'Perambulate' definitions:
Definition of 'perambulate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property); "Selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years"
verb
Walk with no particular goal; "we were walking around in the garden"; "after breakfast, she walked about in the park" [syn: perambulate, walk about, walk around]
Definition of 'Perambulate'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Perambulate'
From: GCIDE
- Perambulate \Per*am"bu*late\, v. i. To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he perambulated in the park. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'perambulate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambulate,
- ankle,
- circumambulate,
- course,
- cover,
- do,
- foot,
- foot it,
- go over,
- hoof it,
- jaywalk,
- jog on,
- leg,
- leg it,
- measure,
- overpass,
- pace,
- pad,
- parade,
- pass over,
- pass through,
- patrol,
- pedestrianize,
- peregrinate,
- pererrate,
- peripateticate,
- ply,
- promenade,
- range,
- range over,
- reconnoiter,
- scour,
- scour the country,
- scout,
- shuffle along,
- step,
- stretch the legs,
- stride,
- stump it,
- sweep,
- take a stretch,
- take a walk,
- track,
- traipse,
- transit,
- travel over,
- travel through,
- traverse,
- tread,
- voyage,
- walk