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MOVE BACK AND FORTH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move in one direction and then into the opposite direction

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "move back and forth" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "move back and forth"):

rock; shake; sway (move back and forth or sideways)

sway; swing (move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner)

flicker; flitter; flutter; quiver; waver (move back and forth very rapidly)

Sentence frames:

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