gravitate

intr.v., -tat·ed, -tat·ing, -tates.

1. To move in response to the force of gravity.
2. To move downward.
3. To be attracted by or as if by an irresistible force: "My excuse must be that all Celts gravitate towards each other" (Oscar Wilde).

[New Latin gravitāre, gravitāt-, from Latin gravitās, heaviness. See gravity.]

gravitater grav'i·tat'er n.

verb

To fall or drift down to the bottom: settle, sink. See rise/fall.

v

Definition: be drawn towards; fall to
Antonyms: retreat, run away

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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: move toward

Meaning #2: be attracted to

Meaning #3: move due to the pull of gravitation

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - gravitere, synke, blive uimodståeligt tiltrukket af, nærme sig

Nederlands (Dutch)
graviteren, aangetrokken worden

Français (French)
v. intr. - graviter, tourner autour

Deutsch (German)
v. - gravitieren, streben, hingezogen werden, sinken

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - έλκομαι/κατατείνω (προς κέντρο έλξης), ρέπω

Italiano (Italian)
gravitare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - gravitar, tender para um ponto, depositar

Русский (Russian)
притягиваться, стремиться, оседать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - gravitar, ser atraído por, tender hacia

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - sträva mot en medelpunkt, dras mot

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
被重力吸引, 下降, 沉下

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 被重力吸引, 下降, 沈下

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 가라 앉다, 끌리다, 인력으로 끌리다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 引力で引かれる, 引き寄せられる, 引き付けられる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتحرك بفعل الجاذبيه, ينجذب, يجذب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮נמשך אל מקור השפעה, נע בכוח הכבידה לקראת, שוקע בכוח הכבידה‬

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