crank 'travel along a zigzag path' mount 'go upward with gradual or continuous progress' zigzag 'travel along a zigzag path' go up 'go upward with gradual or continuous progress' climb up 'go upward with gradual or continuous progress' climb 'go upward with gradual or continuous progress' glide 'move smoothly and effortlessly' drift 'wander from a direct course or at random' stray 'wander from a direct course or at random' err 'wander from a direct course or at random' carom 'rebound after hitting'
slide 'COD: move along a smooth surface, especially downwards, while maintaining continuous contact with it.' swerve 'COD: abruptly diverge or from a straight course' zigzag 'FN: to move in a back and forth manner while proceeding forward' swing 'FN: move quickly changing direction' blow 'COD: be carried or driven by the wind. ' move 'FN: go in a specified direction or manner' drift 'COD: be carried slowly by a current of air or water. ' fly 'COD: move or be hurled quickly through the air. ' come 'FN: move (towards the speaker).' meander 'COD: follow a winding course, or wander aimlessly. ' coast 'COD: move easily without using power. ' travel 'FN: move.' wind 'FN: to move in a twisting course' circle 'FN: move in a circle' float 'COD: move slowly or hover in a liquid or the air' roll 'COD: move by turning over and over on an axis. ' go 'COD: move from one place to another; travel. ' snake 'FN: to move with a twisting motion like that of a snake' undulate 'COD: move with a smooth wave-like motion' soar 'COD: glide high in the air. ' weave 'COD: move from side to side to progress around obstructions.' glide 'COD: move with a smooth, quiet, continuous motion. '
The river zigzags through the countryside The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house? The car caromed off several lampposts don't drift from the set course
Examples from VerbNet
The lion tamer jumped the lions through the loop. The horse ran to exhaustion. Tom jumped the horse. The lion tamer jumped the lions. Tom jumped the horse over the fence. There jumped out of the box a little white rabbit. The horse ran. There jumped a little white rabbit out of the box. The horse ran the track. The horse ran to the barn. The horse jumped over the fence. Tom walked the dog to exhaustion. The horse hopped the fence. Tom ran the horse from the stable to the pasture through an open gate. Out of the box jumped a little white rabbit.
Examples from SemCor
He did not dare climb back up to the road. The sergeant in charge climbed to his feet. Passing it, the bus climbed a hill, with the covered spice bazaar on_the_right and Pandelli 's, a famous and excellent restaurant, above it. Gradually the wash climbed upward, forcing him toward open range. It gave them all a chance to make a high-speed climbing turn attack and a break-away that would not take them into the overcast or force a tight turn recovery. He would go_in there, climb through the window, and at_least be safe for a_little while and able to rest. He climbed back to the road, and he felt utterly exhausted. He climbed the stairs, went_into Roberts' room, found a suitcase and packed as much into it as he could. White 's arm went_up and Warren raised his own. So is that of the limber company of lasses who whirl and glide and quickstep under Jack_Cole 's expert choreographic direction. Without looking at him, without looking at anything except Drexel_Street directly in_front of her, she climbed_up into one of those orange streetcars, rode_away in it, and never came_back. Mark 's thoughts must have been keeping silent pace beside his own, climbing the same crags in dirty white sneakers, clambering out on top of the headland and coming_upon the sudden glinting water at the same instant. They were climbing the hill in the night when the headlights abruptly probed solid blackness, became two parallel luminous tubes which broadened out into a faint mist of light and ended. He climbed, as quickly as he could urge his body, up the two unbroken flights to the third floor, pulling himself along on a delicate balustrade, all that remained of the building 's beauty. The unfortunate queen mounted the scaffold; the headsman swung his axe; the head dropped off; end of film. I saw you driftin away- but I tried. But the seven-iron shot he used to approach the green strayed into a bunker and lodged in a slight depression. He stopped pacing, leaned_against the dank, timbered wall and let his mind drift. He climbed the steps of the first and opened the door to the vestibule. ( The Almaden vineyards have now climbed to this height.) The hall was empty and Alex beckoned; they climbed the stairs which creaked, very_loudly to their sensitive ears, and reached the next floor. He finished his champagne and climbed uncertainly to the next landing. He pulled it over, climbed_up, and lifted_out the big volume, almost losing his balance from the weight of_it. Each dancer follows the ancient Oriental pattern- she glides sideways with shoulders motionless while her stomach migrates, and, through breathing and muscle control, she sends ripples across her body to the fingertips and away to the far end of the room. Seventeen years ago today, German scientist Willy_Fiedler climbed into a makeshift cockpit installed in a V-1 rocket-bomb that was attached to the underbelly of a Heinkel bomber. Ludie took his slingshot and climbed to the rooftop to shoot at crows. As far as he could see there was no hole to climb through it. She was sure she would reach the pool by climbing, and she clung to that belief despite the increasing number of obstacles. But actually these accounts reveal the supernatural powers that the masters were in_fact supposed to possess, as_well as the extreme degree of popular credulity:`` Hwang_Pah( O baku), one_day going_up Mount_Tien_Tai, which was believed to have been inhabited by Arhats with supernatural powers, met with a monk whose eyes emitted strange light. We entered one where the front_door stood ajar and climbed a flight of steep steps to the main floor. After they had finished eating, Melissa took Sprite the kitten under her arm-`` so_that Auntie_Grace can teach it about the whistle''- and climbed into the station_wagon beside her mother. The Angels in the nursery were zigzagging wildly in_all_directions, seemingly at_random. He paused only long enough to ascertain that Jess 's buckskin was still missing and that his own gray was all_right, then climbed through a back window and dropped to the ground outside. Climbing the steps steadily, they reached the top and headed for the door. It slashed the sloping manure scented lawns with concrete steps which climbed upward to white wooden porches. The fish_hawk, his wings not moving, circled and glided lower. They kept drifting apart and merging again in his mind like some minute form of life on a microscope slide. I had felt the draft they were making while mounting the stairs. No, they must look_the_other_way and climb one more painful step up the ladder. The first is the strictly scientific, which demands concrete proof and therefore may err on the conservative side by waiting for evidence in_the_flesh. At_least he could climb_up on_the_fence when his tormenters roared by again. `` I think they played Hail to the Chief better than the Marine_Corps Band, and we are grateful to them'', President_Kennedy remarked after mounting the bandstand and shaking_hands with conductor James_Christian_Pfohl. Brannon dismounted and climbed the steps. No sooner had I started drinking than the driver started zigzagging the truck. But when he called_for his withered, wrinkled sister Rose to care for him and the children, had he guessed that all he would remember of his woman was the memory of her climbing into that streetcar? Thus, stealthily they advanced upstream; then they turned to the right, climbed the embankment, and walked into the valley again. There was the slate_roof of the church; ivy climbed the red brick walls like a green scaled monster. Louise climbed onto a stool and clutched the hand with which I was trying to hold the phone, claiming my immediate attention on grounds of extreme emergency. Quickening his steps, John entered the vast church and climbed the tower steps to the bells.