stroll

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One of the things we saw during our stroll was the fine statue of Luiz de Camoens, specially interesting to us, as we had so recently seen the place where he passed many of the weary years of his exile.

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  1. intransitive verb To go for a leisurely walk: stroll in the park.
  2. intransitive verb To travel from place to place seeking work or gain.
  3. transitive verb To walk along or through at a leisurely pace: stroll the beach.

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  • If he told the burglars it had gone for a stroll, they would tear him limb from limb. —  The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance
  • One day the King took it into his head to go for a stroll, and he came to a river. —  Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore
  • But when the day's work was done he went for a stroll, and, seating himself upon a large rock, carefully reviewed the situation Hitherto he had given little thought to the impending trouble at the camp, supposing it would affect himself but slightly; but he now realized that a suspension of operations there would mean an entire change in his mode of living. —  At the Time Appointed
  • It was not a part usually frequented by people taking an evening stroll, and Henry, who had begun to get uneasy at their absence, and starting in search of them had picked them up at the corner, followed wondering His wonder increased as they left the houses and met the cool air blowing from the river. —  The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's Servant
  • Livingstone was out for a stroll, when he saw two small cannon pointed at the crowd and fired. —  From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People
 

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promenade ·  walk ·  nap ·  excursion ·  wandering ·  chat ·  swim ·  ride ·  jaunt ·  picnic ·  outing ·  hike

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stroll:   strolled ·  strolling ·  strolls
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  1. Probably German dialectal strollen, variant of strolchen, from Strolch, fortuneteller, vagabond, perhaps from Italian dialectal strolegh, from Italian astròlogo, astrologer, fortuneteller, from Latin astrologus, astronomer, astrologer, from Greek astrologos; see astrology.

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  1. Early modern English also strowl, stroule, stroyle; apparently contracted from a Middle English form *strouklen, from Middle Dutch struyckelen, Dutch struikelen, stumble, = Middle High German strūcheln, German straucheln, stumble, German dial. (Swiss) strolchen, rove, freq. of Old High German strūhhōn, Middle High German strūchen, stumble; = Icelandic strjūka, stroke, rub, brush, flog, etc., go off, stray, = Danish stryge = Swedish stryka, stroke, stroll, ramble; cf. Swedish stryker, dial. strykel, a stroller. Akin to struggle, q. v., but prob. not to straggle, which, with strake, etc., belongs to Anglo-Saxon strīcan, Middle English striken, go, proceed, wander, = German streichen, go (later stretcher, a stroller), etc.: see strike, strake, straggle, etc., struggle.
  2. from stroll, v.
 

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