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# seesaw

noun (a seesaw, seesaws); verb (seesaw, seesaws, seesawed, seesawing)

«seesaw» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A long board balanced in the middle on which two children sit at opposite ends and go up and down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seesaw/#m1)
2. (verb) To move up and down or back and forth again and again, or to keep changing between two states. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seesaw/#m2)

### In the lessons

In playground life it is a favourite toy (in the USA also called a teeter-totter). In science and maths it shows balance and levers: a heavier child must sit nearer the middle. In stories, feelings or a score can seesaw. Phrases: on the seesaw, seesawing prices.

### Examples

- We went up and down on the seesaw at the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seesaw/#x1)
- Dad is heavier, so he sat nearer the middle of the seesaw to balance it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seesaw/#x2)
- A seesaw is a kind of lever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seesaw/#x3)
- The score seesawed all game until the last goal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seesaw/#x4)
- My mood seesawed between happy and nervous before the concert. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seesaw/#x5)
- Hold on tight on the seesaw and don't jump off suddenly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seesaw/#x6)

### Note

Also written see-saw. Americans also say teeter-totter. In lever problems, weight times distance from the middle must match on both sides for it to balance.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «seesaw» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seesaw/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«seesaw» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/seesaw.html) on Mova free.