0 present participle of accelerate
1 When a vehicle or its driver accelerates, the speed of the vehicle increases:
The driver accelerated on the bend and appeared to lose control of the vehicle.
We watched as the motorbike accelerated away into the distance.
The van driver accelerated every time I tried to overtake him.
Anne gripped my hand as the plane began accelerating along the runway.
You have to accelerate gradually as you run down the track, and then take a big jump.
Accelerating forest succession in a fragmented landscape: the role of birds and perches.
However, the essential theatrical dimension of the accelerating tape delay will have disappeared.
This activity is encouraged by very high accelerating gradients possible inside the plasma.
