LEVITATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does levitate mean?
• LEVITATE (verb)
The verb LEVITATE has 2 senses:
1. cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity
2. be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity
Familiarity information: LEVITATE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LEVITATE (verb)
Meaning:
Cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The magician levitated the woman
Hypernyms (to "levitate" is one way to...):
bring up; elevate; get up; lift; raise (raise from a lower to a higher position)
Sentence frames:
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Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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Meaning:
Be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
levitate; hover
Context example:
The guru claimed that he could levitate
"Levitate" entails doing...:
arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
