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Perambulate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To walk through.

v. To inspect (an area) on foot.

verb-intransitive. To walk about; roam or stroll.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To walk about, roam or stroll.

v. To inspect (an area) on foot.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. 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.

verb-intransitive. To walk about; to ramble; to stroll.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To walk through, about, or over.

To survey while passing through; traverse and examine; survey the boundaries of: as, to perambulate a parish or its boundaries.

To walk, or walk about.

To be carried in a, perambulator.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property)

v. walk with no particular goal

Word Usage

"While healthy elephants can trudge long distances in search of water, "weak and sick" animals are unable to "perambulate" and succumb, says forest veterinarian Dr N.S. Manoharan."

Verb Form

perambulated perambulates perambulating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

inspect walk

Form

perambulated perambulating

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

ramble stroll traverse walk