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Look up: seesaw

  1. seesaw
    [n] - a plaything that is ridden up and down by children at either end 2. [v] - ride on a plank 3. [v] - move up and down as if on a seesaw
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Seesaw
    See'saw` noun [ Probably a reduplication of saw , to express the alternate motion to and fro, as in the act of sawing.] 1. A play among children in which they are seated upon the opposite ends of a plank which is balanced in the middle, and ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/54

  3. Seesaw
    See'saw` intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Seesawad ; present participle & verbal noun Seesawing .] To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/54

  4. Seesaw
    See'saw` transitive verb To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion. « He seesaws himself to and fro.» Ld. Lytton.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/54

  5. Seesaw
    See'saw` adjective Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/54

  6. seesaw
    teeter noun a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. Seesaw
    • (n.) A plank or board adjusted for this play. • (n.) Same as Crossruff. • (v. t.) To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion. • (n.) A vibratory or reciprocating motion. • (n.) A play among children in which they are seated upon the opposite ends of a plank wh...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. SEESAW
    (language) An early system on the IBM 701. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. (1994-12-15)
    Found on http://foldoc.org/SEESAW

  9. Seesaw
    A `seesaw` (also known as a `teeter-totter` or `teeter board`) is a long, narrow board pivoted in the middle so that, as one end goes up, the other goes down. Mechanics: Mechanically a seesaw is a lever and fulcrum.<ref name=mech>--> Seesaws also work as a simple example of a mechanical system wi...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seesaw

  10. Seesaw
    (musical) `Seesaw` is a musical with a book by Michael Bennett, music by Cy Coleman, and lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Based on the William Gibson play Two for the Seesaw, the plot focuses on a brief affair between Jerry Ryan, a young lawyer from Nebraska, and Gittel Mosca, a kooky,...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seesaw

  11. SeeSaw
    (Internet television) `SeeSaw` is an Internet television service, majority owned by the publisher=The Daily Telegraph| date=2010-02-14 | location=London | first=Emma | last=Barnett | accessdate=2010-05-23-->--> Development: SeeSaw uses part of the technology that was originally built for date...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeeSaw

  12. Seesaw
    (novel) `Seesaw`, is a 1996 novel by English author Deborah Moggach, first published in 1996 by Heinemann and recommended in OUP`s Good Fiction Guide. Plot introduction: Hannah, the seventeen-year-old daughter of Morris and Val Price is kidnapped and a ransom of half a million p...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seesaw



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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