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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
waver
1. someone who communicates by waving • Derivationally related forms: wave • Hypernyms: communicator 2. the act of moving back and forth • Syn: flutter, flicker • Derivationally related forms: flicker (for: flicker), flutter (for: flutter) • Hypernyms: motion, movement, move, motility 3. the act of pausing uncertainly - there was a hesitation in his speech • Syn: hesitation, falter, faltering • Derivationally related forms: falter (for: faltering), falter (for: falter), hesitate (for: hesitation) • Hypernyms: pause
1. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness (Freq. 2) - Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures • Syn: hesitate, waffle • Derivationally related forms: waffler (for: waffle), waverer, wavering, hesitant (for: hesitate), hesitation (for: hesitate), hesitater (for: hesitate), hesitancy (for: hesitate), hesitator (for: hesitate) • Hyponyms: dwell on, linger over, boggle, hover, linger, vibrate, vacillate, oscillate, falter • Entailment: doubt • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE - Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE 2. be unsure or weak (Freq. 1) - Their enthusiasm is faltering • Syn: falter • Derivationally related forms: waverer • Hypernyms: hesitate, waffle • Verb Frames: - Something ----s - Somebody ----s 3. move hesitatingly, as if about to give way (Freq. 1) • Syn: falter • Derivationally related forms: faltering (for: falter) • Hypernyms: move • Verb Frames: - Something ----s - Somebody ----s 4. move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern (Freq. 1) - the line on the monitor vacillated • Syn: fluctuate, vacillate • Derivationally related forms: wavering, vacillation (for: vacillate), fluctuation (for: fluctuate) • Hypernyms: swing • Verb Group: fluctuate • Verb Frames: - Something ----s - Somebody ----s 5. sway to and fro • Syn: weave • Hypernyms: swing, sway • Verb Frames: - Something ----s - Somebody ----s 6. give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency • Syn: quaver • Derivationally related forms: quaver (for: quaver) • Hypernyms: voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise • Verb Frames: - Something ----s 7. move back and forth very rapidly - the candle flickered • Syn: flicker, flitter, flutter, quiver • Derivationally related forms: flutter (for: flutter), fluttering (for: flutter), flicker (for: flicker) • Hypernyms: move back and forth • Verb Frames: - Something is ----ing PP
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