SEESAW
\sˈiːsɔː], \sˈiːsɔː], \s_ˈiː_s_ɔː]\
Definitions of SEESAW
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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ride on a plank
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a plaything that is ridden up and down by children at either end
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move up and down as if on a seesaw
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A play among children in which they are seated upon the opposite ends of a plank which is balanced in the middle, and move alternately up and down.
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A plank or board adjusted for this play.
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Same as Crossruff.
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To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.
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To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.
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Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion.
By Oddity Software
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A play among children in which they are seated upon the opposite ends of a plank which is balanced in the middle, and move alternately up and down.
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A plank or board adjusted for this play.
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Same as Crossruff.
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To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.
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To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.
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Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion.
By Noah Webster.
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Motion to and fro, or up and down, as on a balanced plank; a plank balanced on some support, enabling those who sit at the ends to move up and down alternately.
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To move up and down or backward and forward.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Motion to and fro, as in the act of sawing: a play among children, in which two seated at opposite ends of a board supported in the centre move alternately up and down.
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To move backwards and forwards.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To move up and down or to and fro; vacillate.
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A sport in which persons are borne up and down on opposite ends of a balanced plank; any similar movement.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A motion backwards and forwards, or upwards and downwards; a reciprocating motion; a play of children, in which two are seated, one on each end of a board balanced on a log of wood, or similar elevation, the board being then made to move alternately up and down.
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Pert. to a motion up and down, or to and fro.
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To swing or move backwards and forwards, or to move upwards and downwards; to move with a vibratory or reciprocating motion.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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