gravitate
/ˈɡɹævɪteɪt/ verb C2- To move under the force of gravity.
- To tend or drift towards someone or something, as though being pulled by gravity. · Children naturally gravitate to such a big, friendly man.· The guests slowly gravitated to the kitchen.
He/she/it gravitates · Past gravitated · Past participle gravitated · -ing form gravitating
Verb forms
- Base form
- gravitate
- He/she/it
- gravitates
- Past
- gravitated
- Past participle
- gravitated
- -ing form
- gravitating
From the library
Under such circumstances, I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.
As a general thing Matthew gravitated between the kitchen and the little bedroom off the hall where he slept; once in a while he ventured uncomfortably into the parlor or sitting room when the minister came to tea.
By this time all the Queen’s scholars had gravitated into their own places in the ranks and the various classes had assumed distinct and settled shadings of individuality.
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