Word

locomote, v.
(locomoted, locomotes, locomoting)

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 487 freq. cnt.: 343 freq. cnt.: 110 freq. cnt.: 34

go locomote move travel

sample sentences

"How fast does your new car go?"
"We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"
"The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"
"The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"
"news travelled fast"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
The children %s to the playground

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
The cars %s down the avenue

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
They %s the countryside
They %s in the countryside

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

also see

go on go up go by go off go out go by go up go down go down go down go under go on go around

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

move movement motion movement mover

also see

move on move out move back

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

travel travel traveller traveler

antonym

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

locomotive locomotion locomotion

semantic pointers

hyponym

spread, circulate, go around carry ease whish float swap seek whine fly ride come ghost betake oneself pass over, overfly travel wend do raft get about, get around repair, resort cruise travel, journey come, come up round trundle push travel purposefully swing wander, roam, drift, stray, rove, range, roll, swan, tramp, cast, ramble, vagabond walk, take the air wind, thread, meander, weave, wander forge, spurt, spirt crawl, creep scramble slide, slither roll, wheel glide bounce, jounce breeze float, drift, blow, be adrift play float, swim swim walk turn, move around circle slice into, slice through drift, stray, err run step drive, motor automobile ski fly, wing steam, steamer tram taxi ferry caravan ride, sit prance swim rise, go up, move up, lift, come up, arise, uprise ascend, go up fall, come down, descend, go down fall zigzag, crank follow, travel along go on, advance, move on, progress, march on, pass on retreat, withdraw, draw back, recede, move back, retire, pull away, pull back retrograde proceed, go forward, continue back pan follow lead, precede pursue, follow return derail, jump flock accompany billow circulate circle angle pass pass, pass by, go by, go past, surpass, travel by hurry, speed, travel rapidly, zip speed zoom drive rush, race, speed, hasten, hotfoot, hie, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it trail, shack shuttle hiss, whoosh whisk career circuit lance outflank, go around propagate draw change, transfer swash pace step, tread step hurtle retreat whistle island hop plow, plough lurch sift fall drag run bang precess travel, move around ride snowshoe beetle

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