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WHISH
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Move with a whishing sound
Example:
The car whished past her
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "whish" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make a sibilant sound
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "whish" is one way to...):
go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
