"oscillate" meaning in English

See oscillate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: oscillate
  1. ταλαντεύομαι
    Sense id: el-oscillate-en-verb-aUMUdwjJ
  2. κυμαίνομαι, υφίσταμαι διακύμανση
    Sense id: el-oscillate-en-verb-ZGPBdQQ0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sway (en), swing, vibrate (en), wobble (en), wigwag (en), wiggle (en)

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oscillate"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ταλαντεύομαι"
      ],
      "id": "el-oscillate-en-verb-aUMUdwjJ"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "κυμαίνομαι, υφίσταμαι διακύμανση"
      ],
      "id": "el-oscillate-en-verb-ZGPBdQQ0"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sway (en)"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "και συνώνυμα"
      ],
      "word": "swing"
    },
    {
      "word": "vibrate (en)"
    },
    {
      "word": "wobble (en)"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "ανεπίσημο"
      ],
      "word": "wigwag (en)"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "για μικρού εύρους ταλάντωση· πάνω κάτω ή αριστερά δεξιά/πλευρικά"
      ],
      "word": "wiggle (en)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oscillate"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oscillate"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ταλαντεύομαι"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "κυμαίνομαι, υφίσταμαι διακύμανση"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sway (en)"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "και συνώνυμα"
      ],
      "word": "swing"
    },
    {
      "word": "vibrate (en)"
    },
    {
      "word": "wobble (en)"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "ανεπίσημο"
      ],
      "word": "wigwag (en)"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "για μικρού εύρους ταλάντωση· πάνω κάτω ή αριστερά δεξιά/πλευρικά"
      ],
      "word": "wiggle (en)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oscillate"
}

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