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UK
/pəɹˈæmbjʊlˌeɪt/
]
VERB
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walk with no particular goal
after breakfast, she walked about in the park
we were walking around in the garden -
make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property)
Selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years
How To Use perambulate In A Sentence
- In my Virginia hometown, people perambulated when they could not drive at a pace somewhere between a saunter and a stroll. The Infuriating Smartphone Saunter
- Selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years
- Our adventurer expected to see in Mr Jacobs a withered and filthy old being, similar in external appearance to those of his race who then perambulated the metropolis as dealers in cast-off clothing. Ralph Rashleigh
- Unlike the Tuilleries, the Luxembourg is where Parisians go to perambulate. What to Do in Paris / Que faire a Paris? - French Word-A-Day
- But for many of us, pedestrians are the major threat, particularly when they perambulate in an iPod bubble. Two Wheels that Tame Your City
- According to traditions, the selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years.
- I find myself having to tell my students to unlearn this tendency by, among others, asking them to throw their thesaurus away, especially when the only reason they turn to it is to find a fancier word for something as basic as “talk” (expostulate?) or “walk” (perambulate?) Archive 2010-03-01
- Go on, now: bust a move, or whatever it is you homeboys do to help you perambulate. The Whisperers
- No, to perambulate this terraqueous globe is too small a range; were it permitted, he should at least make the tour of the whole system of the sun.
- The added handicap is that runners have to dodge the horse dung as they perambulate down the track.