# Verbs of Movement

**Type:** Topic
**Words:** 58

## About

Walking, running, climbing, entering, leaving, and moving around.

## Words by Level

### A1
- go — To move or travel from one place to another.; frequency rank 42
- come — To move toward the speaker or to a place.; frequency rank 53
- take — To get hold of something and move it, or carry it with you.; frequency rank 84
- leave — To go away from a place or person.; frequency rank 176
- move — To change position or go from one place to another.; frequency rank 270
- bring — To carry or take something or someone to the place where you are or are going.; frequency rank 311
- run — To move quickly on foot, faster than walking.; frequency rank 314
- walk — To move along on foot, one step at a time.; frequency rank 481
- drive — To control and operate a vehicle such as a car.; frequency rank 601
- ride — To sit on and control a bicycle, motorcycle, horse, or similar.; frequency rank 756
- fly — To travel through the air, as a bird or aircraft does.; frequency rank 952
- carry — To hold something and move it from one place to another.; frequency rank 1007
- swim — To move through water by using your arms, legs, fins, or tail.; frequency rank 2208
- arrive — To reach a place, especially at the end of a journey.; frequency rank 2276
- climb — To move up something, often using your hands and feet.; frequency rank 2559
- back off — to move backward or away from a position
- be back — to return to a place or become present there again
- bring along — to take someone or something with you to a place or event
- carry off — to transport someone or something away from a place
- come over — to visit someone at their home or another nearby place
- cut across — to cross an area by taking a direct route through it
- make off — to escape or leave quickly, often taking something away
- run away — to flee or escape quickly from a place or situation
- turn around — to change position so that one faces the opposite direction
- turn over — to move something so that its other side faces up or outward

### A2
- send — To make an object, message, or person go from one place to another.; frequency rank 512
- return — To come or go back to a place.; frequency rank 656
- fall — To move or drop down toward the ground, usually by accident.; frequency rank 662
- pass — A success in a test or exam.; frequency rank 729
- jump — To push yourself off the ground and into the air using your legs.; frequency rank 1104
- cross — To go from one side of something to the other.; frequency rank 1226
- enter — To come or go into a place.; frequency rank 1739
- invitation — A spoken or written request asking someone to come to or take part in something.; frequency rank 3557
- wander — To walk around slowly with no particular purpose or destination.; frequency rank 6463
- fall over — to lose an upright position and drop down
- lift up — to raise someone or something to a higher position
- pop off — to leave or go somewhere quickly, informally
- rush off — to leave very quickly because there is little time

### B1
- approach — To move closer to someone or something.; frequency rank 2582
- chase after — to pursue someone or something in an attempt to catch them

### B2
- retreat — The act of moving back or away from something dangerous or difficult.; frequency rank 4467
- crawl — To move slowly on your hands and knees or by dragging your body along the ground.; frequency rank 5118
- stride — To walk with long, confident steps.; frequency rank 15126
- sprint — To run as fast as you can for a short distance.; frequency rank 16823
- traverse — To travel or move across an area, especially a large or difficult one.; frequency rank 30487
- flip over — to turn something quickly so that its other side faces upward
- swing around — to turn quickly to face another direction

### C1
- barge — A large, flat-bottomed boat used to carry goods on rivers and canals.
- keel over — to topple sideways or collapse
- swoop up — to pick up or catch something in one quick sweeping movement

### C2
- passé — no longer fashionable, current, or generally admired; frequency rank 39410
- ventriloquism — the art of speaking with little visible lip movement so that the voice seems to come from another source; frequency rank 47385
- tantivy — archaic: a rapid gallop, headlong ride, or swift rushing movement; frequency rank 632681
- whisk away — to take someone or something away quickly and suddenly.
- whisk off — to take someone or something away quickly and suddenly

### C2+
- vomitorium — architecture: a passage or entrance through or behind tiers of seats in a theater, amphitheater, or stadium, designed to let crowds enter or leave rapidly; frequency rank 153842
- migrate — to move from one region or habitat to another, often seasonally
- hunch over — to bend forward with the back rounded and the shoulders drawn inward