levitate
verb
lev·i·tate
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levitated;
levitating
Definition of levitate
: to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation
: to cause to levitate
Examples of levitate in a Sentence
The woman levitated above the stage.
The magician claimed he could levitate a car.
Recent Examples on the Web
An artificial Robobee, the size of a honeybee that is powered by solar cells, is about to levitate. — Wendy Moonan, Smithsonian, "How Biology Inspires Future Technology," 27 Aug. 2019 The reputation of the food has been mediocre at best over the years; Fullilove now aims to make taste buds levitate. — Los Angeles Times, "The one place in Los Angeles to buy the best yogurt in America," 27 July 2019 Aboard the Edge is a Magic Carpet, a 90-ton platform that levitates up and down the side of the ship. — CBS News, "Celebrity Edge, Celebrity Cruises' brand-new, billion-dollar cruise ship," 28 July 2019 As Eilish's voice soared over Finneas' elegant guitar strums, the bed levitated over the stage in front of a starry backdrop. — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Billie Eilish nothing short of mind blowing at Milwaukee's Summerfest, the biggest show of her career," 6 July 2019 Last year at the University of Bristol, scientists levitated spiders with electricity. — Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, "The Origins of Flight, From Birds to Bugs to Planes," 21 June 2019 In a new paper published in today's edition of Science, researchers show that the Casimir effect can also be repulsive and use the balance between attractive and repulsive forces to cause a tiny flake of metal to levitate above a surface. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "Researchers balance Casimir effects, make tiny hoverboard," 6 June 2019 With a lighting change and a familiar Harry Potter theme playing over the speakers, the boxes, sure enough, magically levitated and cleared the way for riders to experience Universal’s newest adventure. — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, "Universal: New Harry Potter world ride draws Ron Weasley, Draco Malfoy, other actors," 11 June 2019 At the May event, a museum staffer demonstrated how a metallic compound can be made to levitate and travel around a magnetic track. — Tom Avril, https://www.inquirer.com, "Franklin Institute’s Tech Studio gives visitors a hands-on taste of engineering," 4 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'levitate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for levitate
levitate
verb
English Language Learners Definition of levitate
: to rise or make (something) rise into the air in a way that appears to be magical
See the full definition for levitate in the English Language Learners Dictionary
levitate
verb
lev·i·tate
| \ ˈle-və-ˌtāt
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levitated;
levitating
Kids Definition of levitate
: to rise or make rise up in the air