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LIBRATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Vibrate before coming to a total rest

Example:

the children's swing librated

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "librate" is one way to...):

oscillate; vibrate (move or swing from side to side regularly)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

libration ((astronomy) a real or apparent slow oscillation of a moon or satellite)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Determine the weight of

Example:

The butcher weighed the chicken

Synonyms:

librate; weigh

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "librate" is one way to...):

measure; quantify (express as a number or measure or quantity)

Verb group:

weigh (have a certain weight)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "librate"):

heft (test the weight of something by lifting it)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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