VERB | stative | gravitate | move toward |
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stative | gravitate | be attracted to | |
motion | gravitate | move due to the pull of gravitation |
Sounds | grae'vihtey.t | |
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Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... |
Meaning | Move toward. | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
Example | "The conversation gravitated towards politics" | |
Broader | tend, be given, lean, incline, run | Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something |
Spanish | gravitar | |
Nouns | gravitation | a figurative movement toward some attraction |
Meaning | Be attracted to. | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "Boys gravitate towards girls at that age" | |
Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
Spanish | gravitar | |
Nouns | gravitation | a figurative movement toward some attraction |
Meaning | Move due to the pull of gravitation. | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
Example | "The stars gravitate towards each other" | |
Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
Spanish | gravitar | |
Adjectives | gravitative | of or relating to or caused by gravitation |
Nouns | gravitation | movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction |
gravity, gravitation | (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe |
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