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— John Keats

Thou still unravish'd bride of quietness,

Thou foster-child of silence and slow time,

Sylvan historian, who canst thus express

A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme:

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noun

The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.

“a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity”

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stripey

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Having stripes; striped.

In a Sentence

“He looked like a baby zebra, curled up in his stripy T-shirt.”

Origin

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Common Phrases

. stripey
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Related Words

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