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  • 41swing — I. v. n. 1. Oscillate, vibrate, wave, move to and fro, move backward and forward. 2. Depend, hang, dangle, hang loose. 3. (Colloq.) Be hanged, hang. II. v. a. 1. Cause to swing, wave, or vibrate. 2. Wave, flourish …

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  • 42vibrate — I. v. n. 1. Oscillate, swing, move to and fro, move backward and forward. 2. Impinge, sound, quiver, produce a vibratory effect. 3. Vacillate, hesitate, waver, fluctuate. II. v. a. 1. Brandish, swing, move to and fro. 2. Cause to quiver, undulate …

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  • 43quake — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. tremble, quiver, shake, shudder. See agitation, fear, cold. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. temblor, tremor, shock; see earthquake . v. Syn. tremble, shrink, cower; see shake 1 . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 44shuttle — shuttlelike, adj. /shut l/, n., v., shuttled, shuttling. n. 1. a device in a loom for passing or shooting the weft thread through the shed from one side of the web to the other, usually consisting of a boat shaped piece of wood containing a… …

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  • 45shake — [c]/ʃeɪk / (say shayk) verb (shook, shaken, shaking) –verb (i) 1. to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements. 2. to tremble with emotion, cold, etc. 3. to fall (down, off, etc.) by such motion: sand shakes off readily. 4. to …

  • 46sway — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. swing, rock; influence, direct, control, rule, bias, prejudice, warp; lurch, rock, roll, reel, dangle. See cause, agitation. n. domination, rule; influence; oscillation. See authority, power. II… …

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  • 47Vibrate — Vi brate, v. i. 1. To move to and fro, or from side to side, as a pendulum, an elastic rod, or a stretched string, when disturbed from its position of rest; to swing; to oscillate. [1913 Webster] 2. To have the constituent particles move to and… …

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  • 48Wriggle — Wrig gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wriggled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wriggling}.] [Freq. of wrig, probably from OE. wrikken to move to and fro; cf. LG. wriggeln, D. wrikken, Sw. vricka, Dan. vrikke.] To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions …

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  • 49Wriggled — Wriggle Wrig gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wriggled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wriggling}.] [Freq. of wrig, probably from OE. wrikken to move to and fro; cf. LG. wriggeln, D. wrikken, Sw. vricka, Dan. vrikke.] To move the body to and fro with short, writhing …

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  • 50Wriggling — Wriggle Wrig gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wriggled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wriggling}.] [Freq. of wrig, probably from OE. wrikken to move to and fro; cf. LG. wriggeln, D. wrikken, Sw. vricka, Dan. vrikke.] To move the body to and fro with short, writhing …

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