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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also, the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses. Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, plural, plural-only

   "Quickens are not confined to one species of grass."

2. 2
   plural of quicken Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, form-of, plural

Verb

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

couch grassquicken

Example

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"Quickens are not confined to one species of grass."

Etymology

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

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