move+to+and+fro
61vibrate — ► VERB 1) move with small movements rapidly to and fro. 2) (of a sound) resonate. DERIVATIVES vibrating adjective. ORIGIN Latin vibrare move to and fro …
62vibrating — vibrate ► VERB 1) move with small movements rapidly to and fro. 2) (of a sound) resonate. DERIVATIVES vibrating adjective. ORIGIN Latin vibrare move to and fro …
63oscillate — v. 1 intr. & tr. a swing to and fro like a pendulum. b move to and fro between points. 2 intr. vacillate; vary between extremes of opinion, action, etc. 3 intr. Physics move with periodic regularity. 4 intr. Electr. (of a current) undergo high… …
64waggle — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. wag, play back and forth, sway, shimmy; see wiggle . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To move to and fro vigorously and usually repeatedly: switch, wag1, wave. See REPETITION. 2. To move (one s arms or wings, for example)… …
65traverse — I. noun Etymology: Middle English travers, from Anglo French travers (as in a travers, de travers across), from Latin transversum (as in in transversum set crosswise), neuter of transversus lying across; senses 5 9 in part from 2traverse more at… …
66waver — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. vacillate, fluctuate, hesitate; sway, tremble, totter; undulate; teeter. See doubt, oscillation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. fluctuate, vacillate, hesitate, dillydally, seesaw, deliberate, reel, teeter …
67oscillate — v 1. vibrate, move to and fro, swing, move backward and forward, come and go, librate, move from side to side, ebb and flow, seesaw, wigwag. 2. fluctuate, vacillate, waver, vary, yo yo, teeter totter; about face, change, change one s mind, Brit.… …
68agitate — [c]/ˈædʒəteɪt / (say ajuhtayt) verb (agitated, agitating) –verb (t) 1. to move or force into irregular action; shake or move: *A sigh of relief, the merest of zephyrs, coming from thirty listeners, was just sufficient to agitate the buttercups.… …
69saw — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a a hand tool having a toothed blade used to cut esp. wood with a to and fro movement. b any of several mechanical power driven devices with a toothed rotating disk or moving band, for cutting. 2 Zool. etc. a serrated organ or… …
70Vibrate — Vi brate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vibrate}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vibrating}.] [L. vibratus, p. p. of vibrare, v. t. & v. i., to snake, brandish, vibrate; akin to Skr. vip to tremble, Icel. veifa to wave, vibrate. See {Waive} and cf. {Whip}, v. t.] 1. To …
