Wordnet 3.0
VERB (3)
1.
move toward;
- Example: "The conversation gravitated towards politics"2.
be attracted to;
- Example: "Boys gravitate towards girls at that age"3.
move due to the pull of gravitation;
- Example: "The stars gravitate towards each other"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gravitate \Grav"i*tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gravitated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Gravitating.] [Cf. F. graviter. See
Gravity.]
To obey the law of gravitation; to exert a force or pressure,
or tend to move, under the influence of gravitation; to tend
in any direction or toward any object.
[1913 Webster]
Why does this apple fall to the ground? Because all
bodies gravitate toward each other. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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Politicians who naturally gravitate towards the
stronger party. --Macaulay.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gravitate
v 1: move toward; "The conversation gravitated towards politics"
2: be attracted to; "Boys gravitate towards girls at that age"
3: move due to the pull of gravitation; "The stars gravitate
towards each other"