levitate
verb (used without object)
to rise or float in the air, especially as a result of a supernatural power that overcomes gravity.
levitating
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present participleof levitate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Eventually, things get more obvious: a levitating wheelchair, some skittering around on the ceiling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
Of course, they don’t much resemble the levitating Studebakers and auto-gyrating Chevys foretold in pulp science fiction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
But the grasping device was not physically connected to anything - it appeared to be levitating inside the person's body.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2024
It measured a weak pull, just 30aN, on a tiny particle 0.43mg in size by levitating it in freezing temperatures a hundredth of a degree above absolute zero -- about minus-273 degrees Celsius.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 25, 2024
I instantly recognized her as the “levitating girl” from my grandfather’s pictures, only now she wasn’t levitating.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
