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perambulation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | walk |
| Derivation | perambulate |
Examples of perambulation
perambulation
This particular perambulation, though, is, like Hartford itself, quite modest.
From the travel.nytimes.com
Your perambulation-averse co-workers may think the pain is all in your head.
From the dailyherald.com
Every gesture, perambulation and laugh suggested a very contented man.
From the economist.com
On my perambulation yesterday I came across a local dump spot.
From the mindfingers.blogspot.com
The 55-year-old best-selling author's foray into perambulation can be traced to a family legacy of chronic back problems.
From the online.wsj.com
The game was becoming a lonely struggle, a loveless perambulation from one satellite tournament to the next.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Eventually and inevitably, Sheen opens up to both his fellow travellers and the soul-bolstering qualities of his scenic perambulation.
From the movies.uk.msn.com
Fortunately her difficulties with perambulation have not held her back from becoming one of the biggest-selling singers of all time.
From the guardian.co.uk
The promenade reappears throughout the piece as a unifying element, conjuring the image of an art lover's perambulation through a gallery.
From the kansas.com
- A walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries
- Amble: a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
- (perambulate) make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property); "Selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years"
- (perambulate) walk with no particular goal; "we were walking around in the garden"; "after breakfast, she walked about in the park"
- (perambulating) strolling or walking around; "perambulating nursemaids with their charges"
- A survey, a tour; a walking around; An English legal ceremony in which an official from a town or parish walks around it to delineate and record its boundaries
- (perambulate) To walk about, roam or stroll; To inspect (an area) on foot
- (perambulations) traveling surveys or inspections (see peregrinate)
- (perambulate) Although often used as a synonym for "saunter," to perambulate is simply to ambulate in a circle. What's the point of that? See: AMBULATE.
