to willow
- verb
- /ˈwɪloʊ/
- The dancers willowed to the rhythm of the music, their movements fluid and graceful.
Examples
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Willow away, willow away.
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"The scheiss gun has been willowed and boundered," Schott told him an hour later.
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For instance, the name Akhrab means scorpion, Midri means willowing fork and Berea means innocent.
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Scrub willows down along the streams, a few orchards of wind-dwarfed, straggling apples.
Fiction book (1995) -
♪ We will willow it away ♪ ♪ With a willow willow willow willow ♪ ♪ We will willow it away ♪ ♪ With a willow willow wailey ♪ ♪ We will sing about it gaily ♪ ♪ With a willow willow wailey ♪ ♪ And a hey, nonny, ♪ No!
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♪ We will willow it away ♪ ♪ With a willow willow willow willow ♪ ♪ We will willow it away ♪ ♪ With a willow willow wailey ♪ ♪ We will sing about it gaily ♪ ♪ With a willow willow wailey ♪ ♪ And a hey, nonny, ♪ No!
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The branches of the willow willow gracefully in the gentle breeze.
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As the child played, the tall trees began to willow softly in the wind.
Synonyms
To move quickly and lightly back and forth, like wings or leaves
To move gently because of wind, like tall grass
Antonyms
Idioms
- Literature
A person who moves or behaves in a smooth, flexible way like a dancer
Compounds
- UK
A type of willow with reddish stems and flexible branches used for making baskets
- Specialized
A low shrub that forms a mat on the ground with small green leaves in cold mountain and Arctic areas
- US
A North American tree with dark bark and narrow leaves that grows near streams and lakes
- South African
A small tree from South Africa with yellow flowers that grows near streams
A small shrub with long low branches and soft green leaves that spreads across ground and is used in gardens
A small tree that grows in dry places and has long narrow leaves and purple flowers
- Specialized
A very small willow plant that grows low on cold mountains and in Arctic places
- Specialized
A small willow bush in the eastern United States with long narrow leaves that are gray and hairy underneath
- Specialized
A willow tree that grows in the western United States with leaves shaped like almonds
A tree with long drooping branches and thin leaves often planted near ponds for shade
- UK
A willow tree with many branches, broad leaves, and soft silvery flower clusters that grows in Europe and Asia
A group of trees and shrubs like willows and poplars that often have hairy flower clusters
- Specialized
A kind of willow tree that often grows upright rather than with hanging branches
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Etymology
Willow as a verb comes from the tree willow, so to 'willow' is to move or 'sway' gently like the tree's long branches; that's why the verb means to bend or wave softly in the wind.