| locomote | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ circulate, go around, spread | become widely known and passed on.; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office" |
| ~ carry | cover a certain distance or advance beyond.; "The drive carried to the green" |
| ~ ease | move gently or carefully.; "He eased himself into the chair" |
| ~ whish | move with a whishing sound.; "The car whished past her" |
| ~ float | move lightly, as if suspended.; "The dancer floated across the stage" |
| ~ swap | move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science. |
| ~ seek | go to or towards.; "a liquid seeks its own level" |
| ~ whine | move with a whining sound.; "The bullets were whining past us" |
| ~ fly | be dispersed or disseminated.; "Rumors and accusations are flying" |
| ~ ride | move like a floating object.; "The moon rode high in the night sky" |
| ~ come | cover a certain distance.; "She came a long way" |
| ~ ghost | move like a ghost.; "The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard" |
| ~ betake oneself | displace oneself; go from one location to another. |
| ~ overfly, pass over | fly over.; "The plane passed over Damascus" |
| ~ travel | undergo transportation as in a vehicle.; "We travelled North on Rte. 508" |
| ~ wend | direct one's course or way.; "wend your way through the crowds" |
| ~ do | travel or traverse (a distance).; "This car does 150 miles per hour"; "We did 6 miles on our hike every day" |
| ~ raft | travel by raft in water.; "Raft the Colorado River" |
| ~ get about, get around | move around; move from place to place.; "How does she get around without a car?" |
| ~ resort, repair | move, travel, or proceed toward some place.; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods" |
| ~ cruise | travel at a moderate speed.; "Please keep your seat belt fastened while the plane is reaching cruising altitude" |
| ~ journey, travel | travel upon or across.; "travel the oceans" |
| ~ come, come up | move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody.; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ round | wind around; move along a circular course.; "round the bend" |
| ~ trundle | move heavily.; "the streetcar trundled down the avenue" |
| ~ push | move strenuously and with effort.; "The crowd pushed forward" |
| ~ travel purposefully | travel volitionally and in a certain direction with a certain goal. |
| ~ swing | change direction with a swinging motion; turn.; "swing back"; "swing forward" |
| ~ roam, rove, stray, vagabond, wander, ramble, range, swan, drift, tramp, cast, roll | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" |
| ~ take the air, walk | take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure.; "The lovers held hands while walking"; "We like to walk every Sunday" |
| ~ meander, thread, wind, wander, weave | to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course.; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body" |
| ~ spirt, spurt, forge | move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy. |
| ~ crawl, creep | move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground.; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed" |
| ~ scramble | to move hurriedly.; "The friend scrambled after them" |
| ~ slither, slide | to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly.; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate" |
| ~ roll, wheel | move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle.; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds" |
| ~ glide | move smoothly and effortlessly. |
| ~ jounce, bounce | move up and down repeatedly. |
| ~ breeze | to proceed quickly and easily. |
| ~ be adrift, drift, float, blow | be in motion due to some air or water current.; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore" |
| ~ play | move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly.; "The spotlights played on the politicians" |
| ~ float, swim | be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom. |
| ~ swim | move as if gliding through water.; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives" |
| ~ walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
| ~ move around, turn | pass to the other side of.; "turn the corner"; "move around the obstacle" |
| ~ circle | travel around something.; "circle the globe" |
| ~ slice into, slice through | move through a body or an object with a slicing motion.; "His hand sliced through the air" |
| ~ drift, err, stray | wander from a direct course or at random.; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course" |
| ~ run | travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means.; "Run to the store!"; "She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there" |
| ~ step | shift or move by taking a step.; "step back" |
| ~ motor, drive | travel or be transported in a vehicle.; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater" |
| ~ automobile | travel in an automobile. |
| ~ ski | move along on skis.; "We love to ski the Rockies"; "My children don't ski" |
| ~ fly, wing | travel through the air; be airborne.; "Man cannot fly" |
| ~ steam, steamer | travel by means of steam power.; "The ship steamed off into the Pacific" |
| ~ tram | travel by tram. |
| ~ taxi | travel slowly.; "The plane taxied down the runway" |
| ~ ferry | travel by ferry. |
| ~ caravan | travel in a caravan. |
| ~ ride, sit | sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions.; "She never sat a horse!"; "Did you ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young mare" |
| ~ prance | spring forward on the hind legs.; "The young horse was prancing in the meadow" |
| ~ swim | travel through water.; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank" |
| ~ go up, rise, move up, lift, arise, come up, uprise | move upward.; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" |
| ~ ascend, go up | travel up,.; "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope" |
| ~ come down, descend, go down, fall | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" |
| ~ fall | descend in free fall under the influence of gravity.; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse" |
| ~ crank, zigzag | travel along a zigzag path.; "The river zigzags through the countryside" |
| ~ travel along, follow | travel along a certain course.; "follow the road"; "follow the trail" |
| ~ advance, march on, move on, progress, go on, pass on | move forward, also in the metaphorical sense.; "Time marches on" |
| ~ draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retreat, withdraw, retire | pull back or move away or backward.; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" |
| ~ retrograde | move in a direction contrary to the usual one.; "retrograding planets" |
| ~ go forward, proceed, continue | move ahead; travel onward in time or space.; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now" |
| ~ back | travel backward.; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree" |
| ~ pan | make a sweeping movement.; "The camera panned across the room" |
| ~ follow | to travel behind, go after, come after.; "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum" |
| ~ precede, lead | move ahead (of others) in time or space. |
| ~ pursue, follow | follow in or as if in pursuit.; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life" |
| ~ return | go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before.; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean" |
| ~ derail, jump | run off or leave the rails.; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks" |
| ~ flock | move as a crowd or in a group.; "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears" |
| ~ accompany | go or travel along with.; "The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere" |
| ~ billow | move with great difficulty.; "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed" |
| ~ circulate | move around freely.; "She circulates among royalty" |
| ~ circle, circulate | move in circles. |
| ~ angle | move or proceed at an angle.; "he angled his way into the room" |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| ~ go past, pass by, travel by, go by, pass, surpass | move past.; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" |
| ~ hurry, travel rapidly, zip, speed | move very fast.; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed" |
| ~ speed | travel at an excessive or illegal velocity.; "I got a ticket for speeding" |
| ~ zoom | move with a low humming noise. |
| ~ drive | move by being propelled by a force.; "The car drove around the corner" |
| ~ belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it, hasten | move fast.; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" |
| ~ shack, trail | move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly.; "John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart" |
| ~ shuttle | travel back and forth between two points. |
| ~ hiss, whoosh | move with a whooshing sound. |
| ~ whisk | move quickly and nimbly.; "He whisked into the house" |
| ~ career | move headlong at high speed.; "The cars careered down the road"; "The mob careered through the streets" |
| ~ circuit | make a circuit.; "They were circuiting about the state" |
| ~ lance | move quickly, as if by cutting one's way.; "Planes lanced towards the shore" |
| ~ outflank, go around | go around the flank of (an opposing army). |
| ~ propagate | travel through the air.; "sound and light propagate in this medium" |
| ~ draw | move or go steadily or gradually.; "The ship drew near the shore" |
| ~ transfer, change | change from one vehicle or transportation line to another.; "She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast" |
| ~ swash | make violent, noisy movements. |
| ~ pace | go at a pace.; "The horse paced" |
| ~ tread, step | put down or press the foot, place the foot.; "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake" |
| ~ step | move with one's feet in a specific manner.; "step lively" |
| ~ hurtle | move with or as if with a rushing sound.; "The cars hurtled by" |
| ~ retreat | move away, as for privacy.; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer" |
| ~ whistle | move with, or as with, a whistling sound.; "The bullets whistled past him" |
| ~ island hop | travel from one island to the next.; "on the cruise, we did some island-hopping" |
| ~ plough, plow | move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil.; "The ship plowed through the water" |
| ~ lurch | move slowly and unsteadily.; "The truck lurched down the road" |
| ~ sift | move as if through a sieve.; "The soldiers sifted through the woods" |
| ~ fall | move in a specified direction.; "The line of men fall forward" |
| ~ drag | move slowly and as if with great effort. |
| ~ run | move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way.; "who are these people running around in the building?"; "She runs around telling everyone of her troubles"; "let the dogs run free" |
| ~ bang | move noisily.; "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged around the house" |
| ~ precess | move in a gyrating fashion.; "the poles of the Earth precess at a right angle to the force that is applied" |
| ~ move around, travel | travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge. |
| ~ ride | sit on and control a vehicle.; "He rides his bicycle to work every day"; "She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town" |
| ~ snowshoe | travel on snowshoes.; "After a heavy snowfall, we have to snowshoe to the grocery store" |
| ~ beetle | fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle.; "He beetled up the staircase"; "They beetled off home" |
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