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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move smoothly and quickly on a surface |
| Synonyms: | coast, decline, descend, drift, flit, float, flow, fly, glissade, roll, run, sail, scud, shoot, skate, skim, skip, skirr, slide, slink, slip, slither, smooth along, soar, spiral, stream, trip, waft, wing |
| Main Entry: | haunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | visit as a spirit |
| Synonyms: | agitate, agonize, annoy, appall, appear, be ever present, bedevil, beset, besiege, come back, disquiet, dwell, float, frighten, harass, harrow, hound, hover, infest, inhabit, intrude, madden, manifest, materialize, molest, nettle, obsess, overrun, permeate, pervade, pester, plague, possess, prey on, rack, reappear, recur, return, rise, spook, stay with, tease, terrify, terrorize, torment, trouble, vex, voodoo, walk, weigh on, worry |
| Main Entry: | levitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rise into the air |
| Synonyms: | be suspended, defy gravity, drift, float, fly, hang, hover, rise, soar |
| Main Entry: | poise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | balance, suspend |
| Synonyms: | ballast, be ready, brood, float, hang, hold, hover, position, stabilize, stand, steady, support, wait |
| Antonyms: | drop, fall |
| Main Entry: | range |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wander, roam |
| Synonyms: | circumambulate, cover, cross, cruise, drift, encompass, explore, float, follow one's nose, gallivant, globe-trot, hit the road, hit the trail, make circuit, meander, pass over, ply, prowl, ramble, reach, reconnoiter, rove, scour, search, spread, straggle, stray, stroll, sweep, traipse, tramp, travel, traverse, trek |
| Antonyms: | be direct |
| Main Entry: | ride |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry or be carried |
| Synonyms: | be supported, control, cruise, curb, direct, drift, drive, float, go, go with, guide, handle, hitch a ride, hitchhike, journey, manage, motor, move, post, progress, restrain, roll, sit, sit on, thumb a ride, tool around, tour, travel |
| Main Entry: | sail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | travel through water, air; glide |
| Synonyms: | boat, captain, cast anchor, cast off, cross, cruise, dart, drift, embark, flit, float, fly, get under way, leave, make headway, motor, move, navigate, pilot, put to sea, reach, run, scud, set sail, shoot, skim, skipper, skirr, soar, steer, sweep, tack, voyage, weigh anchor, wing |
| Main Entry: | skim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | glide over quickly, lightly |
| Synonyms: | brush, carom, coast, dart, float, fly, graze, kiss, ricochet, sail, scud, shoot, skate, skip, skirr, skitter, smooth along, soar, trip |
| Notes: | peruse means examine or consider with attention and in detail; skim means examine hastily |
| Antonyms: | pour |
| Main Entry: | swim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make way through water using arms, legs |
| Synonyms: | bathe, breast-stroke, crawl, dive, dog-paddle, float, freestyle, glide, go for a swim, go swimming, go wading, high-dive, move, paddle, practice, race, skinny-dip, slip, stroke, submerge, take a dip, wade |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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