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CHANDELLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flight maneuver consisting of a steep climbing turn executed to gain altitude while changing direction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("chandelle" is a kind of...):
airplane maneuver; flight maneuver (a maneuver executed by an aircraft)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
The airplane chandelled
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "chandelle" is one way to...):
arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)
Domain category:
air; air travel; aviation (travel via aircraft)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s