locomote
Verb
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Change location;
Move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically (synset 201839438)"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"subtypes:- circulate, go around, spread - become widely known and passed on
- carry - cover a certain distance or advance beyond
- ease - move gently or carefully
- whish - move with a whishing sound
- float - move lightly, as if suspended
- swap - move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science
- seek - go to or towards
- whine - move with a whining sound
- fly - be dispersed or disseminated
- ride - move like a floating object
- come - cover a certain distance
- ghost - move like a ghost
- betake oneself - displace oneself; go from one location to another
- overfly, pass over - fly over
- travel - undergo transportation as in a vehicle
- wend - direct one's course or way
- do - travel or traverse (a distance)
- raft - travel by raft in water
- get about, get around - move around; move from place to place
- repair, resort - move, travel, or proceed toward some place
- cruise - travel at a moderate speed
- journey, travel - travel upon or across
- come, come up - move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
- round - wind around; move along a circular course
- trundle - move heavily
- push - move strenuously and with effort
- travel purposefully - travel volitionally and in a certain direction with a certain goal
- swing - change direction with a swinging motion; turn
- cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander - move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- take the air, walk - take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure
- meander, thread, wander, weave, wind - to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- forge, spirt, spurt - 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
- scramble - to move hurriedly
- slide, slither - to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
- roll, wheel - move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
- glide - move smoothly and effortlessly
- bounce, jounce - move up and down repeatedly
- breeze - to proceed quickly and easily
- be adrift, blow, drift, float - be in motion due to some air or water current
- play - move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- float, swim - be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- swim - move as if gliding through water
- walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
- move around, turn - pass to the other side of
- circle - travel around something
- slice into, slice through - move through a body or an object with a slicing motion
- drift, err, stray - wander from a direct course or at random
- run - travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
- step - shift or move by taking a step
- drive, motor - travel or be transported in a vehicle
- automobile - travel in an automobile
- ski - move along on skis
- fly, wing - travel through the air; be airborne
- steam, steamer - travel by means of steam power
- tram - travel by tram
- taxi - travel slowly
- ferry - travel by ferry
- caravan - travel in a caravan
- ride, sit - sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
- prance - spring forward on the hind legs
- swim - travel through water
- arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise - move upward
- ascend, go up - travel up
- come down, descend, fall, go down - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- fall - descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
- crank, zigzag - travel along a zigzag path
- follow, travel along - travel along a certain course
- advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
- draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw - pull back or move away or backward
- retrograde - move in a direction contrary to the usual one
- continue, go forward, proceed - move ahead; travel onward in time or space
- back - travel backward
- pan - make a sweeping movement
- follow - to travel behind, go after, come after
- lead, precede - move ahead (of others) in time or space
- follow, pursue - follow in or as if in pursuit
- return - go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
- derail, jump - run off or leave the rails
- flock - move as a crowd or in a group
- accompany - go or travel along with
- billow - move with great difficulty
- circulate - move around freely from person to person or from place to place
- circle - move in a circular path above (someone or something)
- angle - move or proceed at an angle
- pass - go across or through
- go by, go past, pass, pass by, surpass, travel by - move past
- hurry, speed, travel rapidly, zip - move very fast
- speed - travel at an excessive or illegal velocity
- zoom - move with a low humming noise
- drive - move by being propelled by a force
- belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it - move hurridly
- shack, trail - move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly
- shuttle - travel back and forth between two points
- hiss, whoosh - move with a whooshing sound
- whisk - move quickly and nimbly
- career - move headlong at high speed
- circuit - make a circuit
- lance - move quickly, as if by cutting one's way
- go around, outflank - go around the flank of (an opposing army)
- propagate - travel through the air
- draw - move or go steadily or gradually
- change, transfer - change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
- swash - make violent, noisy movements
- pace - go at a pace
- step, tread - put down or press the foot, place the foot
- step - move with one's feet in a specific manner
- hurtle - move with or as if with a rushing sound
- retreat - move away, as for privacy
- whistle - move with, or as with, a whistling sound
- island hop - travel from one island to the next
- plough, plow - move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil
- lurch - move slowly and unsteadily
- sift - move as if through a sieve
- fall - move in a specified direction
- 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
- bang - move noisily
- precess - move in a gyrating fashion
- 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
- snowshoe - travel on snowshoes
- beetle - fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle
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