English > locomote: 1 sense > verb 1, motion| Meaning | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
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| Synonyms | travel, go, move |
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| Caused by | travel, trip, jaunt | make a trip for pleasure |
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| Entailed by | miss | fail to reach or get to |
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| reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain | Reach a destination / destination, either real or abstract |
| steer | direct (oneself) somewhere |
| Narrower | accompany | go or travel along with |
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| advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on | Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense |
| angle | Move or proceed at an angle |
| ascend, go up | Travel up, "We ascended the mountain" |
| automobile | Travel in an automobile |
| back | Travel backward |
| bang | Move noisily |
| beetle | fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle |
| betake oneself | Displace oneself |
| billow | Move with great difficulty |
| bounce, jounce | Move up and down repeatedly |
| breeze | To proceed quickly and easily |
| caravan | Travel in a caravan / caravan |
| career | Move headlong at high speed |
| carry | Cover a certain distance or advance beyond |
| circle | Move in circles |
| circle | Travel around something |
| circuit | make a circuit / circuit |
| circulate | Move around freely |
| come, come up | Move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody |
| come | Cover a certain distance |
| crawl, creep | Move slowly |
| cruise | Travel at a moderate speed |
| derail, jump | Run off or leave the rails |
| descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
| do | Travel or traverse (a distance) |
| drag | Move slowly and as if with great effort |
| draw | Move or go steadily or gradually |
| drive, motor | travel or be transported in a vehicle |
| drive | Move by being propelled by a force |
| ease | Move gently or carefully |
| fall | Move in a specified direction |
| fall | descend in free fall under the influence of gravity |
| ferry | travel by ferry |
| float, drift, be adrift, blow | Be in motion due to some air or water current |
| float, swim | Be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom |
| float | Move lightly, as if suspended |
| flock | Move as a crowd or in a group |
| fly, wing | Travel through the air |
| fly | Be dispersed or disseminated |
| follow | To travel behind, go after, come after |
| follow, travel along | travel along a certain course |
| forge, spurt, spirt | Move or act with a sudden increase / increase in speed or energy |
| get around, get about | Move around |
| ghost | Move like a ghost |
| glide | Move smoothly and effortlessly |
| go around, spread, circulate | Become widely known and passed on |
| hiss, whoosh | Move with a whooshing sound |
| hurtle | Move with or as if with a rushing / rushing sound |
| island hop | Travel from one island to the next |
| lance | Move quickly, as if by cutting one's way |
| lurch | Move slowly and unsteadily |
| outflank, go around | go around the flank of (an opposing army) |
| pace | Go at a pace |
| pan | make a sweeping movement |
| pass | go across or through |
| pass over, overfly | fly over |
| play | Move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly |
| plow, plough | Move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil |
| prance | spring forward on the hind legs |
| precede, lead | Move ahead / ahead (of others) in time or space |
| precess | Move in a gyrating fashion |
| proceed, go forward, continue | Move ahead |
| propagate | Travel through the air |
| pursue, follow | Follow in or as if in pursuit |
| push | Move strenuously and with effort |
| raft | travel by raft in water |
| repair, resort | Move, travel, or proceed toward some place |
| retreat | Move away, as for privacy |
| retrograde | Move in a direction contrary to the usual / usual one |
| return | Go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before |
| ride, sit | Sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions |
| ride | Move like a floating object |
| ride | Sit on and control a vehicle |
| rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise | Move upward |
| roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond | Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment |
| round | wind around |
| run | Move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way |
| run | travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means |
| rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it | Move fast |
| scramble | To move hurriedly |
| seek | go to or towards |
| shuttle | travel back and forth between two points |
| sift | Move as if through a sieve |
| ski | Move along on skis |
| slice into, slice through | Move through a body or an object with a slicing motion |
| slither, slide | To pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly |
| snowshoe | Travel on snowshoes |
| speed | Travel at an excessive or illegal velocity |
| steamer, steam | travel by means of steam power |
| step | shift or move by taking a step |
| step, tread | put down or press the foot, place the foot |
| step | Move with one's feet in a specific manner |
| stray, err, drift | wander from a direct course or at random |
| swap | Move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science |
| swash | make violent, noisy movements |
| swim | Travel through water |
| swim | Move as if gliding through water |
| swing | change direction with a swinging motion |
| taxi | Travel slowly |
| trail, shack | Move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly |
| tram | travel by tram |
| transfer, change | change from one vehicle or transportation line to another |
| travel, journey | Travel upon or across |
| travel | Undergo transportation as in a vehicle |
| travel, move around | travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge |
| travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass | Move past |
| travel purposefully | Travel volitionally and in a certain direction with a certain goal |
| travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip | Move very fast |
| trundle | Move heavily |
| turn, move around | Pass to the other side of |
| walk | Use one's feet to advance |
| walk, take the air | Take a walk |
| weave, wind, thread, meander, wander | To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course |
| wend | direct one's course or way |
| wheel, roll | Move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle |
| whine | Move with a whining sound |
| whish | Move with a whishing sound |
| whisk | Move quickly and nimbly |
| whistle | Move with, or as with, a whistling sound |
| withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back | pull back or move away or backward |
| zigzag, crank | travel along a zigzag path |
| zoom | Move with a low humming noise |
| Opposite | stay in place | Be stationary |
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| Similar to | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
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| Spanish | acudir, desplazarse, ir, moverse, mover, viajar |
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| Catalan | acudir, anar, desplaçar-se, moure's, moure, viatjar |
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| Adjectives | locomotive | of or relating to locomotion |
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| Nouns | locomotion | self-propelled movement |
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| locomotion | the power or ability to move |
