| Main Entry: | scud |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | skim across |
Synonyms: |
cloud, dart, fly, gust, run, skim, wind |
| Main Entry: | cloud |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mass of water particles in air |
Synonyms: |
billow, brume, darkness, dimness, film, fog, fogginess, frost, gloom, haze, haziness, mare's tail, mist, murk, nebula, nebulosity, obscurity, ol' buttermilk sky, overcast, pea soup, pother, puff, rack, scud, sheep, smog, smoke, smother, steam, thunderhead, vapor, veil, woolpack |
| Main Entry: | dart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | race away; propel |
Synonyms: |
bound, career, cast, course, dash, flash, fling, flit, float, fly, gallop, hasten, heave, hurry, hurtle, launch, move quickly, pitch, plunge, run, rush, sail, scamper, scoot, scud, scurry, shoot, skim, speed, spring, sprint, spurt, start, tear, throw, thrust, whiz |
| Main Entry: | drift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move aimlessly |
Synonyms: |
accumulate, aim, amass, amble, be carried along, coast, dance, draw near, flicker, flit, flitter, float, flow, flutter, gad, gallivant*, gather, go with the tide, go-that-a-way, gravitate, hover, kick around, linger, malinger, meander, mosey, muck, ride, sail, saunter, scud, skim, slide, stray, stroll, tend, waft, wander, wash* |
Antonyms: |
decide, direct, guide, set |
| Main Entry: | flit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flutter, move rapidly |
Synonyms: |
dance, dart, flash, fleet, flicker, float, fly, hover, hurry, pass, run, rush, sail, scud, skim, speed, sweep, whisk, whiz, wing, zip |
| Main Entry: | fly |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take to the air, usually employing wings |
Synonyms: |
aviate, barnstorm, bend the throttle, buzz*, circle, circumnavigate, climb, control, cross, dart, dash, dive, drift, flat-hat, fleet, flit, float, flutter, glide, hop, hover, hurry, jet, jet out, jet over, maneuver, mount, operate, pilot, reach, remain aloft, rush, sail, scud, seagull, shoot, skim, skirt, sky out, soar, speed, swoop, take a hop, take flight, take off, take wing, travel, whisk, whiz*, whoosh, wing in, wing*, zip, zoom* |
Antonyms: |
land, stay on ground, walk |
| Main Entry: | froth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lather, bubbles |
Synonyms: |
barm, ebullition, effervescence, fizz, foam, head, scud, scum, spindrift, spray, spume, suds, yeast |
| Main Entry: | glide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move smoothly and quickly on a surface |
Synonyms: |
coast, decline, descend, drift, flit, float, flow, fly, glissade, roll, run, sail, scud, shoot, skate, skim, skip, skirr, slide, slink, slip, slither, smooth along, soar, spiral, stream, trip, waft, wing |
| Main Entry: | race |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run, speed in competition |
Synonyms: |
boil, bolt, bustle, career, chase, compete, contest, course, dart, dash, fling, fly, gallop, haste, hasten, hie, hurry, hustle, lash, outstrip, plunge ahead, post, pursue, rush, scamper, scramble, scud, scuttle, shoot, skim, sprint, spurt, swoop, tear, whisk, wing |
| Main Entry: | row |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move boat with paddle |
Synonyms: |
drag, oar, paddle, pull, punt, sail, scud, scull, sky an oar, swim* |