/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of quicken
   form of quicken