Word

thunder, v.
(thundered, thundering, thunders)
freq. cnt. 3

move fast, noisily, and heavily
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

thunder

sample sentences

"The bus thundered down the road"

verb frames

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Cars %s in the streets
The streets %s with cars

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

thunder

semantic pointers

hypernym

move

utter words loudly and forcefully
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 1

roar thunder

sample sentences

"`Get out of here,' he roared"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sam and Sue %s
They %s that there was a traffic accident

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

roaring roar roarer

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

thunder

semantic pointers

hypernym

shout

to make or produce a loud noise
<verb.communication>

thunder

sample sentences

"The river thundered below"
"The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle"

verb frames

Something ----s
The cars %s down the avenue

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

thunderer thunder

semantic pointers

hypernym

roar, howl

be the case that thunder is being heard
<verb.weather>

boom thunder

sample sentences

"Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed"

verb frames

It is ----ing
It was %sing all day long

verb frames

It is ----ing
It was %sing all day long
The business is going to %s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

thunder

semantic pointers

entailment

storm