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NUTATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nutate mean?
• NUTATE (verb)
The verb NUTATE has 1 sense:
1. rock, sway, or nod; usually involuntarily
Familiarity information: NUTATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they nutate ... he / she / it nutates
Past simple: nutated
Past participle: nutated
-ing form: nutating
... he / she / it nutates Past simple: nutated
Past participle: nutated
-ing form: nutating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rock, sway, or nod; usually involuntarily
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "nutate" is one way to...):
rock; shake; sway (move back and forth or sideways)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
nutation (uncontrolled nodding)
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