SECTION IV. MOTION3. Motion conjoined with Force4. Motion with reference to Direction

4. Motion with reference to Direction

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 # 278. Direction. - N. direction, bearing, course, vector; set, drift, tenor; tendency &c. Tendency; incidence; bending, trending &c. v.; dip, tack, aim, collimation; steering steerage.

point of the compass, cardinal points; North East, South, West; N by E, ENE, NE by N, NE, &c; rhumb[obs3], azimuth, line of collimation.

line, path, road, range, quarter, line of march; alignment, allignment[obs3]; air line, beeline; straight shoot.

V. tend towards, bend towards, point towards; conduct to, go to; point to, point at; bend, trend, verge, incline, dip, determine.

steer for, steer towards, make for, make towards; aim at, level at; take aim; keep a course, hold a course; be bound for; bend one's steps towards; direct one's course, steer one's course, bend one's course, shape one's course; align one's march, allign one's march[obs3]; to straight, go straight to the point; march on, march on a point.

ascertain one's direction &c. n.; s'orienter[French], see which way the wind blows; box the compass; take the air line.

Adj. directed &c. v. directed towards; pointing towards &c. v.; bound for; aligned, with alligned with[obs3]; direct, straight; undeviating, unswerving; straightforward; North, Northern, Northerly, &c. n.

Adv. towards; on the road, on the high road to; en avant; versus, to; hither, thither, whither; directly; straight as an arrow, forwards as an arrow; point blank; in a bee line to, in a direct line to, as the crow flies, in a straight line to, in a bee line for, in a direct line for, in a straight line for, in a bee line with, in a direct line with, in a straight line with; in a line with; full tilt at, as the crow flies.

before the wind, near the wind, close to the wind, against the wind; windwards, in the wind's eye.

through, via, by way of; in all directions, in all manner of ways; quaquaversum[Lat], from the four winds.

Phr. the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.


 # 279. Deviation. - N. deviation; swerving &c. v.; obliquation[Obs], warp, refraction; flection[obs3], flexion; sweep; deflection, deflexure[obs3]; declination.

diversion, digression, depart from, aberration; divergence &c. Divergence [Motion further off]; zigzag; detour &c. (circuit) Circuit; divagation.

[Desultory motion] wandering &c. v.; vagrancy, evagation[obs3]; bypaths and crooked ways; byroad.

[Motion sideways, oblique motion] sidling &c. v.; knight's move at chess.

V. alter one's course, deviate, depart from, turn, trend; bend, curve &c. Curvature; swerve, heel, bear off; gybe[obs3], wear.

intervert[obs3]; deflect; divert, divert from its course; put on a new scent, shift, shunt, draw aside, crook, warp.

stray, straggle; sidle; diverge &c. Divergence [Motion further off]; tralineate[Obs]; digress, wander; wind, twist, meander; veer, tack; divagate; sidetrack; turn aside, turn a corner, turn away from; wheel, steer clear of; ramble, rove, drift; go astray, go adrift; yaw, dodge; step aside, ease off, make way for, shy.

fly off at a tangent; glance off; wheel about, face about; turn to the right about, face to the right about; waddle &c. (oscillate) Oscillation [Reciprocating motion, motion to and fro]; go out of one's way &c. (perform a circuit) Circuit; lose one's way.

Adj. deviating &c. v.; aberrant, errant; excursive, discursive; devious, desultory, loose; rambling; stray, erratic, vagrant, undirected, circuitous, indirect, zigzag; crab-like.

Adv. astray from, round about, wide of the mark; to the right about; all manner of ways; circuitously &c. Circuit.

obliquely, sideling, like the move of the knight on a chessboard.


 # 280. [Going before] Precession. - N. precession, leading, heading; precedence &c. Precedence; priority &c. Priority; the lead, le pas; van &c. (front) Front; precursor &c. Precursor.

V. go before, go ahead, go in the van, go in advance; precede, forerun; usher in, introduce, herald, head, take the lead; lead the way, lead the dance; get the start, have the start; steal a march; get before, get ahead, get in front of; outstrip &c. Transcursion [Motion beyond]; take precedence &c. (first in order) Precedence.

Adj. leading, precedent &c. v.

Adv. in advance, before, ahead, in the van, in the lead; foremost, headmost[obs3]; in front; at the head, out in front; way out in front, far ahead.

Phr. seniores priores[Lat], ahead of his time.


 # 281. [Going after] Sequence. - N. sequence; coming after &c. (order) Sequence; (time) Posteriority; following pursuit &c. Pursuit [Purpose in action].

follower, attendant, satellite, shadow, dangler, train.

V. follow; pursue &c. Pursuit [Purpose in action]; go after, fly after.

attend, beset, dance attendance on, dog; tread in the steps of, tread close upon; be in the wake of, be in the trail of, be in the rear of, go in the wake of, go in the trail of, go in the rear of, follow in the wake of, follow in the trail of, follow in the rear of; follow as a shadow, hang on the skirts of; tread on the heels of, follow on the heels of; camp on the trail.

Adj. subsequent, next, succeeding; following &c. v..

Adv. behind; in the rear &c. Rear, in the train of, in the wake of; after &c. (order) Sequence, (time) Posteriority.


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 # 282. [Motion forward; progressive motion] Progression. - N. progress, progression, progressiveness; advancing &c. v.; advance, advancement; ongoing; flood, tide, headway; march &c. Journey [Locomotion by land]; rise; improvement &c. Improvement.

V. advance; proceed, progress; get on, get along, get over the ground; gain ground; forge ahead; jog on, rub on, wag on; go with the stream; keep one;s course, hold on one's course; go on, move on, come one, get on, pass on, push on, press on, go forward, move forward, come forward, get forward, pass forward, push forward, press forward, go forwards, move forwards, come forwards, get forwards, pass forwards, push forwards, press forwards, go ahead, move ahead, come ahead, get ahead, pass ahead, push ahead, press ahead; make one's way, work one's way, carve one's way, push one's way, force one's way, edge one's way, elbow one's way; make progress, make head, make way, make headway, make advances, make strides, make rapid strides &c. (velocity) Velocity; go ahead, shoot ahead; distance; make up leeway.

Adj. advancing &c. v.; progressive, profluent[obs3]; advanced.

Adv. forward, onward; forth, on, ahead, under way, en route for, on one's way, on the way, on the road, on the high road, on the road to; in progress; in mid progress; in transitu &c. Transference[Lat].

Phr. vestigia nulla retrorsum[Lat]; "westward the course of empire takes its way" [Berkeley].


 # 283. [Motion backwards] Regression. - N. regress, regression; retrocession[obs3], retrogression, retrograduation[obs3], retroaction; reculade[obs3]; retreat, withdrawal, retirement, remigration[obs3]; recession &c. (motion from) Recession [Motion from]; recess; crab-like motion.

refluence[obs3], reflux; backwater, regurgitation, ebb, return; resilience reflection, reflexion (recoil) Recoil[Brit]; flip-flop, volte- face[Fr].

counter motion, retrograde motion, backward movement, motion in reverse, counter movement, counter march; veering, tergiversation, recidivation[Obs], backsliding, fall; deterioration &c. Deterioration; recidivism, recidivity[obs3].

reversal, relapse, turning point &c.(reversion) Reversion.

V. recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire; retrograde, retrocede; back out; back down; balk; crawfish* [U. S.], crawl*; withdraw; rebound &c. Recoil; go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back; lose ground; fall astern, drop astern; backwater, put about; backtrack, take the back track; veer round; double, wheel, countermarch; ebb, regurgitate; jib, shrink, shy.

turn tail, turn round, turn upon one's heel, turn one's back upon; retrace one's steps, dance the back step; sound a retreat, beat a retreat; go home.

Adj. receding &c. v.; retrograde, retrogressive; regressive, refluent[obs3], reflex, recidivous, resilient; crab-like; balky; reactionary &c. Recoil.

Adv. back, backwards; reflexively, to the right about; a reculons[Fr], a rebours[Fr].

Phr. revenons a nos moutons[Fr], as you were.


 # 284. [Motion given to an object situated in front] Propulsion. - N. propulsion, projection; propelment[obs3]; vis a tergo[Lat: force from behind]; push, shove &c. (impulse) Impulse; ejaculate; ejection &c. Ejection [Motion out of, actively]; throw, fling, toss, shot, discharge, shy; launch, release.

[Science of propulsion] projectiles, ballistics, archery.

[devices to give propulsion] propeller, screw, twin screws, turbine, jet engine.

[objects propelled] missile, projectile, ball, discus, quoit, brickbat, shot; [weapons which propel] arrow, gun, ballista &c. (arms) Arms[obs3].

[preparation for propulsion] countdown, windup.

shooter; shot; archer, toxophilite[obs3]; bowman, rifleman, marksman; good shot, crack shot; sharpshooter &c. (combatant) Combatant.

V. propel, project, throw, fling, cast, pitch, chuck, toss, jerk, heave, shy, hurl; flirt, fillip.

dart, lance, tilt; ejaculate, jaculate[obs3]; fulminate, bolt, drive, sling, pitchfork.

send; send off, let off, fire off; discharge, shoot; launch, release, send forth, let fly; put in orbit, send into orbit, launch into orbit dash.

put in motion, set in motion; set agoing[obs3], start; give a start, give an impulse to; impel &c. Impulse; trundle &c. (set in rotation) Rotation [Motion in a continued circle]; expel &c. Ejection [Motion out of, actively].

carry one off one's legs; put to flight.

Adj. propelled &c. v.; propelling &c. v..; propulsive, projectile.


 # 285. [Motion given to an object situated behind] Traction. - N. traction; drawing &c. v.; draught, pull, haul; rake; "a long pull a strong pull and a pull all together"; towage[obs3], haulage.

V. draw, pull, haul, lug, rake, drag, tug, tow, trail, train; take in tow.

wrench, jerk, twitch, touse[Obs]; yank [U. S.].

Adj. drawing &c. v.; tractile[obs3], tractive.


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 # 286. [Motion towards] Approach. - N. approach, approximation, appropinquation[obs3]; access; appulse[obs3]; afflux[obs3], affluxion[obs3]; advent &c. (approach of time) Futurity [Prospective time]; pursuit &c. Pursuit [Purpose in action].

V. approach, approximate, appropinquate[obs3]; near; get near, go near, draw near; come to close quarters, come near; move towards, set in towards; drift; make up to; gain upon; pursue &c. Pursuit [Purpose in action]; tread on the heels of; bear up; make the land; hug the shore, hug the land.

Adj. approaching &c. v.; approximative[obs3]; affluent; impending, imminent &c. (destined) Destiny.

Adv. on the road.

Int. come hither! approach! here! come! come near! forward!


 # 287. [Motion from] Recession. - N. recession, retirement, withdrawal; retreat; retrocession &c. Regression [Motion backwards][obs3]; departure, &c. Departure [Initial motion from]; recoil &c. Recoil; flight &c. (avoidance) Avoidance [Absence of pursuit].

V. recede, go, move back, move from, retire; withdraw, shrink, back off; come away, move away, back away, go away, get away, drift away; depart &c. Departure [Initial motion from]; retreat &c. Regression [Motion backwards]; move off, stand off, sheer off; fall back, stand aside; run away &c. (avoid) Avoidance [Absence of pursuit].

remove, shunt, distance.

Adj. receding &c. v.

Phr. distance oneself from a person.


 # 288. [Motion towards, actively; force causing to draw closer] Attraction. - N. attraction, attractiveness; attractivity[obs3]; drawing to, pulling towards, adduction[obs3].

electrical attraction, electricity, static electricity, static, static cling; magnetism, magnetic attraction; gravity, attraction of gravitation.

[objects which attract by physical force] lodestone, loadstone, lodestar, loadstar[obs3]; magnet, permanent magnet, siderite, magnetite; electromagnet; magnetic coil, voice coil; magnetic dipole; motor coil, rotor, stator.

electrical charge; positive charge, negative charge.

magnetic pole; north pole, south pole; magnetic monopole.

V. attract, draw; draw towards, pull towards, drag towards; adduce.

Adj. attracting &c. v.; attrahent[obs3], attractive, adducent[obs3], adductive[obs3].

centrifugal.

Phr. ubi mel ibi apes [Latin][Plautus].


 # 289. [Motion from, actively; force driving apart] Repulsion. - N. repulsion; driving from &c. v.; repulse, abduction.

magnetic repulsion, magnetic levitation; antigravity.

V. repel, push from, drive apart, drive from &c. Impulse; chase, dispel; retrude[obs3]; abduce[obs3], abduct; send away; repulse.

keep at arm's length, turn one's back upon, give the cold shoulder; send off, send away with a flea in one's ear.

Adj. repelling &c. v.; repellent, repulsive; abducent[obs3], abductive[obs3].

centripetal Phr. like charges repel; opposite charges attract; like poles repel, opposite poles attract.


 # 290. [Motion nearer to] Convergence. - N. convergence, confluence, concourse, conflux[obs3], congress, concurrence, concentration; convergency; appulse[obs3], meeting; corradiation[obs3].

assemblage &c. Assemblage; resort &c. (focus) Focus [Place of meeting]; asymptote.

V. converge, concur, come together, unite, meet, fall in with; close with, close in upon; center round, center in; enter in; pour in.

gather together, unite, concentrate, bring into a focus.

Adj. converging &c. v.; convergent, confluent, concurrent; centripetal; asymptotical, asymptotic; confluxible[obs3].


 # 291. [Motion further off] Divergence. - N. divergence, divergency[obs3]; divarication, ramification, forking; radiation; separation &c. (disjunction) Disjunction; dispersion &c. Dispersion, Nonassemblage; deviation &c. Deviation; aberration.

V. diverge, divaricate, radiate; ramify; branch off, glance off, file off; fly off, fly off at a tangent; spread, scatter, disperse &c. Dispersion, Nonassemblage; deviate &c. Deviation; part &c. (separate) Disjunction.

Adj. diverging &c. v.; divergent, radiant, centrifugal; aberrant.


 # 292. [Terminal motion at] Arrival. - N. arrival, advent; landing; debarkation, disembarkation; reception, welcome, vin d'honneur[Fr].

home, goal, goalpost; landing place, landing stage; bunder[obs3]; resting place; destination, harbor, haven, port, airport, spaceport; terminus, halting place, halting ground, landing strip, runway, terminal; journey's end; anchorage &c. (refuge) Refuge [Means of safety].

return, remigration[obs3]; meeting; rencounter[obs3], encounter.

completion &c. Completion.

recursion[Math, Comp].

V. arrive; get to, come to; come; reach, attain; come up with, come up to; overtake, make, fetch; complete &c. Completion; join, rejoin.

light, alight, dismount; land, go ashore; debark, disembark; put in, put into; visit, cast anchor, pitch one's tent; sit down &c. (be located) Location; get to one's journey's end; make the land; be in at the death; come back, get back, come home, get home; return; come in &c. (ingress) Ingress [Motion into]; make one's appearance &c. (appear) Visibility; drop in; detrain, deplane; outspan; de-orbit.

come to hand; come at, come across; hit; come upon, light upon, pop upon, bounce upon, plump upon, burst upon, pitch upon; meet; encounter, rencounter[obs3]; come in contact.

Adj. arriving &c. v.; homeward bound.

Adv. here, hither.

Int. welcome! hail! all Hail! good-day, good morrow! Phr. any port in a storm.


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 # 293. [Initial motion from] Departure. - N. departure, decession[obs3], decampment; embarkation; outset, start; removal; exit &c. (egress) Egress [Motion out of]; exodus, hejira, flight.

leave taking, valediction, adieu, farewell, goodbye, auf wiedersehen[Ger], sayonara, dosvidanya[Russ], ciao, aloha, hasta la vista[Sp]; stirrup cup; valedictorian.

starting point, starting post; point of departure, point of embarkation, place of departure, place of embarkation; port of embarkation; airport, take-off point, taxiing runway, runway, launching pad, spaceport.

V. depart; go away; take one's departure, set out; set off, march off, put off, start off, be off, move off, get off, whip off, pack off, go off, take oneself off; start, issue, march out, debouch; go forth, sally forth; sally, set forward; be gone; hail from.

leave a place, quit, vacate, evacuate, abandon; go off the stage, make one's exit; retire, withdraw, remove; vamoose*, vamose* [obs3][U. S.]; go one's way, go along, go from home; take flight, take wing; spring, fly, flit, wing one's flight; fly away, whip away; embark; go on board, go aboard; set sail' put to sea, go to sea; sail, take ship; hoist blue Peter; get under way, weigh anchor; strike tents, decamp; walk one's chalks, cut one's stick; take leave; say good bye, bid goodbye &c. n.; disappear &c. Disappearance; abscond &c. (avoid) Avoidance [Absence of pursuit]; entrain; inspan[obs3].

Adj. departing &c. v.; valedictory; outward bound.

Adv. whence, hence, thence; with a foot in the stirrup; on the wing, on the move.

Int. begone! &c. (ejection) Ejection [Motion out of, actively]; farewell! adieu! goodbye! good day! au revoir[Fr]! fare you well! God bless you! God speed! all aboard! auf wiedersehen[Ger]! au plaisir de vous revoir[Fr]! bon voyage! gluckliche Reise[Ger]! vive valeque[Fr]!


 # 294. [Motion into] Ingress. - N. ingress; entrance, entry; introgression; influx, intrusion, inroad, incursion, invasion, irruption; ingression; penetration, interpenetration; illapse[obs3], import, infiltration; immigration; admission &c. (reception) Reception [Motion into, actively]; insinuation &c. (interjacence) Interposition[obs3]; insertion &c. Insertion [Forcible ingress].

inlet; way in; mouth, door, &c. (opening) Opening; barway[obs3]; path &c. (way) Method [Path]; conduit &c. Conduit [Channel for the passage of water]; immigrant.

V. have the entree; enter; go into, go in, come into, come in, pour into, pour in, flow into, flow in, creep into, creep in, slip into, slip in, pop into, pop in, break into, break in, burst into, burst in; set foot on; ingress; burst in upon, break in upon; invade, intrude; insinuate itself; interpenetrate, penetrate; infiltrate; find one's way into, wriggle into, worm oneself into.

give entrance to &c. (receive) Reception [Motion into, actively]; insert &c. Insertion [Forcible ingress].

Adj. incoming.


 # 295. [Motion out of] Egress. - N. egress, exit, issue; emersion, emergence; outbreak, outburst; eruption, proruption[obs3]; emanation; egression; evacuation; exudation, transudation; extravasation[Med], perspiration, sweating, leakage, percolation, distillation, oozing; gush &c. (water in motion) River [Water in motion]; outpour, outpouring; effluence, effusion; effluxion[obs3], drain; dribbling &c. v.; defluxion[obs3]; drainage; outcome, output; discharge &c. (excretion) Excretion .

export, expatriation; emigration, remigration[obs3]; debouch, debouche; emunctory[obs3]; exodus &c. (departure) Departure [Initial motion from]; emigrant.

outlet, vent, spout, tap, sluice, floodgate; pore; vomitory, outgate[obs3], sally port; way out; mouth, door &c. (opening) Opening; path &c. (way) Method [Path]; conduit &c. Conduit [Channel for the passage of water]; airpipe &c. Airpipe [Channel for the passage of air][obs3].

V. emerge, emanate, issue; egress; go out of, come out of, move out of, pass out of, pour out of, flow out of; pass out of, evacuate.

exude, transude; leak, run through, out through; percolate, transcolate[Obs]; egurgitate[obs3]; strain, distill; perspire, sweat, drain, ooze; filter, filtrate; dribble, gush, spout, flow out; well, well out; pour, trickle, &c. (water in motion) River [Water in motion]; effuse, extravasate[Med], disembogue[obs3], discharge itself, debouch; come forth, break forth; burst out, burst through; find vent; escape &c. Escape.

Adj. effused &c. v.; outgoing.


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 # 296. [Motion into, actively] Reception. - N. reception; admission, admittance, entree, importation; introduction, intromission; immission[obs3], ingestion, imbibation[obs3], introception[obs3], absorption, ingurgitation[obs3], inhalation; suction, sucking; eating, drinking &c. (food) Food [Eating]; insertion &c. Insertion [Forcible ingress]; interjection &c. Interposition; introit.

V. give entrance to, give admittance to, give the entree; introduce, intromit; usher, admit, receive, import, bring in, open the door to, throw in, ingest, absorb, imbibe, inhale, breathe in; let in, take in, suck in, draw in; readmit, resorb, reabsorb; snuff up, swallow, ingurgitate[obs3]; engulf, engorge; gulp; eat, drink &c. (food) Food [Eating].

Adj. admitting &c. v., admitted &c. v.; admissable; absorbent.


 # 297. [Motion out of, actively] Ejection. - N. ejection, emission, effusion, rejection, expulsion,exportation, eviction, extrusion, trajection[obs3]; discharge.

emesis, vomiting, vomition[obs3].

egestion[obs3], evacuation; ructation[obs3], eructation; bloodletting, venesection[Med], phlebotomy, paracentesis[obs3]; expuition, exspuition; tapping, drainage; clearance, clearage[obs3].

deportation; banishment &c. (punishment ) Punishment; rouge's march; relegation, extradition; dislodgment.

bouncer [U. S.], chucker-out*[obs3].

[material vomited] vomit, vomitus[Med], puke, barf[coll].

V. give exit, give vent to; let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out; dispatch, despatch; exhale, excern[Obs], excrete; embogue[obs3]; secrete, secern[obs3]; extravasate[Med], shed, void, evacuation; emit; open the sluices, open the floodgates; turn on the tap; extrude, detrude[obs3]; effuse, spend, expend; pour forth; squirt, spirt[obs3], spurt, spill, slop; perspire &c. (exude) Egress [Motion out of]; breathe, blow &c. (wind) Wind [Air in motion].

tap, draw off; bale out, lade out; let blood, broach.

eject, reject; expel, discard; cut, send to coventry, boycott; chasser[Fr]; banish &c. (punish) Punishment; bounce * [U. S.]; fire *, fire out *; throw &c. Propulsion [Motion given to an object situated in front] throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside; push &c. Impulse throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside; shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away; brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away; discharge; send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift; turn out, bundle out; throw overboard; give the sack to; send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about; strike off the roll &c. (abrogate) Abrogation; turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop; pack off; send away with a flea in the ear; send to Jericho; bow out, show the door to.

turn out of doors, turn out of house and home; evict, oust; unhouse, unkennel; dislodge; unpeople[obs3], dispeople[obs3]; depopulate; relegate, deport.

empty; drain to the dregs; sweep off; clear off, clear out, clear away; suck, draw off; clean out, make a clean sweep of, clear decks, purge.

embowel[obs3], disbowel[obs3], disembowel; eviscerate, gut; unearth, root out, root up; averuncate[Obs]; weed out, get out; eliminate, get rid of, do away with, shake off; exenterate[obs3].

vomit, throw up, regurgitate, spew, puke, keck[obs3], retch, heave, upchuck, chuck up, barf; belch out; cast up, bring up, be sick, get sick, worship the porcelain god.

disgorge; expectorate, clear the throat, hawk, spit, sputter, splutter, slobber, drivel, slaver, slabber[obs3]; eructate; drool.

unpack, unlade, unload, unship, offload; break bulk; dump.

be let out.

spew forth, erupt, ooze &c. (emerge) Egress [Motion out of].

Adj. emitting, emitted, &c. v.

Int. begone! get you gone! get away, go away, get along, go along, get along with you, go along with you! go your way! away with! off with you! get the hell out of here![vulg.], go about your business! be off! avaunt[obs3]! aroynt[obs3]! allez-vous-en[Fr]! jao[obs3]! va-t'en[Fr]!


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 # 298. [Eating] Food. - N. eating &c. v.; deglutition, gulp, epulation[obs3], mastication, manducation[obs3], rumination; gluttony &c. Gluttony.

[eating specific foods] hippophagy[obs3], ichthyophagy[obs3].

[CAUSEDBY:appetite &c. Desire].

mouth, jaws, mandible, mazard[obs3], chops.

drinking &c. v.; potation, draught, libation; carousal &c. (amusement) Amusement; drunkenness &c. Drunkenness.

food, pabulum; aliment, nourishment, nutriment; sustenance, sustentation, sustention; nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board; commissariat &c. (provision) Provision; prey, forage, pasture, pasturage; fare, cheer; diet, dietary; regimen; belly timber, staff of life; bread, bread and cheese.

comestibles, eatables, victuals, edibles, ingesta; grub, grubstake, prog[obs3], meat; bread, bread stuffs; cerealia[obs3]; cereals; viands, cates[obs3], delicacy, dainty, creature comforts, contents of the larder, fleshpots; festal board; ambrosia; good cheer, good living.

beef, bisquit[obs3], bun; cornstarch [U. S.]; cookie, cooky [U. S.]; cracker, doughnut; fatling[obs3]; hardtack, hoecake [U. S.], hominy [U. S.]; mutton, pilot bread; pork; roti[obs3], rusk, ship biscuit; veal; joint, piece de resistance[Fr], roast and boiled; remove, entremet[obs3], ; releve[Fr], hash, rechauffe[Fr], stew, ragout, fricassee, mince; pottage, potage[obs3], broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat[obs3]; pie, pasty, volauvent[obs3]; pudding, omelet; pastry; sweets &c. Reception [Motion into, actively]; kickshaws[obs3]; condiment &c. Condiment.

appetizer, hors d'oeuvre[Fr].

main course, entree.

alligator pear, apple &c., apple slump; artichoke; ashcake[obs3], griddlecake, pancake, flapjack; atole[obs3], avocado, banana, beche de mer[Fr], barbecue, beefsteak; beet root; blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli[obs3], bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey [U. S.]; chowder, chupatty[obs3], clam, compote, damper, fish, , frumenty[obs3], grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis[obs3], sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash [U. S.], supawn [obs3][U. S.], trepang[obs3], vanilla, waffle, walnut.

table, cuisine, bill of fare, menu, table d'hote[Fr], ordinary, entree.

meal, repast, feed, spread; mess; dish, plate, course; regale; regalement[obs3], refreshment, entertainment; refection, collation, picnic, feast, banquet, junket; breakfast; lunch, luncheon; dejeuner[Fr], bever[obs3], tiffin[obs3], dinner, supper, snack, junk food, fast food, whet, bait, dessert; potluck, table d'hote[Fr], dejeuner a la fourchette[Fr]; hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal; blowout*; light refreshment; bara[obs3], chotahazri[obs3]; bara khana[obs3].

mouthful, bolus, gobbet[obs3], morsel, sop, sippet[obs3].

drink, beverage, liquor, broth, soup; potion, dram, draught, drench, swill*; nip, sip, sup, gulp.

wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo[obs3], heavy wet; grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus[obs3], cup, bishop, wassail; gin &c. (intoxicating liquor) Drunkenness; coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates; bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer[obs3]; Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep [U. S.]; near beer, 3.2 beer, non-alcoholic beverage.

eating house &c. Abode [Place of habitation, or resort].

[person who eats] diner; hippophage; glutton &c. Gluttony.

V. eat, feed, fare, devour, swallow, take; gulp, bolt, snap; fall to; despatch, dispatch; discuss; take down, get down, gulp down; lay in, tuck in*; lick, pick, peck; gormandize &c. Gluttony; bite, champ, munch, cranch[obs3], craunch[obs3], crunch, chew, masticate, nibble, gnaw, mumble.

live on; feed upon, batten upon, fatten upon, feast upon; browse, graze, crop, regale; carouse &c. (make merry) Amusement; eat heartily, do justice to, play a good knife and fork, banquet.

break bread, break one's fast; breakfast ,lunch, dine, take tea, sup.

drink in, drink up, drink one's fill; quaff, sip, sup; suck, suck up; lap; swig; swill*, chugalug[slang], tipple &c. (be drunken) Drunkenness; empty one's glass, drain the cup; toss off, toss one's glass; wash down, crack a bottle, wet one's whistle.

purvey &c. Provision.

Adj. eatable, edible, esculent[obs3], comestible, alimentary; cereal, cibarious[obs3]; dietetic; culinary; nutritive, nutritious; gastric; succulent; potable, potulent[Obs]; bibulous.

omnivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous, granivorous[obs3], graminivorous, phytivorous[obs3]; ichthyivorous[obs3]; omophagic[obs3], omophagous[obs3]; pantophagous[obs3], phytophagous[obs3], xylophagous Phr[Biol]. "across the walnuts and the wine" [Tennyson]; "blessed hour of our dinners!" [O. Meredith]; "now good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both!" [Macbeth]; "who can cloy the hungry edge of appetite?"


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 # 299. Excretion - N. excretion, discharge, emanation; exhalation, exudation, extrusion, secretion, effusion, extravasation[Med], ecchymosis[Med]; evacuation, dejection, faeces, excrement,shit, stools, crap[vulg.]; bloody flux; cacation[obs3]; coeliac-flux, coeliac-passion; dysentery; perspiration, sweat; subation[obs3], exudation; diaphoresis; sewage; eccrinology[Med].

saliva, spittle, rheum; ptyalism[obs3], salivation, catarrh; diarrhoea; ejecta, egesta[Biol], sputa; excreta; lava; exuviae &c. (uncleanness) Uncleanness[Lat].

hemorrhage, bleeding; outpouring &c. (egress) Egress [Motion out of].

V. excrete &c. (eject) Ejection [Motion out of, actively]; emanate &c. (come out) Egress [Motion out of].


 # 300. [Forcible ingress] Insertion. - N. insertion, implantation, introduction; insinuation &c. (intervention) Interposition; planting, &c. v.; injection, inoculation, importation, infusion; forcible ingress &c. Ingress [Motion into]; immersion; submersion, submergence, dip, plunge; bath &c. (water), Water; interment &c. Interment.

clyster[Med], enema, glyster[obs3], lavage, lavement[obs3].

V. insert; introduce, intromit; put into, run into; import; inject; interject &c. Food [Eating]; infuse, instill, inoculate, impregnate, imbue, imbrue.

graft, ingraft[obs3], bud, plant, implant; dovetail.

obtrude; thrust in, stick in, ram in, stuff in, tuck in, press, in, drive in, pop in , whip in, drop in, put in; impact; empierce[Obs]&c. (make a hole) Opening[obs3].

imbed; immerse, immerge, merge; bathe, soak &c. (water) Water; dip, plunge &c. Plunge.

bury &c. (inter) Interment.

insert &c itself; plunge in medias res.

Adj. inserted &c. v.


 # 301. [Forcible egress] Extraction. - N. extraction; extracting &c. v.; removal, elimination, extrication, eradication, evolution.

evulsion[obs3], avulsion[obs3]; wrench; expression, squeezing; extirpation, extermination; ejection &c. Ejection [Motion out of, actively]; export &c. (egress) Egress [Motion out of].

extractor, corkscrew, forceps, pliers.

V. extract, draw; take out, draw out, pull out, tear out, pluck out, pick out, get out; wring from, wrench; extort; root up, weed up, grub up, rake up, root out, weed out, grub out, rake out; eradicate; pull up by the roots, pluck up by the roots; averruncate[Obs]; unroot[obs3]; uproot, pull up, extirpate, dredge.

remove; educe, elicit; evolve, extricate; eliminate &c. (eject) Ejection [Motion out of, actively]; eviscerate &c. Ejection [Motion out of, actively].

express, squeeze out, press out.

Adj. extracted &c. v.


 # 302. [Motion through] Passage. - N. passage, transmission; permeation; penetration, interpenetration; transudation, infiltration; endosmose exosmose[obs3]; endosmosis[Chem]; intercurrence[obs3]; ingress &c. Ingress [Motion into]; egress &c. Egress [Motion out of]; path &c. Method [Path]; conduit &c. Conduit [Channel for the passage of water]; opening &c. Opening; journey &c. Journey [Locomotion by land]; voyage &c. Navigation [Locomotion by water, or air].

V. pass, pass through; perforate &c. (hole) Opening; penetrate, permeate, thread, thrid[obs3], enfilade; go through, go across; go over, pass over; cut across; ford, cross; pass and repass, work; make one's way, thread one's way, worm one's way, force one's way; make a passage form a passage; cut one's way through; find its way, find its vent; transmit, make way, clear the course; traverse, go over the ground.

Adj. passing &c. v.; intercurrent[obs3]; endosmosmic[obs3], endosmotic[Chem].

Adv. en passant &c. (transit) Transference[Fr].


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 # 303. [Motion beyond] Transcursion. - N. transcursion[Obs], transiliency[obs3], transgression; trespass; encroachment, infringement; extravagation[Obs], transcendence; redundancy &c. Redundancy.

V. transgress, surpass, pass; go beyond, go by; show in front, come to the front; shoot ahead of; steal a march upon, steal a gain upon.

overstep, overpass, overreach, overgo[obs3], override, overleap, overjump[obs3], overskip[obs3], overlap, overshoot the mark; outstrip, outleap, outjump, outgo, outstep[obs3], outrun, outride, outrival, outdo; beat, beat hollow; distance; leave in the lurch, leave in the rear; throw into the shade; exceed, transcend, surmount; soar &c. (rise) Ascent [Motion upwards].

encroach, trespass, infringe, trench upon, entrench on, intrench on[obs3]; strain; stretch a point, strain a point; cross the Rubicon.

Adj. surpassing &c. v.

Adv. beyond the mark, ahead.


 # 304. [Motion short of] Shortcoming. - N. shortcoming, failure; falling short &c v.; default, defalcation; leeway; labor in vain, no go.

incompleteness &c. Incompleteness; imperfection &c. Imperfection; insufficiency &c. Insufficiency; noncompletion &c. Noncompletion; failure &c. Failure.

V. Transcursion [Motion beyond], come short of, fall short of, stop short of, come short , fall short , stop short ; not reach; want; keep within bounds, keep within the mark, keep within the compass.

break down, stick in the mud, collapse, flat out [U. S.], come to nothing; fall through, fall to the ground; cave in, end in smoke, miss the mark, fail; lose ground; miss stays.

Adj. unreached; deficient; short, short of; minus; out of depth; perfunctory &c. (neglect) Neglect.

Adv. within the mark, within the compass, within the bounds; behindhand; re infecta[Lat]; to no purpose; for from it.

Phr. the bubble burst.


 # 305. [Motion upwards] Ascent. - N. ascent, ascension; rising &c. Leap; acclivity, hill &c. Obliquity; flight of steps, flight of stairs; ladder rocket, lark; sky rocket, sky lark; Alpine Club.

V. ascend, rise, mount, arise, uprise; go up, get up, work one's way up, start up; shoot up, go into orbit; float up; bubble up; aspire.

climb, clamber, ramp, scramble, escalade[obs3], surmount; shin, shinny, shinney; scale, scale the heights.

[cause to go up] raise, elevate &c. Elevation.

go aloft, fly aloft; tower, soar, take off; spring up, pop up, jump up, catapult upwards, explode upwards; hover, spire, plane, swim, float, surge; leap &c. Leap.

Adj. rising &c. v. scandent[Obs], buoyant; supernatant, superfluitant[Obs]; excelsior.

Adv. uphill.


 # 306. [Motion downwards] Descent. - N. descent, descension[obs3], declension, declination; fall; falling &c. v.: slump; drop, plunge, plummet, cadence; subsidence, collapse, lapse; downfall, tumble, slip, tilt, trip, lurch; cropper, culbute[obs3]; titubation[obs3], stumble; fate of Icarus.

avalanche, debacle, landslip, landslide.

declivity, dip, hill.

[equipment for descending by rappeling] rappel.

V. descend; go down, drop down, come down; fall, gravitate, drop, slip, slide, rappel, settle; plunge, plummet, crash; decline, set, sink, droop, come down a peg; slump.

dismount, alight, light, get down; swoop; stoop &c. Depression; fall prostrate, precipitate oneself; let fall &c. Depression.

tumble, trip, stumble, titubate[obs3], lurch, pitch, swag, topple, topple over, tumble over, topple down, tumble down; tilt, sprawl, plump down, come down a cropper.

Adj. descending &c. v.; descendent; decurrent[obs3], decursive[obs3]; labent[obs3], deciduous; nodding to its fall.

Adv. downhill, downwards.

Phr. the bottom fell out.


 # 307. Elevation. - N. elevation; raising &c. v.; erection, lift; sublevation[obs3], upheaval; sublimation, exaltation; prominence &c. (convexity) Convexity.

lever &c. Instrument; crane, derrick, windlass, capstan, winch; dredge, dredger, dredging machine.

dumbwaiter, elevator, escalator, lift.

V. heighten, elevate, raise, lift, erect; set up, stick up, perch up, perk up, tilt up; rear, hoist, heave; uplift, upraise, uprear, upbear[obs3], upcast[obs3], uphoist[obs3], upheave; buoy, weigh mount, give a lift; exalt; sublimate; place on a pedestal, set on a pedestal.

[ref] escalate (increase) Increase, Multitude, Expansion.

take up, drag up, fish up; dredge.

stand up, rise up, get up, jump up; spring to one's feet; hold oneself, hold one's head up; drawn oneself up to his full height.

Adj. elevated &c. v.; stilted, attollent[obs3], rampant.

Adv. on stilts, on the shoulders of, on one's legs, on one's hind legs.


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 # 308. Depression. - N. lowering &c. v.; depression; dip &c. (concavity) Concavity; abasement; detrusion[obs3]; reduction.

overthrow, overset[obs3], overturn; upset; prostration, subversion, precipitation.

bow; courtesy, curtsy; genuflexion[obs3], genuflection, kowtow, obeisance, salaam.

V. depress, lower, let down, take down, let down a peg, take down a peg; cast; let drop, let fall; sink, debase, bring low, abase, reduce, detrude[obs3], pitch, precipitate.

overthrow, overturn, overset[obs3]; upset, subvert, prostate, level, fell; cast down, take down, throw down, fling down, dash down, pull down, cut down, knock down, hew down; raze, raze to the ground, rase to the ground[obs3]; trample in the dust, pull about one's ears.

sit, sit down; couch, squat, crouch, stoop, bend, bow; courtesy, curtsy; bob, duck, dip, kneel; bend the knee, bow the knee, bend the head, bow the head; cower; recline &c. (be horizontal) Horizontality.

Adj. depressed &c. v.; at a low ebb; prostrate &c. (horizontal) Horizontality; detrusive[obs3].

Phr. facinus quos inquinat aequat [Lat][Lucan].


 # 309. Leap. - N. leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, saltation[obs3].

ance, caper; curvet, caracole; gambade[Obs], gambado[Obs]; capriole, demivolt[obs3]; buck, buck jump; hop skip and jump; falcade[obs3].

kangaroo, jerboa; chamois, goat, frog, grasshopper, flea; buckjumper[obs3]; wallaby.

V. leap; jump up, jump over the moon; hop, spring, bound, vault, ramp, cut capers, trip, skip, dance, caper; buck, buck jump; curvet, caracole; foot it, bob, bounce, flounce, start; frisk &c. (amusement) Amusement; jump about &c. (agitation) Agitation [Irregular motion]; trip it on the light fantastic toe, trip the light fantastic, dance oneself off one's legs, dance off one's shoes.

Adj. leaping &c. v.; saltatory[obs3], frisky.

Adv. on the light fantastic toe.

Phr. di salto in salto[It].


 # 310. Plunge. - N. plunge, dip, dive, header; ducking &c. v.; diver.

V. plunge, dip, souse, duck; dive, plump; take a plunge, take a header; make a plunge; bathe &c.(water) Water.

submerge, submerse; immerse; douse, sink, engulf, send to the bottom.

get out of one's depth; go to the bottom, go down like a stone, drop like a lead balloon; founder, welter, wallow.


 # 311. [Curvilinear motion] Circuition. - N. circuition[obs3], circulation; turn, curvet; excursion, circumvention, circumnavigation, circumambulation; northwest passage; circuit &c. Circuit.

turning &c. v.; wrench; evolution; coil, corkscrew.

V. turn, bend, wheel; go about, put about; heel; go round to the right about, turn round to the right about; turn on one's heel; make a circle, make a complete circle, describe a circle, describe a complete circle; go through Space [Indefinite space]x, go through Deathx, pass through Space [Indefinite space]x, pass through Deathx.

circumnavigate, circumambulate, circumvent; "put a girdle round about the earth" [M.N.D.]; go the round, make the round of.

wind, circulate, meander; whisk, twirl; twist &c. (convolution) Convolution [Complex curvature]; make a detour &c. (circuit) Circuit.

Adj. turning &c. v.; circuitous; circumforaneous[obs3], circumfluent[obs3].

Adv. round about.


 # 312. [Motion in a continued circle] Rotation. - N. rotation, revolution, spinning, gyration, turning about an axis, turning aound an axis, circulation, roll; circumrotation[obs3], circumvolution, circumgyration[obs3]; volutation[obs3], circination[Obs], turbination[obs3], pirouette, convolution.

verticity[Obs], whir, whirl, eddy, vortex, whirlpool, gurge[obs3]; countercurrent; Maelstrom, Charybdis; Ixion.

[rotating air] cyclone; tornado, whirlwind; dust devil.

[rotation of an automobile] spin-out.

axis, axis of rotation, swivel, pivot, pivot point; axle, spindle, pin, hinge, pole, arbor, bobbin, mandrel; axle shaft; gymbal; hub, hub of rotation.

[rotation and translation together] helix, helical motion.

[measure of rotation] angular momentum, angular velocity; revolutions per minute, RPM.

[result of rotation] centrifugal force; surge; vertigo, dizzy round; coriolus force.

[things that go around] carousel, merry-go-round; Ferris wheel; top, dreidel,teetotum[obs3]; gyroscope; turntable, lazy suzan; screw, whirligig, rollingstone[obs3], water wheel, windmill; wheel, pulley wheel, roulette wheel, potter's wheel, pinwheel, gear; roller; flywheel; jack; caster; centrifuge, ultracentrifuge, bench centrifuge, refrigerated centrifuge, gas centrifuge, microfuge; drill, augur, oil rig; wagon wheel, wheel, tire, tyre[Brit][Brit].

[Science of rotary motion] trochilics[obs3].

[person who rotates] whirling dervish.

V. rotate; roll along; revolve, spin; turn round; circumvolve[obs3]; circulate; gyre, gyrate, wheel, whirl, pirouette; twirl, trundle, troll, bowl.

roll up, furl; wallow, welter; box the compass; spin like a top, spin like a teetotum[Obs]!.

[of an automobile] spin out.

Adj. rotating &c.v.; rotary, rotary; circumrotatory[obs3], trochilic[obs3], vertiginous, gyratory; vortical, vorticose[obs3].

Adv. head over heels, round and round, like a horse in a mill.


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 # 313. [Motion in the reverse circle] Evolution. - N. evolution, unfolding, development; evolvement; unfoldment; eversion &c. (inversion) Inversion.

V. evolve; unfold, unroll, unwind, uncoil, untwist, unfurl, untwine, unravel; untangle, disentangle; develop.

Adj. evolving &c. v.; evolved &c. v.


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 # 314. [Reciprocating motion, motion to and fro] Oscillation. - N. oscillation; vibration, libration; motion of a pendulum; nutation; undulation; pulsation; pulse.

alternation; coming and going &c. v.; ebb and flow, flux and reflux, ups and down.

fluctuation; vacillation &c. (irresolution) Irresolution.

wave, vibratiuncle[obs3], swing, beat, shake, wag, seesaw, dance, lurch, dodge; logan[obs3], loggan[obs3], rocking-stone, vibroscope[obs3].

V. oscillate; vibrate, librate[obs3]; alternate, undulate, wave; rock, swing; pulsate, beat; wag, waggle; nod, bob, courtesy, curtsy; tick; play; wamble[obs3], wabble[obs3]; dangle, swag.

fluctuate, dance, curvet, reel, quake; quiver, quaver; shake, flicker; wriggle; roll, toss, pitch; flounder, stagger, totter; move up and down, bob up and down &c. Adv.; pass and repass, ebb and flow, come and go; vacillate &c. Irresolution; teeter [U. S.].

brandish, shake, flourish.

Adj. oscillating &c. v.; oscillatory, undulatory, pulsatory[obs3], libratory, rectilinear; vibratory, vibratile[obs3]; pendulous.

Adv. to and fro, up and down, backwards and forwards, hither and yon, seesaw, zigzag, wibble-wabble[obs3], in and out, from side to side, like buckets in a well.


 # 315. [Irregular motion] Agitation. - N. agitation, stir, tremor, shake, ripple, jog, jolt, jar, jerk, shock, succussion[obs3], trepidation, quiver, quaver, dance; jactitation[Obs], quassation[Obs]; shuffling Statec. v.; twitter, flicker, flutter.

turbulence, perturbation; commotion, turmoil, disquiet; tumult, tumultuation[Obs]; hubbub, rout, bustle, fuss, racket, subsultus[obs3], staggers, megrims, epilepsy, fits; carphology[obs3], chorea, floccillation[obs3], the jerks, St. Vitus's dance, tilmus[obs3].

spasm, throe, throb, palpitation, convulsion.

disturbance, chaos &c. (disorder) Disorder [Absence, or want of Order, &c]; restlessness &c. (changeableness) Changeableness.

ferment, fermentation; ebullition, effervescence, hurly-burly, cahotage[obs3]; tempest, storm, ground swell, heavy sea, whirlpool, vortex &c. Rotation [Motion in a continued circle]; whirlwind &c. (wind) Wind [Air in motion].

V. be agitated &c.; shake; tremble, tremble like an aspen leaf; quiver, quaver, quake, shiver, twitter, twire[obs3], writhe, toss, shuffle, tumble, stagger, bob, reel, sway, wag, waggle; wriggle, wriggle like an eel; dance, stumble, shamble, flounder, totter, flounce, flop, curvet, prance, cavort [U. S.]; squirm.

throb, pulsate, beat, palpitate, go pitapat; flutter, flitter, flicker, bicker; bustle.

ferment, effervesce, foam; boil, boil over; bubble up; simmer.

toss about, jump about; jump like a parched pea; shake like an aspen leaf; shake to its center, shake to its foundations; be the sport of the winds and waves; reel to and fro like a drunken man; move from post to pillar and from pillar to post, drive from post to pillar and from pillar to post, keep between hawk and buzzard.

agitate, shake, convulse, toss, tumble, bandy, wield, brandish, flap, flourish, whisk, jerk, hitch, jolt; jog, joggle, jostle, buffet, hustle, disturb, stir, shake up, churn, jounce, wallop, whip, vellicate[obs3].

Adj. shaking &c. v.; agitated tremulous; desultory, subsultory[Obs]; saltatoric[obs3]; quasative[obs3]; shambling; giddy-paced, saltatory[obs3], convulsive, unquiet, restless, all of a twitter.

Adv. by fits and starts; subsultorily[Obs]&c. adj[obs3].; per saltum[Lat]; hop skip and jump; in convulsions, in fits.

Phr. tempete dans un verre d'eau[Fr].


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SECTION IV. MOTION3. Motion conjoined with Force4. Motion with reference to Direction