Classes Space Motion
Motion
Nouns
motion, movement, move
going etc. v.
unrest. stream, flow, flux, run, course, stir
evolution
kinematics
telekinesis. step, rate, pace, tread, stride, gait, port, footfall, cadence, carriage, velocity, angular velocity
clip, progress, locomotion
journey etc. [Locomotion by land.] Journey
voyage etc. [Locomotion by water, or air.] Navigation
transit etc. Transference . restlessness etc. (changeableness) Changeableness
mobility
movableness, motive power
laws of motion
mobilization.
Verbs
be in motion etc. adj.
move, go, hie, gang, budge, stir, pass, flit
hover about, hover round, hover about
shift, slide, glide
roll, roll on
flow, stream, run, drift, sweep along
wander etc. (deviate) Deviation
walk etc. [Locomotion by land.] Journey
change one's place, shift one's place, change one's quarters, shift one's quarters
dodge
keep going, keep moving
put in motion, set in motion
move
impel etc. Impulse
propel etc. [Motion given to an object situated in front.] Propulsion
render movable, mobilize.
Adverbs
under way
on the move, on the wing, on the tramp, on the march.
Nouns
rest
stillness etc. adj.
quiescence
stagnation, stagnancy
fixity, immobility, catalepsy
indisturbance
quietism. quiet, tranquility, calm
repose etc. Repose
peace
dead calm, anticyclone
statue-like repose
silence etc. Narrowness. Thinness
not a breath of air, not a mouse stirring
sleep etc. (inactivity) Inactivity . pause, lull etc. (cessation) [Change from action to rest.] Cessation
stand still
standing still etc. v.
lock
dead lock, dead stop, dead stand
full stop
fix
embargo. resting place
bivouac
home etc. (abode) [Place of habitation, or resort.] Abode
pillow etc. (support) Support
haven etc. (refuge) [Means of safety.] Refuge
goal etc. (arrival) [Terminal motion at.] Arrival
Verbs
be quiescent etc. adj.
stand still, lie still
keep quiet, repose, hold the breath. remain, stay
stand, lie to, ride at anchor, remain in situ, tarry, mark time
bring to, heave to, lay to
pull up, draw up
hold, halt
stop, stop short
rest, pause, anchor
cast to an anchor, come to an anchor
rest on one's oars
repose on one's laurels, take breath
stop etc. (discontinue) [Change from action to rest.] Cessation
let alone
abide, rest and be thankful
keep within doors, stay at home, go to bed. dwell etc. (be present) Presence
settle etc. (be located) Location
alight etc. (arrive) [Terminal motion at.] Arrival
stick, stick fast
stand like a post
not stir a peg, not stir a step
be at a stand etc. n.. quell, becalm, hush, stay, lull to sleep, lay an embargo on.
Adjectives
quiescent, still
motionless, moveless
fixed
stationary
immotile
at rest at a stand, at a standstill, at anchor
stock, still
standing still etc. v.
sedentary, untraveled, stay-at-home
becalmed, stagnant, quiet
unmoved, undisturbed, unruffled
calm, restful
cataleptic
immovable etc. (stable) Stability
sleeping etc. (inactive) Inactivity
silent etc. Silence
still as a statue, still as a post, still as a mouse, still as death
vegetative, vegetating.
Adverbs
at a stand etc. adj.
tout court
at the halt.
Int
stop!, stay!, avast!, halt!, hold hard!, whoa!, hold!, sabr karo! .
Nouns
travel
traveling etc. v.. wayfaring, campaigning. journey, excursion, expedition, tour, trip, grand tour, circuit, peregrination, discursion, ramble, pilgrimage, hajj, trek, course, ambulation, march, walk, promenade, constitutional, stroll, saunter, tramp, jog trot, turn, stalk, perambulation
noctambulation, noctambulism
somnambulism
outing, ride, drive, airing, jaunt. equitation, horsemanship, riding, ride and tie
basophobia. roving, vagrancy, pererration
marching and countermarching
nomadism
vagabondism, vagabondage
hoboism [U.S.]
gadding
flit, flitting, migration
emigration, immigration, demigration, intermigration
wanderlust. plan, itinerary, guide
handbook, guidebook, road book
Baedeker, Bradshaw, Murray
map, road map, transportation guide, subway map. procession, cavalcade, caravan, file, cortege, column. [Organs and instruments of locomotion] vehicle etc. Vehicle
automobile, train, bus, airplane, plane, autobus, omnibus, subway, motorbike, dirt bike, off-road vehicle, van, minivan, motor scooter, trolley, locomotive
legs, feet, pegs, pins, trotters. traveler etc. Traveler . depot [U.S.] , railway station, station.
Verbs
travel, journey, course
take a journey, go a journey
take a walk, go out for walk etc. n.
have a run
take the air. flit, take wing
migrate, emigrate
trek
rove, prowl, roam, range, patrol, pace up and down, traverse
scour the country, traverse the country
peragrate
circumambulate, perambulate
nomadize, wander, ramble, stroll, saunter, hover, go one's rounds, straggle
gad, gad about
expatiate. walk, march, step, tread, pace, plod, wend, go by shank's mare
promenade
trudge, tramp
stalk, stride, straddle, strut, foot it, hoof it, stump, bundle, bowl along, toddle
paddle
tread a path. take horse, ride, drive, trot, amble, canter, prance, fisk, frisk, caracoler, caracole
gallop etc. (move quickly) Velocity . [start riding] embark, board, set out, hit the road, get going, get underway. peg on, jog on, wag on, shuffle on
stir one's stumps
bend one's steps, bend one's course
make one's way, find one's way, wend one's way, pick one's way, pick one's way, thread one's way, plow one's way
slide, glide, coast, skim, skate
march in procession, file on, defile. go to, repair to, resort to, hie to, betake oneself to.
Adjectives
traveling etc. v.
ambulatory, itinerant, peripatetic, roving, rambling, gadding, discursive, vagrant, migratory, monadic
circumforanean, circumforaneous
noctivagrant, mundivagrant
locomotive. wayfaring, wayworn
travel-stained.
Nouns
navigation
aquatics
boating, yachting
ship etc. Ship
oar, paddle, screw, sail, canvas, aileron. natation, swimming
fin, flipper, fish's tail. aerostation, aerostatics, aeronautics
balloonery
balloon etc. Ship
ballooning, aviation, airmanship
flying, flight, volitation
wing, pinion
rocketry, space travel, astronautics, orbital mechanics, orbiting. voyage, sail, cruise, passage, circumnavigation, periplus
headway, sternway, leeway
fairway. mariner etc. Mariner . flight, trip
shuttle, run, airlift.
Verbs
sail
put to sea etc. (depart) [Initial motion from.] Departure
take ship, get under way
set sail, spread sail, spread canvas
gather way, have way on
make sail, carry sail
plow the waves, plow the deep, plow the main, plow the ocean
walk the waters. navigate, warp, luff, scud, boom, kedge
drift, course, cruise, coast
hug the shore, hug the land
circumnavigate. ply the oar, row, paddle, pull, scull, punt, steam. swim, float
buffet the waves, ride the storm, skim, dive, wade. fly, be wafted, hover, soar, flutter, jet, orbit, rocket
take wing, take a flight, take off, ascend, blast off, land, alight
wing one's flight, wing one's way
aviate
parachute, jump, glide.
Adjectives
sailing etc. v.
volant, aerostatic
seafaring, nautical, maritime, naval
seagoing, coasting
afloat
navigable
aerial, aeronautic
grallatory.
Adverbs
under way, under sail, under canvas, under steam
on the wing, in flight, in orbit.
Phrases
bon voyage
spread the thin oar and catch the driving spread the thin oar and catch the driving gale" [Pope] .
Nouns
traveler, wayfarer, voyager, itinerant, passenger, commuter. tourist, excursionist, explorer, adventurer, mountaineer, hiker, backpacker, Alpine Club
peregrinator, wanderer, rover, straggler, rambler
bird of passage
gadabout, gadling
vagrant, scatterling, landloper, waifs and estrays, wastrel, foundling
loafer
tramp, tramper
vagabond, nomad, Bohemian, gypsy, Arab, Wandering Jew, Hadji, pilgrim, palmer
peripatetic
somnambulist, emigrant, fugitive, refugee
beach comber, booly
globegirdler, globetrotter
vagrant, hobo [U.S.] , night walker, sleep walker
noctambulist, runabout, straphanger, swagman, swagsman [Austral.]
trecker, trekker, zingano, zingaro. runner, courier
Mercury, Iris, Ariel, comet. pedestrian, walker, foot passenger
cyclist
wheelman. rider, horseman, equestrian, cavalier, jockey, roughrider, trainer, breaker. driver, coachman, whip, Jehu, charioteer, postilion, postboy, carter, wagoner, drayman
cabman, cabdriver
voiturier, vetturino, condottiere
engine driver
stoker, fireman, guard
chauffeur, conductor, engineer, gharry-wallah, gari-wala, hackman, syce, truckman.
Nouns
sailor, mariner, navigator
seaman, seafarer, seafaring man
dock walloper [Slang]
tar, jack tar, salt, able seaman, A. B.
man-of-war's man, bluejacket, galiongee, galionji, marine, jolly, midshipman, middy
skipper
shipman, boatman, ferryman, waterman, lighterman, bargeman, longshoreman
bargee, gondolier
oar, oarsman
rower
boatswain, cockswain
coxswain
steersman, pilot
crew. aerial navigator, aeronaut, balloonist, Icarus
aeroplanist, airman, aviator, birdman, man-bird, wizard of the air, aviatrix, flier, pilot, test pilot, glider pilot, bush pilot, navigator, flight attendant, steward, stewardess, crew
astronaut, cosmonaut
parachutist, paratrooper.
Nouns
transfer, transference
translocation, elocation
displacement
metastasis, metathesis
removal
remotion, amotion
relegation
deportation, asportation
extradition, conveyance, draft, carrying, carriage
convection, conduction, contagion
transfer etc. (of property) Transfer . transit, transition
passage, ferry, gestation
portage, porterage, carting, cartage
shoveling etc. v.
vection, vecture, vectitation
shipment, freight, wafture
transmission, transport, transportation, importation, exportation, transumption, transplantation, translation
shifting, dodging
dispersion etc. Nonassemblage. Dispersion
transposition etc. (interchange) [Double or mutual change.] Interchange
traction etc. [Motion given to an object situated behind.] Traction[Thing transferred] drift.
Verbs
transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate
convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry
carry over, ferry over
hand pass, forward
shift
conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach
tote [U.S.]
port, import, export. send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver
ship, embark
waft
shunt
transpose etc. (interchange) [Double or mutual change.] Interchange
displace etc. Displacement
throw etc. [Motion given to an object situated in front.] Propulsion
drag etc. [Motion given to an object situated behind.] Traction
mail, post. shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon.
Adjectives
transferred etc. v.
drifted, movable
portable, portative
mailable [U.S.]
contagious.
Adverbs
from hand to hand, from pillar to post. on the way, by the way
on the road, on the wing, under way, in transit, on course
as one goes
en route, in mid progress, in mid course.
Nouns
carrier, porter, bearer, tranter, conveyer
cargador
express, expressman
stevedore, coolie
conductor, locomotive, motor. beast, beast of burden, cattle, horse, nag, palfrey, Arab, blood horse, thoroughbred, galloway, charger, courser, racer, hunter, jument, pony, filly, colt, foal, barb, roan, jade, hack, bidet, pad, cob, tit, punch, roadster, goer
racehorse, pack horse, draft horse, cart horse, dray horse, post horse
ketch
Shetland pony, shelty, sheltie
garran, garron
jennet, genet, bayard, mare, stallion, gelding
bronco, broncho, cayuse [U.S.]
creature, critter [U.S.]
cow pony, mustang, Narraganset, waler
stud. Pegasus, Bucephalus, Rocinante. ass, donkey, jackass, mule, hinny
sumpter horse, sumpter mule
burro, cuddy, ladino [U.S.]
reindeer
camel, dromedary, llama, elephant
carrier pigeon. [object used for carrying] pallet, brace, cart, dolley
support etc. Support
fork lift. carriage etc. (vehicle) Vehicle
ship etc. Ship .
Nouns
vehicle, conveyance, carriage, caravan, van
common carrier
wagon, waggon, wain, dray, cart, lorry. truck, tram
cariole, carriole
limber, tumbrel, pontoon
barrow
wheel barrow, hand barrow
perambulator
Bath chair, wheel chair, sedan chair
chaise
palankeen, palanquin
litter, brancard, crate, hurdle, stretcher, ambulance
black Maria
conestoga wagon, conestoga wain
jinrikisha, ricksha, brett, dearborn [U.S.] , dump cart, hack, hackery, jigger, kittereen, mailstate, manomotor, rig, rockaway, prairie schooner [U.S.] , shay, sloven, team, tonga, wheel
hobbyhorse, go-cart
cycle
bicycle, bike, two-wheeler
tricycle, velocipede, quadricycle. equipage, turn-out
coach, chariot, phaeton, break, mail phaeton, wagonette, drag, curricle, tilbury, whisky, landau, barouche, victoria, brougham, clarence, calash, britzka, araba, kibitka
berlin
sulky, sociable, vis-a-vis
jaunting car, outside car
dandi
doolie, dooly
munchil, palki
roller skates, skate
runabout
ski
tonjon
vettura. post chaise, diligence, stage
stage coach, mail coach, hackney coach, glass coach
stage wagon, car, omnibus, fly, cabriolet, cab, hansom, shofle, four-wheeler, growler, droshki, drosky. dogcart, trap, whitechapel, buggy, four-in-hand, unicorn, random, tandem
shandredhan, automobile, limousine, car, auto, jalopy, clunker, lemon, flivver, coupe, sedan, two-door sedan, four-door sedan, luxury sedan
wheels [Coll.] , sports car, roadster, jeep, four-wheel drive vehicle, electric car, steamer
golf cart, electric wagon
taxicab, cab, taxicoach, checker cab, yellow cab
station wagon, family car
motorcycle, motor bike, side car
van, minivan, bus, minibus, microbus
truck, wagon, pick-up wagon, pick-up, tractor-trailer, road train, articulated vehicle
racing car, racer, hot rod, stock car, souped-up car. bob, bobsled, bobsleigh
cutter
double ripper, double runner [U.S.]
jumper, sled, sledge, sleigh, toboggan. train
accommodation train, passenger train, express trail, special train, corridor train, parliamentary train, luggage train, freight train, goods train
Existence st class train, Inexistence nd class train, Substantiality rd class train, Existence st class carriage, Inexistence nd class carriage, Substantiality rd class carriage, Existence st class compartment, Inexistence nd class compartment, Substantiality rd class compartment
rolling stock
horse box, cattle truck
baggage car, express car, freight car, parlor car, dining car, Pullman car, sleeping car, sleeper, dome car
surface car, tram car, trolley car
box car, box wagon
horse car [U.S.]
bullet train, cannonball, the Wabash cannonball, lightning express
luggage van
mail, mail car, mail van. shovel, spool, spatula, ladle, hod, hoe
spade, spaddle, loy
spud
pitchfork
post hole digger. [powered construction vehicles] tractor, steamshovel, backhoe, fork lift, earth mover, dump truck, bulldozer, grader, caterpillar, trench digger, steamroller
pile driver
crane, wrecking crane.
Nouns
ship, vessel, sail
craft, bottom. navy, marine, fleet, flotilla
shipping. man of war etc. (combatant) Combatant
transport, tender, storeship
merchant ship, merchantman
packet, liner
whaler, slaver, collier, coaster, lighter
fishing boat, pilot boat
trawler, hulk
yacht
baggala
floating hotel, floating palace
ocean greyhound. ship, bark, barque, brig, snow, hermaphrodite brig
brigantine, barkantine
schooner
topsail schooner, for and aft schooner, three masted schooner
sloop, cutter, corvette, clipper, foist, yawl, dandy, ketch, smack, lugger, barge, hoy, cat, buss
sailer, sailing vessel
windjammer
steamer, steamboat, steamship, liner, ocean liner, cruisp, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash
punch, thwack, whack
hit hard, strike hard
swap, batter, dowse, baste
pelt, patter, buffet, belabor
fetch one a blow
poke at, pip, ship of the line
destroyer, cruiser, frigate
landing ship, LST
aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop [Coll.] , nuclear powered carrier
submarine, submersible, atomic submarine. boat, pinnace, launch
life boat, long boat, jolly boat, bum boat, fly boat, cock boat, ferry boat, canal boat
swamp boat, ark, bully, battery, bateau [Can.] , broadhorn, dory, droger, drogher
dugout, durham boat, flatboat, galiot
shallop, gig, funny, skiff, dingy, scow, cockleshell, wherry, coble, punt, cog, kedge, lerret
eight oar, four oar, pair oar
randan
outrigger
float, raft, pontoon
prame
iceboat, ice canoe, ice yacht. catamaran, hydroplane, hovercraft, coracle, gondola, carvel, caravel
felucca, caique, canoe, birch bark canoe, dugout canoe
galley, galleyfoist
bilander, dogger, hooker, howker
argosy, carack
galliass, galleon
polacca, polacre, tartane, junk, lorcha, praam, proa, prahu, saick, sampan, xebec, dhow
dahabeah
nuggah
kayak, keel boat [U.S.] , log canoe, pirogue
quadrireme, trireme
stern-wheeler [U.S.]
wanigan, wangan [U.S.] , wharf boat. balloon
airship, aeroplane
biplane, monoplane, triplane
hydroplane
aerodrome
air balloon, pilot balloon, fire balloon, dirigible, zeppelin
aerostat, Montgolfier
kite, parachute. jet plane, rocket plane, jet liner, turbojet, prop-jet, propeller plane
corporate plane, corporate jet, private plane, private aviation
airline, common carrier
fighter, bomber, fighter-bomber, escort plane, spy plane
supersonic aircraft, subsonic aircraft.
Adverbs
afloat, aboard
on board, on ship board
hard a lee, hard a port, hard a starboard, hard a weather.
Nouns
velocity, speed, celerity
swiftness etc. adj.
rapidity, eagle speed
expedition etc. (activity) Activity
pernicity
acceleration
haste etc. Haste . spurt, rush, dash, race, steeple chase
smart rate, lively rate, swift rate etc. adj.
rattling rate, spanking rate, strapping rate, smart pace, lively pace, swift pace, rattling pace, spanking pace, strapping pace
round pace
flying, flight. lightning, greased lightning, light, electricity, wind
cannon ball, rocket, arrow, dart, quicksilver
telegraph, express train
torrent. eagle, antelope, courser, race horse, gazelle, greyhound, hare, doe, squirrel, camel bird, chickaree, chipmunk, hackee [U.S.] , ostrich, scorcher [Slang] . Mercury, Ariel, Camilla, Harlequin. [Measurement of velocity] log, log line
speedometer, odometer, tachometer, strobe, radar speed detector, radar trap, air speed gauge, wind sock, wind speed meter
pedometer.
Verbs
move quickly, trip, fisk
speed, hie, hasten, post, spank, scuttle
scud, scuddle
scour, scour the plain
scamper
run like mad, beat it
fly, race, run a race, cut away, shot, tear, whisk, zoom, swoosh, sweep, skim, brush
cut along, bowl along, barrel along, barrel
scorch, burn up the track
rush etc. (be violent) Violence
dash on, dash off, dash forward
bolt
trot, gallop, amble, troll, bound, flit, spring, dart, boom
march in quick time, march in double time
ride hard, get over the ground. hurry etc. (hasten) Haste
accelerate, put on
quicken
quicken one's pace, mend one's pace
clap spurs to one's horse
make haste, make rapid strides, make forced marches, make the best of one's way
put one's best leg foremost, stir one's stumps, wing one's way, set off at a score
carry sail, crowd sail
go off like a shot, go like a shot, go ahead, gain ground
outstrip the wind, fly on the wings of the wind. keep up with, keep pace with
outstrip etc. [Motion beyond] Transcursion
outmarch.
Adjectives
fast, speedy, swift, rapid, quick, fleet
aliped
nimble, agile, expeditious
express
active etc. Activity
flying, galloping etc. v.
light footed, nimble footed
winged, eagle winged, mercurial, electric, telegraphic
light-legged, light of heel
swift as an arrow etc. n.
quick as lightning etc. n., quick as a thought.
Adverbs
swiftly etc. adj.
with speed etc. n.
apace
at a great rate, at full speed, at railway speed
full drive, full gallop
posthaste, in full sail, tantivy
trippingly
instantaneously etc. [Point of time] Instantaneity
on eagle's wing, in double quick time
with rapid strides, with giant strides
in seven league boots
whip and spur
as fast as one's legs will carry one, as fast as one's heels will carry one
as fast as one can lay legs to the ground, at the top of one's speed
by leaps and bounds
with haste etc. Haste .
Phrases
I'll put a girdle about the earth in forty I'll put a girdle about the earth in forty minutes" [M.N.D.]
swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow" [M.N.D.]
go like a bat out of hell
Nouns
slowness etc. adj.
languor etc. (inactivity) Inactivity
drawl
creeping etc. v., lentor. retardation
slackening etc. v.
delay etc. (lateness) Lateness
claudication. jog trot, dog trot
mincing steps
slow march, slow time. slow goer, slow coach, slow back
lingerer, loiterer, sluggard, tortoise, snail
poke [U.S.]
dawdle etc. (inactive) Inactivity .
Verbs
move slowly etc. adv.
creep, crawl, lag, slug, drawl, linger, loiter, saunter
plod, trudge, stump along, lumber
trail, drag
dawdle etc. (be inactive) Inactivity
grovel, worm one's way, steal along
job on, rub on, bundle on
toddle, waddle, wabble, slug, traipse, slouch, shuffle, halt, hobble, limp, caludicate, shamble
flag, falter, trotter, stagger
mince, step short
march in slow time, march in funeral procession
take one's time
hang fire etc. (be late) Lateness . retard, relax
slacken, check, moderate, rein in, curb
reef
strike sail, shorten sail, take in sail
put on the drag, apply the brake
clip the wings
reduce the speed
slacken speed, slacken one's pace
lose ground.
Adjectives
slow, slack
tardy
dilatory etc. (inactive) Inactivity
gentle, easy
leisurely
deliberate, gradual
insensible, imperceptible
glacial, languid, sluggish, slow paced, tardigrade, snail-like
creeping etc. v.
reptatorial.
Adverbs
slowly etc. adj.
leisurely
piano, adagio
largo, larghetto
at half speed, under easy sail
at a foots pace, at a snail's pace, at a funeral pace
in slow time, with mincing steps, with clipped wings
by degrees, by slow degrees, by inches, by little and little
step by step, one step at a time
inch by inch, bit by bit, little by little, seriatim
consecutively.
Nouns
impulse, impulsion, impetus
momentum
push, pulsion, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost [U.S.] , throw
explosion etc. (violence) Violence
propulsion etc. [Motion given to an object situated in front.] Propulsion
impact
elan
charge etc. (attack) Attack
beating etc. (punishment) Punishment . blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab
fillip
slam, bang
hit, whack, thwack
cuff etc. Punishment
squash, dowse, swap, whap, punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce, calcitration
ruade
arietation
cut, thrust, lunge, yerk
carom, carrom, clip [Slang] , jab, plug [Slang] , sidewinder [U.S.] , sidewipe, sideswipe [U.S.] . hammer, sledge hammer, mall, maul, mallet, flail
ram, rammer
battering ram, monkey, pile-driving engine, punch, bat
cant hook
cudgel etc. (weapon) Arms
ax etc. (sharp) Sharpness . [Science of mechanical forces] dynamics
seismometer, accelerometer, earthquake detector.
Verbs
give an impetus etc. n.
impel, push
start, give a start to, set going
drive, urge, boom
thrust, prod
cant
elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter
run against, bump against, butt against
knock one's head against, run one's head against
impinge
boost [U.S.]
bunt, carom, clip y
fan, fan out
jab, plug [Slang] . strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash
punch, thwack, whack
hit hard, strike hard
swap, batter, dowse, baste
pelt, patter, buffet, belabor
fetch one a blow
poke at, pink, lunge, yerk
kick, calcitrate
butt, strike at etc. (attack) Attack
whip etc. (punish) Punishment . come into a collision, enter into collision
collide
sideswipe
foul
fall foul of, run foul of
telescope. throw etc. (propel) [Motion given to an object situated in front.] Propulsion
Adjectives
impelling etc. v.
impulsive, impellent
booming
dynamic, dynamical
impelled etc. v..
Phrases
a hit, a very palpable hit" [Hamlet] .
Nouns
recoil
reaction, retroaction
revulsion
bounce, rebound, ricochet
repercussion, recalcitration
kick
springing back etc. v.
elasticity etc. Elasticity
reflection, reflexion [Brit.] , reflex, reflux
reverberation etc. (resonance) Resonance
rebuff, repulse
return. ducks and drakes
boomerang
spring, reactionist. elastic collision, coefficient of restitution.
Verbs
recoil, react
spring back, fly back, bounce back, bound back
rebound, reverberate, repercuss, recalcitrate
echo, ricochet.
Adjectives
recoiling etc. v.
refluent, repercussive, recalcitrant, reactionary
retroactive.
Adverbs
on the rebound, on the recoil etc. n..
Phrases
for every action there is a reaction, equal in force for every action there is a reaction, equal in force and opposite in direction [Newton] .
Nouns
direction, bearing, course, vector
set, drift, tenor
tendency etc. Tendency
incidence
bending, trending etc. v.
dip, tack, aim, collimation
steering steerage. point of the compass, cardinal points
North East, South, West
N by E, ENE, NE by N, NE, c.
rhumb, azimuth, line of collimation. line, path, road, range, quarter, line of march
alignment, allignment
air line, beeline
straight shoot.
Verbs
tend towards, bend towards, point towards
conduct to, go to
point to, point at
bend, trend, verge, incline, dip, determine. steer for, steer towards, make for, make towards
aim at, level at
take aim
keep a course, hold a course
be bound for
bend one's steps towards
direct one's course, steer one's course, bend one's course, shape one's course
align one's march, allign one's march
to straight, go straight to the point
march on, march on a point. ascertain one's direction etc. n.
see which way the wind blows
box the compass
take the air line.
Adjectives
directed etc. v.. directed towards
pointing towards etc. v.
bound for
aligned, with alligned with
direct, straight
undeviating, unswerving
straightforward
North, Northern, Northerly, c. n..
Adverbs
towards
on the road, on the high road to
en avant
versus, to
hither, thither, whither
directly
straight as an arrow, forwards as an arrow
point blank
in a bee line to, in a direct line to, as the crow flies, in a straight line to, in a bee line for, in a direct line for, in a straight line for, in a bee line with, in a direct line with, in a straight line with
in a line with
full tilt at, as the crow flies. before the wind, near the wind, close to the wind, against the wind
windwards, in the wind's eye. through, via, by way of
in all directions, in all manner of ways
from the four winds.
Phrases
the shortest distance between two points is a the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.
Nouns
deviation
swerving etc. v.
obliquation, warp, refraction
flection, flexion
sweep
deflection, deflexure
declination. diversion, digression, depart from, aberration
divergence etc. [Motion further off.] Divergence
zigzag
detour etc. (circuit) Circuit
divagation. [Desultory motion] wandering etc. v.
vagrancy, evagation
bypaths and crooked ways
byroad. [Motion sideways, oblique motion] sidling etc. v.
knight's move at chess.
Verbs
alter one's course, deviate, depart from, turn, trend
bend, curve etc. Curvature
swerve, heel, bear off
gybe, wear. intervert
deflect
divert, divert from its course
put on a new scent, shift, shunt, draw aside, crook, warp. stray, straggle
sidle
diverge etc. [Motion further off.] Divergence
tralineate
digress, wander
wind, twist, meander
veer, tack
divagate
sidetrack
turn aside, turn a corner, turn away from
wheel, steer clear of
ramble, rove, drift
go astray, go adrift
yaw, dodge
step aside, ease off, make way for, shy. fly off at a tangent
glance off
wheel about, face about
turn to the right about, face to the right about
waddle etc. (oscillate) [Reciprocating motion, motion to and fro.] Oscillation
go out of one's way etc. (perform a circuit) Circuit
lose one's way.
Adjectives
deviating etc. v.
aberrant, errant
excursive, discursive
devious, desultory, loose
rambling
stray, erratic, vagrant, undirected, circuitous, indirect, zigzag
crab-like.
Adverbs
astray from, round about, wide of the mark
to the right about
all manner of ways
circuitously etc. Circuit . obliquely, sideling, like the move of the knight on a chessboard.
Verbs
go before, go ahead, go in the van, go in advance
precede, forerun
usher in, introduce, herald, head, take the lead
lead the way, lead the dance
get the start, have the start
steal a march
get before, get ahead, get in front of
outstrip etc. [Motion beyond] Transcursion
take precedence etc. (first in order) Precedence .
Adjectives
leading, precedent etc. v..
Adverbs
in advance, before, ahead, in the van, in the lead
foremost, headmost
in front
at the head, out in front
way out in front, far ahead.
Verbs
follow
pursue etc. [Purpose in action.] Pursuit
go after, fly after. attend, beset, dance attendance on, dog
tread in the steps of, tread close upon
be in the wake of, be in the trail of, be in the rear of, go in the wake of, go in the trail of, go in the rear of, follow in the wake of, follow in the trail of, follow in the rear of
follow as a shadow, hang on the skirts of
tread on the heels of, follow on the heels of
camp on the trail.
Adjectives
subsequent, next, succeeding
following etc. v..
Verbs
advance
proceed, progress
get on, get along, get over the ground
gain ground
forge ahead
jog on, rub on, wag on
go with the stream
keep one's course, hold on one's course
go on, move on, come one, get on, pass on, push on, press on, go forward, move forward, come forward, get forward, pass forward, push forward, press forward, go forwards, move forwards, come forwards, get forwards, pass forwards, push forwards, press forwards, go ahead, move ahead, come ahead, get ahead, pass ahead, push ahead, press ahead
make one's way, work one's way, carve one's way, push one's way, force one's way, edge one's way, elbow one's way
make progress, make head, make way, make headway, make advances, make strides, make rapid strides etc. (velocity) Velocity
go ahead, shoot ahead
distance
make up leeway.
Adjectives
advancing etc. v.
progressive, profluent
advanced.
Adverbs
forward, onward
forth, on, ahead, under way, en route for, on one's way, on the way, on the road, on the high road, on the road to
in progress
in mid progress
Phrases
westward the course of empire takes its westward the course of empire takes its way" [Berkeley] .
Nouns
regress, regression
retrocession, retrogression, retrograduation, retroaction
reculade
retreat, withdrawal, retirement, remigration
recession etc. (motion from) [Motion from.] Recession
recess
crab-like motion. refluence, reflux
backwater, regurgitation, ebb, return
resilience reflection, reflexion [Brit.] (recoil) Recoil
flip-flop, retrograde motion, backward movement, motion in reverse, counter movement, counter march
veering, tergiversation, recidivation, backsliding, fall
deterioration etc. Deterioration
recidivism, recidivity. reversal, relapse, turning point etc. (reversion) Reversion .
Verbs
recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire
retrograde, retrocede
back out
back down
balk
crawfish [U.S.] , crawl [Slang]
withdraw
rebound etc. Recoil
go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back
lose ground
fall astern, drop astern
backwater, put about
backtrack, take the back track
veer round
double, wheel, countermarch
ebb, regurgitate
jib, shrink, shy. turn tail, turn round, turn upon one's heel, turn one's back upon
retrace one's steps, dance the back step
sound a retreat, beat a retreat
go home.
Adjectives
receding etc. v.
retrograde, retrogressive
regressive, refluent, reflex, recidivous, resilient
crab-like
balky
reactionary etc. Recoil .
Adverbs
back, backwards
reflexively, to the right about
Nouns
propulsion, projection
propelment
force from behind
push, shove etc. (impulse) Impulse
ejaculate
ejection etc. [Motion out of, actively] Ejection
throw, fling, toss, shot, discharge, shy
launch, release. [Science of propulsion] projectiles, ballistics, archery. [devices to give propulsion] propeller, screw, twin screws, turbine, jet engine. [objects propelled] missile, projectile, ball, discus, quoit, brickbat, shot
[weapons which propel] arrow, gun, ballista etc. (arms) Arms . [preparation for propulsion] countdown, windup. shooter
shot
archer, toxophilite
bowman, rifleman, marksman
good shot, crack shot
sharpshooter etc. (combatant) Combatant .
Verbs
propel, project, throw, fling, cast, pitch, chuck, toss, jerk, heave, shy, hurl
flirt, fillip. dart, lance, tilt
ejaculate, jaculate
fulminate, bolt, drive, sling, pitchfork. send
send off, let off, fire off
discharge, shoot
launch, release, send forth, let fly
put in orbit, send into orbit, launch into orbit dash. put in motion, set in motion
set agoing, start
give a start, give an impulse to
impel etc. Impulse
trundle etc. (set in rotation) [Motion in a continued circle.] Rotation
expel etc. [Motion out of, actively] Ejection
put to flight.
Adjectives
propelled etc. v.
propelling etc. v.
propulsive, projectile.
Nouns
traction
drawing etc. v.
draught, pull, haul
rake
a long pull a strong pull and a pull all a long pull a strong pull and a pull all together
" towage, haulage.
Verbs
draw, pull, haul, lug, rake, drag, tug, tow, trail, train
take in tow. wrench, jerk, twitch, touse
yank [U.S.] .
Adjectives
drawing etc. v.
tractile, tractive.
Verbs
approach, approximate, appropinquate
near
get near, go near, draw near
come to close quarters, come near
move towards, set in towards
drift
make up to
gain upon
pursue etc. [Purpose in action.] Pursuit
tread on the heels of
bear up
make the land
hug the shore, hug the land.
Adjectives
approaching etc. v.
approximative
affluent
impending, imminent etc. (destined) Destiny .
Int
come hither!, approach!, here!, come!, come near!, forward!
Verbs
recede, go, move back, move from, retire
withdraw, shrink, back off
come away, move away, back away, go away, get away, drift away
depart etc. [Initial motion from.] Departure
retreat etc. [Motion backwards.] Regression
move off, stand off, sheer off
fall back, stand aside
run away etc. (avoid) [Absence of pursuit.] Avoidance
Phrases
distance oneself from a person.
Nouns
attraction, attractiveness
attractivity
drawing to, pulling towards, adduction. electrical attraction, electricity, static electricity, static, static cling
magnetism, magnetic attraction
gravity, attraction of gravitation. [objects which attract by physical force] lodestone, loadstone, lodestar, loadstar
magnet, permanent magnet, siderite, magnetite
electromagnet
magnetic coil, voice coil
magnetic dipole
motor coil, rotor, stator. electrical charge
positive charge, negative charge. magnetic pole
north pole, south pole
magnetic monopole.
Verbs
attract, draw
draw towards, pull towards, drag towards
adduce.
Adjectives
attracting etc. v.
attrahent, attractive, adducent, adductive. centrifugal.
Nouns
repulsion
driving from etc. v.
repulse, abduction. magnetic repulsion, magnetic levitation
antigravity.
Verbs
repel, push from, drive apart, drive from etc. Impulse
chase, dispel
retrude
abduce, abduct
send away
repulse. keep at arm's length, turn one's back upon, give the cold shoulder
send off, send away with a flea in one's ear.
Adjectives
repelling etc. v.
repellent, repulsive
abducent, abductive. centripetal
Phrases
like charges repel
opposite charges attract
like poles repel, opposite poles attract.
Nouns
convergence, confluence, concourse, conflux, congress, concurrence, concentration
convergency
appulse, meeting
corradiation. assemblage etc. Assemblage
resort etc. (focus) [Place of meeting.] Focus
asymptote.
Verbs
converge, concur, come together, unite, meet, fall in with
close with, close in upon
center round, center in
enter in
pour in. gather together, unite, concentrate, bring into a focus.
Adjectives
converging etc. v.
convergent, confluent, concurrent
centripetal
asymptotical, asymptotic
confluxible.
Adjectives
diverging etc. v.
divergent, radiant, centrifugal
aberrant.
Nouns
arrival, advent
landing
debarkation, disembarkation
reception, welcome, goal, goalpost
landing place, landing stage
bunder
resting place
destination, harbor, haven, port, airport, spaceport
terminus, halting place, halting ground, landing strip, runway, terminal
journey's end
anchorage etc. (refuge) [Means of safety.] Refuge
meeting
rencounter, encounter. completion etc. Completion . recursion [Comp.] .
Verbs
arrive
get to, come to
come
reach, attain
come up with, come up to
overtake, make, fetch
complete etc. Completion
join, rejoin. light, alight, dismount
land, go ashore
debark, disembark
put in, put into
visit, cast anchor, pitch one's tent
sit down etc. (be located) Location
get to one's journey's end
make the land
be in at the death
come back, get back, come home, get home
return
come in etc. (ingress) [Motion into.] Ingress
make one's appearance etc. (appear) Visibility
drop in
detrain, deplane
outspan
de-orbit. come to hand
come at, come across
hit
come upon, light upon, pop upon, bounce upon, plump upon, burst upon, pitch upon
meet
encounter, rencounter
come in contact.
Adjectives
arriving etc. v.
homeward bound.
Int
welcome!, hail!, all Hail!, good-day, good morrow!
Nouns
departure, decession, decampment
embarkation
outset, start
removal
exit etc. (egress) [Motion out of.] Egress
exodus, hejira, flight. leave taking, valediction, adieu, farewell, goodbye, sayonara, ciao, aloha
stirrup cup
valedictorian. starting point, starting post
point of departure, point of embarkation, place of departure, place of embarkation
port of embarkation
airport, take-off point, taxiing runway, runway, launching pad, spaceport.
Verbs
depart
go away
take one's departure, set out
set off, march off, put off, start off, be off, move off, get off, whip off, pack off, go off, take oneself off
start, issue, march out, debouch
go forth, sally forth
sally, set forward
be gone
hail from. leave a place, quit, vacate, evacuate, abandon
go off the stage, make one's exit
retire, withdraw, remove
vamoose [Slang] , vamose [U.S.]
go one's way, go along, go from home
take flight, take wing
spring, fly, flit, wing one's flight
fly away, whip away
embark
go on board, go aboard
set sail' put to sea, go to sea
sail, take ship
hoist blue Peter
get under way, weigh anchor
strike tents, decamp
walk one's chalks, cut one's stick
take leave
say good bye, bid goodbye etc. n.
disappear etc. Disappearance
abscond etc. (avoid) [Absence of pursuit.] Avoidance
entrain
inspan.
Adjectives
departing etc. v.
valedictory
outward bound.
Adverbs
whence, hence, thence
with a foot in the stirrup
on the wing, on the move.
Int
begone!, c. (ejection) [Motion out of, actively] Ejection
farewell!, adieu!, goodbye!, good day!, fare you well!, God bless you!, God speed!, all aboard!, bon voyage!
Nouns
ingress
entrance, entry
introgression
influx, intrusion, inroad, incursion, invasion, irruption
ingression
penetration, interpenetration
illapse, import, infiltration
immigration
admission etc. (reception) [Motion into, actively.] Reception
insinuation etc. (interjacence) Interposition
insertion etc. [Forcible ingress.] Insertion
way in
mouth, door, c. (opening) Opening
barway
path etc. (way) Method [Path.]
conduit etc. [Channel for the passage of water.] Conduit
immigrant.
Verbs
have the entree
enter
go into, go in, come into, come in, pour into, pour in, flow into, flow in, creep into, creep in, slip into, slip in, pop into, pop in, break into, break in, burst into, burst in
set foot on
ingress
burst in upon, break in upon
invade, intrude
insinuate itself
interpenetrate, penetrate
infiltrate
find one's way into, wriggle into, worm oneself into. give entrance to etc. (receive) [Motion into, actively.] Reception
insert etc. [Forcible ingress.] Insertion
Nouns
egress, exit, issue
emersion, emergence
outbreak, outburst
eruption, proruption
emanation
egression
evacuation
exudation, transudation
extravasation [Med.] , perspiration, sweating, leakage, percolation, distillation, oozing
gush etc. (water in motion) [Water in motion.] River
outpour, outpouring
effluence, effusion
effluxion, drain
dribbling etc. v.
defluxion
drainage
outcome, output
discharge etc. (excretion) Excretion . export, expatriation
emigration, remigration
debouch, debouche
emunctory
exodus etc. (departure) [Initial motion from.] Departure
emigrant. outlet, vent, spout, tap, sluice, floodgate
pore
vomitory, outgate, sally port
way out
mouth, door etc. (opening) Opening
path etc. (way) Method [Path.]
conduit etc. [Channel for the passage of water.] Conduit
airpipe etc. [Channel for the passage of air.] Airpipe
Verbs
emerge, emanate, issue
egress
go out of, come out of, move out of, pass out of, pour out of, flow out of
pass out of, evacuate. exude, transude
leak, run through, out through
percolate, transcolate
egurgitate
strain, distill
perspire, sweat, drain, ooze
filter, filtrate
dribble, gush, spout, flow out
well, well out
pour, trickle, c. (water in motion) [Water in motion.] River
effuse, extravasate [Med.] , disembogue, discharge itself, debouch
come forth, break forth
burst out, burst through
find vent
escape etc. Escape .
Adjectives
effused etc. v.
outgoing.
Nouns
reception
admission, admittance, entree, importation
introduction, intromission
immission, ingestion, imbibation, introception, absorption, ingurgitation, inhalation
suction, sucking
eating, drinking etc. (food) [Eating.] Food
insertion etc. [Forcible ingress.] Insertion
interjection etc. Interposition
introit.
Verbs
give entrance to, give admittance to, give the entree
introduce, intromit
usher, admit, receive, import, bring in, open the door to, throw in, ingest, absorb, imbibe, inhale, breathe in
let in, take in, suck in, draw in
readmit, resorb, reabsorb
snuff up, swallow, ingurgitate
engulf, engorge
gulp
eat, drink etc. (food) [Eating.] Food
Adjectives
admitting etc. v., admitted etc. v.
admissable
absorbent.
Nouns
ejection, emission, effusion, rejection, expulsion, exportation, eviction, extrusion, trajection
discharge. emesis, vomiting, vomition. egestion, evacuation
ructation, eructation
bloodletting, venesection [Med.] , phlebotomy, paracentesis
expuition, exspuition
tapping, drainage
clearance, clearage. deportation
banishment etc. (punishment ) Punishment
rouge's march
relegation, extradition
dislodgment. bouncer [U.S.] , chucker-out [Slang] . [material vomited] vomit, vomitus [Med.] , puke, barf [Coll.] .
Verbs
give exit, give vent to
let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out
dispatch, despatch
exhale, excern, excrete
embogue
secrete, secern
extravasate [Med.] , shed, void, evacuation
emit
open the sluices, open the floodgates
turn on the tap
extrude, detrude
effuse, spend, expend
pour forth
squirt, spirt, spurt, spill, slop
perspire etc. (exude) [Motion out of.] Egress
breathe, blow etc. (wind) [Air in motion] Wind
bale out, lade out
let blood, broach. eject, reject
expel, discard
cut, send to coventry, boycott
banish etc. (punish) Punishment
bounce [U.S.]
fire [Slang] , fire out [Slang]
throw etc. [Motion given to an object situated in front.] Propulsion
push etc. Impulse
throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside
shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away
brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away
discharge
send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift
turn out, bundle out
throw overboard
give the sack to
send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about
strike off the roll etc. (abrogate) Abrogation
turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop
pack off
send away with a flea in the ear
send to Jericho
bow out, show the door to, turn out of doors, turn out of house and home
evict, oust
unhouse, unkennel
dislodge
unpeople, dispeople
depopulate
relegate, deport. empty
drain to the dregs
sweep off
clear off, clear out, clear away
suck, draw off
clean out, make a clean sweep of, clear decks, purge. embowel, disbowel, disembowel
eviscerate, gut
unearth, root out, root up
averuncate
weed out, get out
eliminate, get rid of, do away with, shake off
exenterate. vomit, throw up, regurgitate, spew, puke, keck, retch, heave, upchuck, chuck up, barf
belch out
cast up, bring up, be sick, get sick, worship the porcelain god. disgorge
expectorate, clear the throat, hawk, spit, sputter, splutter, slobber, drivel, slaver, slabber
eructate
drool. unpack, unlade, unload, unship, offload
break bulk
dump. be let out. spew forth, erupt, ooze etc. (emerge) [Motion out of.] Egress
Adjectives
emitting, emitted, c. v..
Int
begone!, get you gone!, get away, go away, get along, go along, get along with you, go along with you!, go your way!, away with!, off with you!, get the hell out of here! [Vulg.] , go about your business!, be off!, avaunt! , aroynt! , jao!
Nouns
eating etc. v.
deglutition, gulp, epulation, mastication, manducation, rumination
gluttony etc. Gluttony . [eating specific foods] hippophagy, ichthyophagy. [Eating anatomy:] (appetite) etc. Desire
mouth, jaws, mandible, mazard, gob [Slang] , chops. drinking etc. v.
potation, draught, libation
carousal etc. (amusement) Amusement
drunkenness etc. Drunkenness . food, pabulum
aliment, nourishment, nutriment
sustenance, sustentation, sustention
nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board
commissariat etc. (provision) Provision
prey, forage, pasture, pasturage
fare, cheer
diet, dietary
regimen
belly timber, staff of life
bread, bread and cheese. comestibles, eatables, victuals, edibles, ingesta
grub, grubstake, prog, meat
bread, bread stuffs
cerealia
cereals
viands, cates, delicacy, dainty, creature comforts, contents of the larder, fleshpots
festal board
ambrosia
good cheer, good living. beef, bisquit, bun
cornstarch [U.S.]
cookie, cooky [U.S.]
cracker, doughnut
fatling
hardtack, hoecake [U.S.] , hominy [U.S.]
mutton, pilot bread
pork
roti, rusk, ship biscuit
veal
joint, roast and boiled
remove, entremet, hash, stew, ragout, fricassee, mince
pottage, potage, broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat
pie, pasty, volauvent
pudding, omelet
pastry
sweets etc. [Motion into, actively.] Reception
kickshaws
condiment etc. Condiment . appetizer, entree. alligator pear, apple etc. , apple slump
artichoke
ashcake, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack
atole, avocado, banana, barbecue, beefsteak
beet root
blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey [U.S.]
chowder, chupatty, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef") , succotash [U.S.] , supawn [U.S.] , trepang, vanilla, waffle, walnut. table, cuisine, bill of fare, menu, ordinary, entree. meal, repast, feed, spread
mess
dish, plate, course
regale
regalement, refreshment, entertainment
refection, collation, picnic, feast, banquet, junket
breakfast
lunch, luncheon
bever, tiffin, dinner, supper, snack, junk food, fast food, whet, bait, dessert
potluck
hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal
blowout [Slang]
light refreshment
bara, chotahazri
bara khana. mouthful, bolus, gobbet, morsel, sop, sippet. drink, beverage, liquor, broth, soup
potion, dram, draught, drench, swill [Slang]
nip, sip, sup, gulp. wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo, heavy wet
grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus, cup, bishop, wassail
gin etc. (intoxicating liquor) Drunkenness
coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates
bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer
Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep [U.S.]
near beer, Substantiality .Inexistence beer, non-alcoholic beverage. eating house etc. [Place of habitation, or resort.] Abode[person who eats] diner
hippophage
glutton etc. Gluttony .
Verbs
eat, feed, fare, devour, swallow, take
gulp, bolt, snap
fall to
despatch, dispatch
discuss
take down, get down, gulp down
lay in, tuck in [Slang]
lick, pick, peck
gormandize etc. Gluttony
bite, champ, munch, cranch, craunch, crunch, chew, masticate, nibble, gnaw, mumble. live on
feed upon, batten upon, fatten upon, feast upon
browse, graze, crop, regale
carouse etc. (make merry) Amusement
eat heartily, do justice to, play a good knife and fork, banquet. break bread, break one's fast
breakfast, lunch, dine, take tea, sup. drink in, drink up, drink one's fill
quaff, sip, sup
suck, suck up
lap
swig
swill [Slang] , chugalug [Slang] , tipple etc. (be drunken) Drunkenness
empty one's glass, drain the cup
toss off, toss one's glass
wash down, crack a bottle, wet one's whistle. purvey etc. Provision .
Adjectives
eatable, edible, esculent, comestible, alimentary
cereal, cibarious
dietetic
culinary
nutritive, nutritious
gastric
succulent
potable, potulent
bibulous. omnivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous, granivorous, graminivorous, phytivorous
ichthyivorous
omophagic, omophagous
pantophagous, phytophagous, xylophagous.
Phrases
blessed hour of our dinners! " [O. Meredith]
now good digestion wait on appetite, and health on now good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both! " [Macbeth]
who can cloy the hungry edge of appetite? [Richard II]
Nouns
excretion, discharge, emanation
exhalation, exudation, extrusion, secretion, effusion, extravasation [Med.] , ecchymosis [Med.]
evacuation, dejection, faeces, excrement, shit, stools, crap [Vulg.]
bloody flux
cacation
coeliac-flux, coeliac-passion
dysentery
perspiration, sweat
subation, exudation
diaphoresis
sewage
eccrinology [Med.] . saliva, spittle, rheum
ptyalism, salivation, catarrh
diarrhoea
ejecta, egesta [Biol.] , sputa
excreta
lava
bleeding
outpouring etc. (egress) [Motion out of.] Egress
Nouns
insertion, implantation, introduction
insinuation etc. (intervention) Interposition
planting, c. v.
injection, inoculation, importation, infusion
forcible ingress etc. [Motion into.] Ingress
immersion
submersion, submergence, dip, plunge
bath etc. (water) Water
interment etc. Interment . clyster [Med.] , enema, glyster, lavage, lavement.
Verbs
insert
introduce, intromit
put into, run into
import
inject
interject etc. [Eating.] Food
infuse, instill, inoculate, impregnate, imbue, imbrue. graft, ingraft, bud, plant, implant
dovetail. obtrude
thrust in, stick in, ram in, stuff in, tuck in, press, in, drive in, pop in, whip in, drop in, put in
impact
empierce etc. (make a hole) Opening . imbed
immerse, immerge, merge
bathe, soak etc. (water) Water
dip, plunge etc. Plunge . bury etc. (inter) Interment . insert itself, lodge itself etc.
plunge in medias res.
Nouns
extraction
extracting etc. v.
removal, elimination, extrication, eradication, evolution. evulsion, avulsion
wrench
expression, squeezing
extirpation, extermination
ejection etc. [Motion out of, actively] Ejection
export etc. (egress) [Motion out of.] Egress
Verbs
extract, draw
take out, draw out, pull out, tear out, pluck out, pick out, get out
wring from, wrench
extort
root up, weed up, grub up, rake up, root out, weed out, grub out, rake out
eradicate
pull up by the roots, pluck up by the roots
averruncate
unroot
uproot, pull up, extirpate, dredge. remove
educe, elicit
evolve, extricate
eliminate etc. (eject) [Motion out of, actively] Ejection
eviscerate etc. [Motion out of, actively] Ejection
Verbs
pass, pass through
perforate etc. (hole) Opening
penetrate, permeate, thread, thrid, enfilade
go through, go across
go over, pass over
cut across
ford, cross
pass and repass, work
make one's way, thread one's way, worm one's way, force one's way
make a passage form a passage
cut one's way through
find its way, find its vent
transmit, make way, clear the course
traverse, go over the ground.
Adjectives
passing etc. v.
intercurrent
endosmosmic, endosmotic [Chem] .
Nouns
transcursion, transiliency, transgression
trespass
encroachment, infringement
extravagation, transcendence
redundancy etc. Redundancy .
Verbs
transgress, surpass, pass
go beyond, go by
show in front, come to the front
shoot ahead of
steal a march upon, steal a gain upon. overstep, overpass, overreach, overgo, override, overleap, overjump, overskip, overlap, overshoot the mark
outstrip, outleap, outjump, outgo, outstep, outrun, outride, outrival, outdo
beat, beat hollow
distance
leave in the lurch, leave in the rear
throw into the shade
exceed, transcend, surmount
soar etc. (rise) [Motion upwards] Ascent
strain
stretch a point, strain a point
cross the Rubicon.
Verbs
[Motion beyond] Transcursion
not reach
want
keep within bounds, keep within the mark, keep within the compass. break down, stick in the mud, collapse, flat out [U.S.] , come to nothing
fall through, fall to the ground
cave in, end in smoke, miss the mark, fail
lose ground
miss stays.
Adjectives
unreached
deficient
short, short of
minus
out of depth
perfunctory etc. (neglect) Neglect .
Adverbs
within the mark, within the compass, within the bounds
behindhand
to no purpose
for from it.
Nouns
ascent, ascension
rising etc. Leap
acclivity, hill etc. Obliquity
flight of steps, flight of stairs
ladder rocket, lark
sky rocket, sky lark
Alpine Club.
Verbs
ascend, rise, mount, arise, uprise
go up, get up, work one's way up, start up
shoot up, go into orbit
float up
bubble up
aspire. climb, clamber, ramp, scramble, escalade, surmount
shin, shinny, shinney
scale, scale the heights. [cause to go up] raise, elevate etc. Elevation . go aloft, fly aloft
tower, soar, take off
spring up, pop up, jump up, catapult upwards, explode upwards
hover, spire, plane, swim, float, surge
leap etc. Leap .
Adjectives
rising etc. v.. scandent, buoyant
supernatant, superfluitant
excelsior.
Nouns
descent, descension, declension, declination
fall
falling etc. v.
slump
drop, plunge, plummet, cadence
subsidence, collapse, lapse
downfall, tumble, slip, tilt, trip, lurch
cropper, culbute
titubation, stumble
fate of Icarus. avalanche, debacle, landslip, landslide. declivity, dip, hill. [equipment for descending by rappeling] rappel.
Verbs
descend
go down, drop down, come down
fall, gravitate, drop, slip, slide, rappel, settle
plunge, plummet, crash
decline, set, sink, droop, come down a peg
slump. dismount, alight, light, get down
swoop
stoop etc. Depression
fall prostrate, precipitate oneself
let fall etc. Depression . tumble, trip, stumble, titubate, lurch, pitch, swag, topple, topple over, tumble over, topple down, tumble down
tilt, sprawl, plump down, come down a cropper.
Adjectives
descending etc. v.
descendent
decurrent, decursive
labent, deciduous
nodding to its fall.
Nouns
elevation
raising etc. v.
erection, lift
sublevation, upheaval
sublimation, exaltation
prominence etc. (convexity) Convexity . lever etc. Instrument
crane, derrick, windlass, capstan, winch
dredge, dredger, dredging machine. dumbwaiter, elevator, escalator, lift.
Verbs
heighten, elevate, raise, lift, erect
set up, stick up, perch up, perk up, tilt up
rear, hoist, heave
uplift, upraise, uprear, upbear, upcast, uphoist, upheave
buoy, weigh mount, give a lift
exalt
sublimate
place on a pedestal, set on a pedestal. escalate etc. (increase) Increase Multitude Expansion . take up, drag up, fish up
dredge. stand up, rise up, get up, jump up
spring to one's feet
hold oneself, hold one's head up
drawn oneself up to his full height.
Adjectives
elevated etc. v.
stilted, attollent, rampant.
Adverbs
on stilts, on the shoulders of, on one's legs, on one's hind legs.
Nouns
lowering etc. v.
depression
dip etc. (concavity) Concavity
abasement
detrusion
reduction. overthrow, overset, overturn
upset
prostration, subversion, precipitation. bow
courtesy, curtsy
genuflexion, genuflection, kowtow, obeisance, salaam.
Verbs
depress, lower, let down, take down, let down a peg, take down a peg
cast
let drop, let fall
sink, debase, bring low, abase, reduce, detrude, pitch, precipitate. overthrow, overturn, overset
upset, subvert, prostate, level, fell
cast down, take down, throw down, fling down, dash down, pull down, cut down, knock down, hew down
raze, raze to the ground, rase to the ground
trample in the dust, pull about one's ears. sit, sit down
couch, squat, crouch, stoop, bend, bow
courtesy, curtsy
bob, duck, dip, kneel
bend the knee, bow the knee, bend the head, bow the head
cower
recline etc. (be horizontal) Horizontality .
Adjectives
depressed etc. v.
at a low ebb
prostrate etc. (horizontal) Horizontality
detrusive.
Nouns
leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, saltation. ance, caper
curvet, caracole
gambade, gambado
capriole, demivolt
buck, buck jump
hop skip and jump
falcade. kangaroo, jerboa
chamois, goat, frog, grasshopper, flea
buckjumper
wallaby.
Verbs
leap
jump up, jump over the moon
hop, spring, bound, vault, ramp, cut capers, trip, skip, dance, caper
buck, buck jump
curvet, caracole
foot it, bob, bounce, flounce, start
frisk etc. (amusement) Amusement
jump about etc. (agitation) [Irregular motion] Agitation
trip it on the light fantastic toe, trip the light fantastic, dance oneself off one's legs, dance off one's shoes.
Adjectives
leaping etc. v.
saltatory, frisky.
Adverbs
on the light fantastic toe.
Nouns
plunge, dip, dive, header
ducking etc. v.
diver.
Verbs
plunge, dip, souse, duck
dive, plump
take a plunge, take a header
make a plunge
bathe etc. (water) Water . submerge, submerse
immerse
douse, sink, engulf, send to the bottom. get out of one's depth
go to the bottom, go down like a stone, drop like a lead balloon
founder, welter, wallow.
Nouns
circuition, circulation
turn, curvet
excursion, circumvention, circumnavigation, circumambulation
northwest passage
circuit etc. Circuit . turning etc. v.
wrench
evolution
coil, corkscrew.
Verbs
turn, bend, wheel
go about, put about
heel
go round to the right about, turn round to the right about
turn on one's heel
make a circle, make a complete circle, describe a circle, describe a complete circle
go through [Indefinite space.] SpaceDeath degrees, pass through [Indefinite space.] SpaceDeath degrees. circumnavigate, circumambulate, circumvent
put a girdle round about the earth" [M.N.D.]
go the round, make the round of. wind, circulate, meander
whisk, twirl
twist etc. (convolution) [Complex curvature.] Convolution
make a detour etc. (circuit) Circuit .
Adjectives
turning etc. v.
circuitous
circumforaneous, circumfluent.
Nouns
rotation, revolution, spinning, gyration, turning about an axis, turning aound an axis, circulation, roll
circumrotation, circumvolution, circumgyration
volutation, circination, turbination, pirouette, convolution. verticity, whir, whirl, eddy, vortex, whirlpool, gurge
countercurrent
Maelstrom, Charybdis
Ixion. [rotating air] cyclone
tornado, whirlwind
dust devil. [rotation of an automobile] spin-out. axis, axis of rotation, swivel, pivot, pivot point
axle, spindle, pin, hinge, pole, arbor, bobbin, mandrel
axle shaft
gymbal
hub, hub of rotation. [rotation and translation together] helix, helical motion. [measure of rotation] angular momentum, angular velocity
revolutions per minute, RPM. [result of rotation] centrifugal force
surge
vertigo, dizzy round
coriolus force. [things that go around] carousel, merry-go-round
Ferris wheel
top, dreidel, teetotum
gyroscope
turntable, lazy suzan
screw, whirligig, rollingstone, water wheel, windmill
wheel, pulley wheel, roulette wheel, potter's wheel, pinwheel, gear
roller
flywheel
jack
caster
centrifuge, ultracentrifuge, bench centrifuge, refrigerated centrifuge, gas centrifuge, microfuge
drill, augur, oil rig
wagon wheel, wheel, tire, tyre [Brit.] . [Science of rotary motion] trochilics. [person who rotates] whirling dervish.
Verbs
rotate
roll along
revolve, spin
turn round
circumvolve
circulate
gyre, gyrate, wheel, whirl, pirouette
twirl, trundle, troll, bowl. roll up, furl
wallow, welter
box the compass
spin like a top, spin like a teetotum. [of an automobile] spin out.
Adjectives
rotating etc. v.
rotary, rotary
circumrotatory, trochilic, vertiginous, gyratory
vortical, vorticose.
Adverbs
head over heels, round and round, like a horse in a mill.
Nouns
evolution, counter-rotation, unfolding, development
evolvement
unfoldment
eversion etc. (inversion) Inversion .
Verbs
counter-rotate, evolve
unfold, unroll, unwind, uncoil, untwist, unfurl, untwine, unravel
untangle, disentangle
develop.
Adjectives
evolving etc. v.
evolved etc. v..
Adverbs
counter-clockwise, anti-clockwise.
Nouns
oscillation
vibration, libration
motion of a pendulum
nutation
undulation
pulsation
pulse. alternation
coming and going etc. v.
ebb and flow, flux and reflux, ups and down. fluctuation
vacillation etc. (irresolution) Irresolution . wave, vibratiuncle, swing, beat, shake, wag, seesaw, dance, lurch, dodge
logan, loggan, rocking-stone, vibroscope.
Verbs
oscillate
vibrate, librate
alternate, undulate, wave
rock, swing
pulsate, beat
wag, waggle
nod, bob, courtesy, curtsy
tick
play
wamble, wabble
dangle, swag. fluctuate, dance, curvet, reel, quake
quiver, quaver
shake, flicker
wriggle
roll, toss, pitch
flounder, stagger, totter
move up and down, bob up and down etc. adv.
pass and repass, ebb and flow, come and go
vacillate etc. Irresolution
teeter [U.S.] . brandish, shake, flourish.
Adjectives
oscillating etc. v.
oscillatory, undulatory, pulsatory, libratory, rectilinear
vibratory, vibratile
pendulous.
Adverbs
to and fro, up and down, backwards and forwards, hither and yon, seesaw, zigzag, wibble-wabble, in and out, from side to side, like buckets in a well.
Nouns
agitation, stir, tremor, shake, ripple, jog, jolt, jar, jerk, shock, succussion, trepidation, quiver, quaver, dance
jactitation, quassation
shuffling etc. v.
twitter, flicker, flutter. turbulence, perturbation
commotion, turmoil, disquiet
tumult, tumultuation
hubbub, rout, bustle, fuss, racket, subsultus, staggers, megrims, epilepsy, fits
carphology, chorea, floccillation, the jerks, St. Vitus's dance, tilmus. spasm, throe, throb, palpitation, convulsion. disturbance, chaos etc. (disorder) [Absence, or want of Order, etc. ] Disorder
restlessness etc. (changeableness) Changeableness . ferment, fermentation
ebullition, effervescence, hurly-burly, cahotage
tempest, storm, ground swell, heavy sea, whirlpool, vortex etc. [Motion in a continued circle.] Rotation
whirlwind etc. (wind) [Air in motion] Wind
Verbs
be agitated etc.
shake
tremble, tremble like an aspen leaf
quiver, quaver, quake, shiver, twitter, twire, writhe, toss, shuffle, tumble, stagger, bob, reel, sway, wag, waggle
wriggle, wriggle like an eel
dance, stumble, shamble, flounder, totter, flounce, flop, curvet, prance, cavort [U.S.]
squirm. throb, pulsate, beat, palpitate, go pitapat
flutter, flitter, flicker, bicker
bustle. ferment, effervesce, foam
boil, boil over
bubble up
simmer. toss about, jump about
jump like a parched pea
shake like an aspen leaf
shake to its center, shake to its foundations
be the sport of the winds and waves
reel to and fro like a drunken man
move from post to pillar and from pillar to move from post to pillar and from pillar to post, drive from post to pillar and from pillar to drive from post to pillar and from pillar to post, keep between hawk and buzzard. agitate, shake, convulse, toss, tumble, bandy, wield, brandish, flap, flourish, whisk, jerk, hitch, jolt
jog, joggle, jostle, buffet, hustle, disturb, stir, shake up, churn, jounce, wallop, whip, vellicate.
Adjectives
shaking etc. v.
agitated tremulous
desultory, subsultory
saltatoric
quasative
shambling
giddy-paced, saltatory, convulsive, unquiet, restless, all of a twitter.
Adverbs
by fits and starts
subsultorily etc. adj.
hop skip and jump
in convulsions, in fits.