(~s, accelerating, ~d)
1.
If the process or rate of something ~s or if something ~s it, it gets faster and faster.
Growth will ~ to 2.9 per cent next year...
The government is to ~ its privatisation programme.
VERB: V, V n
2.
When a moving vehicle ~s, it goes faster and faster.
Suddenly the car ~d...
She ~d away from the kerb.
VERB: V, V prep/adv