thumb, v.
(thumbed, thumbing, thumbs)
freq. cnt. 2
(thumbed, thumbing, thumbs)
freq. cnt. 2
travel by getting free rides from motorists
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
hitch hitchhike thumb
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
feel or handle with the fingers
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
finger thumb
sample sentences
"finger the binding of the book"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
look through a book or other written material
<verb.perception> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
flick flip leaf riff riffle thumb
sample sentences
"He thumbed through the report""She leafed through the volume"
verb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PP
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym