Perambulate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pəɹˈæmbjʊˌleɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Perambulate is a verb meaning (intransitive) To walk about, roam or stroll; to ambulate.
Meaning
(intransitive) To walk about, roam or stroll; to ambulate.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To inspect (an area) on foot.
Example Sentences
They dragged themselves from the swamp singly, and in twos and threes, more dead than alive, mere perambulating skeletons, until at last there were thirty of us.
Take, for instance, one of the most wretched classes of the community, the poor fellows who perambulate the streets as Sandwich Men. These are farmed out by certain firms.
The officials, in their gowns of grey, with a white St. Andrew’s cross on back and breast, and a white cloth carried before them on a staff, perambulated the city, adding the terror of man’s justice to the fear of God’s visitation.
Word Forms
- perambulates
- perambulating
- perambulated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rove, peramble, obambulate, bewander, deambulate, ramble.
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