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Synonyms of the word 
TRAMP → BUM - CAST - COVER - CROSS - DEBAUCHEE - DRIFT - DRIFTER - FLOATER - FOOTER - FOOTFALL - FOOTSLOG - FOOTSTEP - GO - HIKE - HIKER - HIKING - HOBO - LIBERTINE - LOCOMOTE - MOVE - PAD - PEDESTRIAN - PLOD - RAMBLE - RANGE - ROAM - ROLL - ROUNDER - ROVE - SLOG - STEAMER - STEAMSHIP - STEP - STRAY - SWAN - SWINGER - TRACK - TRAMPER - TRAVEL - TRAVERSE - TRUDGE - VAGABOND - VAGRANT - WALK - WALKER - WANDERtramp- n. (pejorative) A homeless person, a vagabond.
- n. (pejorative) A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut.
- n. Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.
- n. (Australia, New Zealand) A long walk, possibly of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.
- n. Clipping of trampoline, especially a very small one.
- n. (in apposition): Of objects, stray and intrusive and unwanted.
- v. To walk with heavy footsteps.
- v. To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain).
- v. To hitchhike.
- v. (transitive) To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
- v. (transitive) To travel or wander through.
- v. (transitive, Scotland) To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
bum- n. The buttocks.
- n. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal, rare, Canada, US) The anus.
- n. (by metonymy, informal) A person.
- v. (Britain, transitive, colloquial) To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.
- interj. (Britain) An expression of annoyance.
- n. (Canada, US, colloquial) A homeless person, usually a man.
- n. (Canada, US, colloquial, derogatory) a hobo.
- n. (Canada, US, Australia, colloquial) A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.
- n. (Canada, US, Australia, colloquial, sports) A player or racer who often performs poorly.
- n. (colloquial) A drinking spree.
- v. (transitive, colloquial) To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.
- v. (intransitive, colloquial, pejorative) To behave like a hobo or vagabond; to loiter.
- v. (transitive, slang, Britain) To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).
- adj. Of poor quality or highly undesirable.
- adj. Unfair.
- adj. Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.
- adj. Unpleasant.
- v. To depress; to make unhappy.
- n. (dated) A humming noise.
- v. (intransitive) To make a murmuring or humming sound.
- n. (obsolete) A bumbailiff.
cast- v. (heading, physical) To move, or be moved, away.
- v. To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
- v. (dated) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
- v. (heading, social) To predict, to decide, to plan.
- v. To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
- v. To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
- v. (archaic) To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry.
- v. To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
- v. To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
- v. (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by…
- v. To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
- v. (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
- v. (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
- v. (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
- v. (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
- n. An act of throwing.
- n. Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
- n. A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
- n. The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
- n. The casting procedure.
- n. An object made in a mould.
- n. A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
- n. The mould used to make cast objects.
- n. (hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
- n. A squint.
- n. Visual appearance.
- n. The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
- n. An animal, especially a horse, that is unable to rise without assistance.
- n. Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
- n. A group of crabs.
cover- n. A lid.
- n. A hiding from view.
- n. A front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
- n. A top sheet of a bed.
- n. A cover charge.
- n. A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
- n. (music) A rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
- n. (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square;…
- n. (topology) A set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set.
- n. (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
- n. (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
- n. (law) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods…
- n. (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
- n. (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative, cover story.
- n. The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
- n. In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
- adj. Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
- adj. (music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
- v. (transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
- v. (transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
- v. (transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
- v. (transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
- v. (transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
- v. (of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
- v. To deal with.
- v. To be enough money for.
- v. (intransitive) To act as a replacement.
- v. (transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
- v. (music) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
- v. (military, law enforcement) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect…
- v. To provide insurance coverage for.
- v. To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
- v. (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
- v. To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.
cross- n. A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least…
- n. (heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese…
- n. A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute…
- n. (usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified.
- n. (Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
- n. (Christianity) A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a…
- n. (figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
- n. The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other.
- n. (biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
- n. (by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
- n. (boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
- n. (soccer) A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch.
- n. A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place…
- n. A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross).
- n. (obsolete) A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross…
- n. (obsolete, Ireland) Church lands.
- n. A line drawn across or through another line.
- n. (surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
- n. A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
- n. (Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
- adj. Transverse; lying across the main direction.
- adj. (archaic) Opposite, opposed to.
- adj. (now rare) Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
- adj. Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
- adj. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
- prep. (archaic) across.
- prep. cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.
- v. To make or form a cross.
- v. To move relatively.
- v. (social) To oppose.
- v. (biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
- v. To stamp or mark a cheque in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited…
debauchee- n. Somebody who is debauched; somebody who is dissolute and acts without moral restraint.
- n. Person addicted to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.
drift- n. (physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.
- n. The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- n. A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- n. The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention;…
- n. (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- n. (handiwork) A tool.
- n. A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles.
- n. (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an…
- n. (nautical) Movement.
- n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- v. (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
- v. (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
- v. (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- v. (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- v. (transitive) To drive into heaps.
- v. (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- v. (mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence…
- v. (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
- v. To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner…
drifter- n. (pejorative) A person who moves from place to place or job to job.
- n. (nautical) A type of lightweight sail used in light winds like a spinnaker.
- n. (automotive) A driver who uses driving techniques to modify vehicle traction to cause a vehicle to slide…
- n. (fishing) One who takes part in drift fishing.
- n. (mining, historical) A person employed in driving in rock other than coal.
floater- n. Agent noun of float; one who or that which floats.
- n. An employee of a company who does not have fixed tasks to do but fills in wherever needed, usually when…
- n. A threadlike speck in the visual field that seems to move, possibly caused by degeneration of the vitreous…
- n. An "extra" male at a dinner party, or a young friend of the hostess, whose assignment is to entertain…
- n. (insurance) A policy covering property at more than one location or which may be in transit.
- n. (police jargon) A floating corpse picked up from a body of water.
- n. (sports) An unaffiliated player.
- n. (surfing) A maneuver in which a surfer transitions above the unbroken face of the wave onto the lip, or…
- n. (vulgar) A piece of faeces that floats.
- n. (slang, by extension) Someone who attaches themselves to a group of people, much to the dismay of that…
- n. (two-up) A coin which does not spin when thrown in the air.
- n. (Australia) A pie floater.
- n. (politics) A voter who shifts from party to party, especially one whose vote can be purchased.
- n. (politics, US) A person, such as a delegate to a convention or a member of a legislature, who represents…
- n. (US, politics) One who votes illegally in various polling places or election districts, either under false…
- n. (India) A sandal.
- n. A kind of river mussel (genus Anodonta).
footer- n. (archaic) A footgoer; pedestrian.
- n. (computing) A line of information printed at the bottom of a page as identification of the document (compare…
- n. (in combination) something that is a stated number of feet in some dimension - such as a six-footer.
- n. (in combination) someone who has a preference for a certain foot - such as right-footer/left-footer.
- n. (chiefly Britain, slang) Football / soccer.
- v. (Ireland and Scotland, slang) To meddle with or pass time without accomplishing anything meaningful.
footfall- n. (countable) The sound made by a footstep.
- n. (chiefly Britain, uncountable) Foot (pedestrian) traffic.
footslog- n. An instance of footslogging.
- v. (intransitive) to walk heavily over a long distance or in a weary manner; to trudge.
footstep- n. The mark or impression left by a foot; a track.
- n. By extension, the indications or waypoints of a course or direction taken.
- n. The sound made by walking, running etc.
- n. A step, as in a stair.
- n. The distance between one foot and the next when walking; a pace.
- n. The act of taking a step.
- n. (obsolete) An inclined plane under a hand printing press.
go- v. To move.
- v. (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
- v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
- v. (intransitive) To attend.
- v. To proceed.
- v. To follow or travel along (a path).
- v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
- v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.).
- v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
- v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another).
- v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
- v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- v. To pass, to be used up.
- v. (intransitive) To die.
- v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
- v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out.
- v. To break down or apart.
- v. (intransitive) To be sold.
- v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
- v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid.
- v. To say (something), to make a sound.
- v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
- v. To apply or subject oneself to.
- v. To fit (in a place, or together with something).
- v. (intransitive) To date.
- v. To attack.
- v. To be in general; to be usually.
- v. (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- v. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
- v. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.).
- v. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
- n. (uncommon) The act of going.
- n. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- n. An attempt, a try.
- n. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
- n. An act; the working or operation.
- n. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
- n. (dated) The fashion or mode.
- n. (dated) Noisy merriment.
- n. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
- n. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- n. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above…
- n. A period of activity.
- n. (obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
- n. (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt…
hike- n. A long walk.
- n. An abrupt increase.
- n. (American football) The snap of the ball to start a play.
- n. A command to a dog sled team, given by a musher.
- v. To take a long walk for pleasure or exercise.
- v. To unfairly or suddenly raise a price.
- v. (American football) To snap the ball to start a play.
- v. (nautical) To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the…
- v. To pull up or tug upwards sharply.
hiker- n. One who hikes, especially frequently.
hiking- v. present participle of hike.
- n. Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport.
hobo- n. A homeless, usually penniless person, in some way associated with a life along the rails.
- n. A migratory laborer.
- n. (pejorative) A tramp, vagabond; hence bum.
- n. A kind of large handbag.
- v. (intransitive, perhaps pejorative) To be a hobo, tramp, bum etc.
libertine- n. (historical) Someone freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman.
- n. One who is freethinking in religious matters.
- n. Someone (especially a man) who takes no notice of moral laws, especially those involving sexual propriety;…
- adj. Dissolute, licentious, profligate; loose in morals.
locomote- v. (now chiefly biology) To move or travel (from one location to another).
move- v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
- v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
- v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
- v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
- v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
- v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
- v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
- v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
- v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
- n. The act of moving; a movement.
- n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
- n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
- n. The event of changing one's residence.
- n. A change in strategy.
- n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
- n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…
pad- n. A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
- n. A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
- n. A soft, or small, cushion.
- n. A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the under side of the toes of animals.
- n. The mostly hairless flesh located on the bottom of an animal's foot or paw.
- n. Any cushion-like part of the human body, especially the ends of the fingers.
- n. A stuffed guard or protection, especially one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
- n. A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
- n. A sanitary napkin.
- n. (US) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
- n. (cricket) A soft cover for a batsman's leg that protects it from damage when hit by the ball.
- n. A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting, especially one formed of many flat sheets of writing…
- n. A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch.
- n. A keypad.
- n. A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched.
- n. An electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket one end: "trip cord".
- n. The effect produced by sustained lower reed notes in a musical piece, most common in blues music.
- n. A synthesizer instrument sound used for sustained background sounds.
- n. (US, slang) A bed.
- n. (colloquial) A place of residence.
- n. (Britain, slang) A prison cell.
- n. (cryptography) A random key (originally written on a disposable pad) of the same length as the plaintext.
- n. A mousepad.
- n. (electronics) The amount by which a signal has been reduced.
- n. (nautical) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.
- v. (transitive) To stuff.
- v. (transitive) To furnish with a pad or padding.
- v. (transitive) To fill or lengthen (a story, one's importance, etc.).
- v. (transitive) To imbue uniformly with a mordant.
- v. (transitive, cricket) To deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.
- n. (Britain, dialectal) A toad.
- n. (Britain, dialectal, Australia, Ireland) A footpath, particularly one unformed or unmaintained; a road…
- n. An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
- n. (Britain, obsolete) A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman or footpad.
- n. The act of highway robbery.
- n. (Britain, dialectal) A type of wickerwork basket, especially as used as a measure of fish or other goods.
- v. (transitive) To travel along (a road, path etc.).
- v. (intransitive) To travel on foot.
- v. (intransitive) To wear a path by walking.
- v. (intransitive) To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To practise highway robbery.
- interj. Indicating a soft flat sound, as of bare footsteps.
- n. The sound of soft footsteps, or a similar noise made by an animal etc.
pedestrian- adj. (not comparable) Of or intended for those who are walking.
- adj. (comparable) Ordinary, dull; everyday; unexceptional.
- n. Somebody walking rather than using a vehicle; somebody traveling on foot on or near a roadway.
plod- n. A slow or labored walk or other motion or activity.
- v. (intransitive) To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over).
- v. (transitive) To trudge over or through.
- v. To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.
- n. (obsolete) A puddle.
- n. (Britain, mildly derogatory, uncountable, usually with "the") the police, police officers.
- n. (Britain, mildly derogatory, countable) a police officer, especially a low-ranking one.
ramble- n. A leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside.
- n. A rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction.
- n. (mining) A bed of shale over the seam of coal.
- n. A section of woodland suitable for leisurely walking.
- v. To move about aimlessly, or on a winding course.
- v. To walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter.
- v. To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions.
range- n. A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
- n. A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates.
- n. Selection, array.
- n. An area for practicing shooting at targets.
- n. An area for military training or equipment testing.
- n. The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
- n. Maximum distance of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, fuel supply, etc.).
- n. An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
- n. Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
- n. (mathematics) The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
- n. (statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference…
- n. (sports, baseball) The defensive area that a player can cover.
- n. (music) The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
- n. (ecology) The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
- n. (programming) A sequential list of iterators that are specified by a beginning and ending iterator.
- n. An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
- n. (obsolete) The step of a ladder; a rung.
- n. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A bolting sieve to sift meal.
- n. A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
- n. (US, historical) In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian…
- n. The scope of something, the extent which something covers or includes.
- n. The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.
- v. (intransitive) To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
- v. (transitive) To rove over or through.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To exercise the power of something over something else; to cause to submit to,…
- v. (transitive) To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition)…
- v. (intransitive, mathematics, computing, followed by over) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the…
- v. (transitive) To classify.
- v. (intransitive) To form a line or a row.
- v. (intransitive) To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
- v. (transitive) To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose…
- v. (transitive) To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively…
- v. (biology) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.
- v. To separate into parts; to sift.
- v. To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.
- v. (baseball) Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.
roam- v. (intransitive) To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
- v. (intransitive, computing, telecommunications) To use a network or service from different locations or…
- v. (transitive) To range or wander over.
roll- v. (ergative) To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward…
- v. (intransitive) To turn over and over.
- v. To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
- v. (transitive) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing…
- v. (transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
- v. (intransitive) To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball.
- v. (ergative) To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
- v. (ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with…
- v. To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
- v. (intransitive) To spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin.
- v. (ergative) To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
- v. (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) To leave or begin a journey.
- v. (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) To compete, especially with vigor.
- v. To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
- v. (geometry) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one…
- v. To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
- v. (US, slang) To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
- v. (dice games, transitive, intransitive) To throw dice.
- v. (dice games, transitive) To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
- v. (role-playing games) To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine…
- v. (computing) To generate a random number.
- v. (nautical, of a vessel) To rotate on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare…
- v. (transitive) To beat up; to attack and cause physical damage to.
- v. (transitive, slang) To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.
- v. (intransitive, slang) To betray secrets.
- v. (slang) To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
- v. (intransitive, of a camera) To film.
- v. (transitive, soccer) To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
- v. To have a rolling aspect.
- v. (figuratively, intranstive) To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution.
- v. To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
- v. (figuratively, intransitive) to move and cause an effect on someone.
- v. (intransitive) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
- n. The act of rolling, or state of being rolled.
- n. A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
- n. That which rolls; a roller.
- n. A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
- n. (nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, on…
- n. (nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis.
- n. A heavy, reverberatory sound.
- n. The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
- n. (obsolete) Part; office; duty; rôle.
- n. A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
- n. The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
- n. The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
- n. A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
- n. A training match for a fighting dog.
rounder- adj. comparative form of round: more round.
- n. A Methodist preacher traveling a circuit, also referred to as a circuit rider.
- n. A railroad man who worked at a roundhouse, operating the turntable.
- n. A person who earns a living by playing cards.
- n. A person who makes the rounds of bars, saloons, and similar establishments; figuratively, a debaucher…
- n. One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly.
- n. A tool for making an edge or surface round.
rove- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To shoot with arrows (at).
- v. (intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
- v. (transitive) To roam or wander through.
- v. (transitive) To card wool or other fibres.
- v. To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
- v. To draw through an eye or aperture.
- v. To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
- v. To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate.
- n. A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boatbuilding.
- n. A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and lightly twisted, preparatory to further processing; a…
- n. The act of wandering; a ramble.
- v. simple past tense of rive.
slog- n. (chiefly Britain and Canada) A long, tedious walk, or session of work.
- n. (cricket) An aggressive shot played with little skill.
- v. To walk slowly, encountering resistance.
- v. (by extension) To work slowly and deliberately (overcoming significant boredom).
- v. To strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat.
steamer- n. A device or object that works by the operation of steam.
- n. A mode of transportation propelled by steam.
- n. Clipping of steamer trunk.
- n. A babycino (frothy milk drink).
- n. A wetsuit with long sleeves and legs.
- n. The name of various animals.
- n. (horse racing) A racehorse the odds of which are becoming shorter (that is, decreasing) because bettors…
- n. (Britain, slang) An act of fellatio.
- n. (Britain, crime, slang) A member of a youth gang who engages in steaming (robbing and escaping in a large…
- n. (Britain, Scotland, slang) A drinking session.
- n. (Australia, obsolete) A dish made by cooking diced meat very slowly in a tightly sealed pot with a minimum…
- v. (intransitive) To travel by steamer.
- n. (Britain, slang) A mug.
- n. (Britain, slang) A homosexual man with a preference for passive partners.
- n. (Britain, slang) A prostitute's client.
- n. (US, slang) a gambler who increases a wager after losing.
steamship- n. A ship or vessel propelled by steam power.
step- n. An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
- n. A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a…
- n. A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.
- n. A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.
- n. The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.
- n. A small space or distance.
- n. A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
- n. A gait; manner of walking.
- n. Proceeding; measure; action; act.
- n. (plural) A walk; passage.
- n. (plural) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
- n. (nautical) A framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of…
- n. (machines) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series…
- n. (machines) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
- n. (music) The interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale.
- n. (kinematics) A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
- n. (programming) A constant difference between consecutive values in a series.
- n. (slang) A stepsibling.
- v. (intransitive) To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet…
- v. (intransitive) To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.
- v. (intransitive) To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
- v. (intransitive, figuratively) To move mentally; to go in imagination.
- v. (transitive) To set, as the foot.
- v. (transitive, nautical) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
stray- n. Any domestic animal that has no enclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is…
- n. (figuratively) One who is lost, either literally or metaphorically.
- n. The act of wandering or going astray.
- n. (historical) An area of common land or place administered for the use of general domestic animals, i.e…
- v. (intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
- v. (intransitive) To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray.
- v. (intransitive, figuratively) To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
- v. (transitive) To cause to stray.
- adj. Having gone astray; strayed; wandering.
- adj. In the wrong place; misplaced.
swan- n. Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus, most of which have white plumage.
- n. (figuratively) One whose grace etc. suggests a swan.
- n. (heraldry) This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms…
- v. (Britain, intransitive) To travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way.
- v. (US, dialectal or colloquial) To declare (chiefly in first-person present constructions).
swinger- n. One who swings.
- n. A person who practices swinging (sex with different partners).
- n. A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick two runners to finish in any of the places in any order.
- n. A performer of swing music or whose style is influenced by swing.
- n. One who swinges.
- n. (obsolete, slang) Anything very large, forcible, or astonishing.
track- n. A mark left by something that has passed along.
- n. A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.
- n. The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
- n. A road or other similar beaten path.
- n. Physical course; way.
- n. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
- n. The direction and progress of someone or something; path.
- n. (railways) The way or rails along which a train moves.
- n. A tract or area, such as of land.
- n. Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.
- n. (automotive) The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree (also track width).
- n. (automotive) Short for caterpillar track.
- n. (cricket) The pitch.
- n. Sound stored on a record.
- n. The physical track on a record.
- n. (music) A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short…
- n. A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
- n. (uncountable, sports) The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.
- n. A session talk on a conference.
- v. To continue observing over time.
- v. (transitive) To follow the tracks of.
- v. (transitive or intransitive) To create a musical recording (a track).
tramper- n. One who tramps.
- n. (chiefly New Zealand) A recreational hiker.
- n. (manufacturing) A mechanism which pounds material into a more compact form for further processing; found…
- n. (nautical) A ship, typically a bulk freighter, which does not travel on a fixed route; compare liner.
travel- v. (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place…
- v. (intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.
- v. (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
- v. (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
- v. (transitive) To force to journey.
- v. (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
- n. The act of traveling.
- n. pl A series of journeys.
- n. pl An account of one's travels.
- n. The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
- n. The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
- n. (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.
traverse- n. (climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by…
- n. (surveying) A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject,…
- n. (obsolete) A screen or partition.
- n. Something that thwarts or obstructs.
- n. (architecture) A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
- n. (law) A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings…
- n. (nautical) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound…
- n. (geometry) A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
- n. (military) In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.
- v. (transitive) To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
- v. (transitive, computing) To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
- v. To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
- v. (artillery) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
- v. (climbing), To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
- v. (engineering), (skiing) To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe…
- v. To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct.
- v. To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
- v. (carpentry) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
- v. (law) To deny formally.
- adv. athwart; across; crosswise.
- adj. Lying across; being in a direction across something else.
trudge- n. A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk.
- v. (intransitive) To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps.
- v. (transitive) To trudge along or over a route etc.
vagabond- n. A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
- n. One who wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without…
- v. To roam, as a vagabond.
- adj. Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.
vagrant- n. A person without a home; a wanderer.
- n. (ornithology) A bird found outside its species’ usual range.
- adj. Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled.
- adj. Wandering from place to place without any settled habitation.
walk- v. (intransitive) To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the…
- v. (intransitive, colloquial, law) To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly…
- v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
- v. (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side…
- v. (transitive) To travel (a distance) by walking.
- v. (transitive) To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.
- v. (transitive, baseball) To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
- v. (transitive) To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.
- v. (transitive) To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt.
- v. (transitive) To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).
- v. (intransitive, colloquial) To leave, resign.
- v. (transitive) To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.
- v. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.
- v. To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet,…
- v. (obsolete) To be in motion; to act; to move.
- v. (transitive, historical) To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.
- v. (transitive, informal, hotel) To move a guest to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available…
- n. A trip made by walking.
- n. A distance walked.
- n. (sports) An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before…
- n. A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.
- n. A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail.
- n. (poker) A situation where all players fold to the big blind, as their first action (instead of calling…
- n. (baseball) An award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher; known…
- n. In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them.
- n. (historical) A place for keeping and training puppies for dogfighting.
- n. (historical) An enclosed area in which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting.
- n. (graph theory) A sequence of alternating vertices and edges, where each edge's endpoints are the preceding…
- n. (colloquial) Something very easily accomplished; a walk in the park.
walker- n. The agent noun of to walk: a person who walks or a thing which walks, especially a pedestrian or a participant…
- n. A walking frame.
- n. (often in the plural) A shoe designed for comfortable walking.
- n. A person who walks (or waulks) cloth, that is, who fulls it.
- n. A male escort who accompanies a woman to an event.
wander- v. (intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
- v. (intransitive) To stray; stray from one's course; err.
- v. (intransitive) To commit adultery.
- v. (intransitive) To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
- v. (intransitive) Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.
- n. The act or instance of wandering.
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