slovo | definícia |
perambulating (encz) | perambulating, |
Perambulating (gcide) | Perambulate \Per*am"bu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Perambulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Perambulating.] [L.
perambulatus, p. p. of perambulare to perambulate; per
through + ambulare to walk. See Per-, and Amble.]
To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the
purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing;
specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of
a town or parish, by walking over the whole line.
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perambulating (gcide) | perambulating \perambulating\ adj. [pr. p. of perambulate
(definition 2).]
Strolling or walking around; as, in the field we met some
perambulating veterans.
[WordNet 1.5] |
perambulating (wn) | perambulating
adj 1: strolling or walking around; "perambulating nursemaids
with their charges" |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
Perambulating (gcide) | Perambulate \Per*am"bu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Perambulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Perambulating.] [L.
perambulatus, p. p. of perambulare to perambulate; per
through + ambulare to walk. See Per-, and Amble.]
To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the
purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing;
specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of
a town or parish, by walking over the whole line.
[1913 Webster]perambulating \perambulating\ adj. [pr. p. of perambulate
(definition 2).]
Strolling or walking around; as, in the field we met some
perambulating veterans.
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