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PRECESS
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they precess ... he / she / it precesses
Past simple: precessed
Past participle: precessed
-ing form: precessing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Move in a gyrating fashion
Example:
the poles of the Earth precess at a right angle to the force that is applied
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "precess" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
