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| Main Entry: |
trot
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move along briskly |
| Synonyms: | amble, canter, go, hurry, jog, lope, pad, rack, ride, run, scamper, step lively |
| Main Entry: | gait |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way an animal or person moves, walks |
| Synonyms: | amble, bearing, canter, carriage, clip, gallop, get along, lick, march, motion, movement, pace, run, speed, step, stride, tread, trot, walk |
| Notes: | a gait is a person's manner of walking or a horse's manner of moving; a gate is a door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall, or the total admission receipts at a sports or entertainment event |
| Main Entry: | gallop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bolt, race with slight jumping motion |
| Synonyms: | amble, canter, career, course, dart, dash, fly, hasten, hurdle, hurry, jump, leap, lope, pace, rack, run, rush, shoot, speed, spring, sprint, stride, tear along, trot, zoom |
Example Sentences
- His six dancers wheel and trot and sidle about the.
- Apparently they're not inclined to trot them out before a jury of their peers.
- They trot out a few colourful examples of frugal products they offer in rich countries.
| Main Entry: | hasten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speed something; hurry |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, advance, bolt, bound, burn, bustle, clip, cover ground, dash, dispatch, expedite, express, flee, fly, gallop, get cracking, get the lead out, goad, haste, hie, hustle, leap, make haste, make tracks, move quickly, not lose a minute, pace, plunge, precipitate, press, push, quicken, race, run, rush, scamper, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shake a leg, skip, sprint, spurt, step on it, step up, take wing, tear, trot, urge, waste no time, whip around |
| Antonyms: | go slow, lag, linger, loiter, procrastinate, rest, tarry |
| Main Entry: | jog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run for recreation |
| Synonyms: | amble, canter, dash, dogtrot, lope, pace, sprint, trot |
| Main Entry: | lope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stride |
| Synonyms: | bound, canter, gallop, run, trot |
| Main Entry: | pace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk back and forth |
| Synonyms: | ambulate, canter, foot it, gallop, hoof, march, patrol, pound*, step, stride, traipse, tread, troop, trot, walk up and down |
| Antonyms: | sit, stay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | run |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fast moving on foot |
| Synonyms: | amble, bound, break, canter, dart, dash, drop, escape, fall, flight, gallop, jog, lope, pace, race, rush, scamper, scuttle, spring, sprint, spurt, tear, trot, whisk |
| Antonyms: | standing, walking |
| Main Entry: | run |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move fast on foot |
| Synonyms: | abscond, amble, barrel, beat it, bolt, bound, bustle, canter, career, clear out, course, cut and run, dart, dash, decamp, depart, dog it, escape, flee, flit, fly, gallop, go like lightning, hasten, hie, hotfoot, hurry, hustle, jog, leg it, light out, lope, make a break, make off, make tracks, pace, race, rush, scamper, scoot, scorch, scramble, scud, scurry, shag, shoot, skedaddle, skip, skitter, smoke*, speed, spring, sprint, spurt, take flight, take off, tear, tear out, travel, trot, whisk |
| Antonyms: | stand, walk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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