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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk |
| Synonyms: | amble, ambulate, gad, go on foot, hike, knock about, lumber, march, meander, pace, parade, plod, prance, promenade, roam, rove, shuffle, step, stride, stroll, strut, take a walk, tour, travel on foot, traverse, trek, troop, trudge, wander |
| Main Entry: | twist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curl, spin |
| Synonyms: | arc, bend, braid, coil, convolution, curlicue, curve, flourish, hank, helix, jerk, meander, plug, ply, pull, roll, spiral, swivel, torsion, turn, twine, undulation, warp, wind, wrench, yank, zigzag |
| Main Entry: | walk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move along on foot |
| Synonyms: | advance, amble, ambulate, canter, escort, exercise, file, foot, go, go on foot, hike, hit the road, hoof it, knock about, lead, leg*, locomote, lumber, march, meander, pace, pad, parade, patrol, perambulate, plod, prance, promenade, race, roam, rove, run, saunter, scuff, shamble, shuffle, slog, stalk, step, stride, stroll, strut, stump, take a walk, toddle, tour, traipse, tramp, travel on foot, traverse, tread, trek, troop, trudge, wander, wend one's way |
| Antonyms: | run |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wander |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move about aimlessly |
| Synonyms: | aberrate, amble, circumambulate, circumlocute, circumnutate, cruise, deviate, divagate, diverge, drift, float, follow one's nose, gad, gallivant*, globe-trot, hike, hopscotch, jaunt, maunder, meander, peregrinate, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, saunter, straggle, stray, stroll, take to the road, trail, traipse, tramp, trek, vagabond, walk the tracks |
| Antonyms: | stay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend, turn |
| Synonyms: | coil, convolute, corkscrew, cover, crook, curl, curve, deviate, distort, encircle, enclose, entwine, envelop, fold, furl, loop, meander, ramble, reel, roll, screw, slither, snake, spiral, swerve, twine, twist, weave, wrap, wreathe, wriggle, zigzag |
| Notes: | wind moves horizontally, while a draft moves vertically |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | bat around |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | travel |
| Synonyms: | bum, bum around, cruise, drift, knock about, meander, roam, tour, wander |
| Antonyms: | stay put |
| Main Entry: | slink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | creep by |
| Synonyms: | coast, cower, glide, glissade, go stealthily, gumshoe, lurk, meander, mooch, pass quietly, prowl, pussyfoot, shirk, sidle, skitter, skulk, slick, slide, slip, slither, snake, sneak, steal, undulate |
| Main Entry: | rove |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wander |
| Synonyms: | drift, gad, gallivant, meander, move, prowl, ramble, range, roam, straggle, stray, stroll |
| Main Entry: | wend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | proceed |
| Synonyms: | go, journey, meander, pass, saunter, travel |
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