verb
Meaning 1
To walk with no planned destination; to meander.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
walk around
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verb
Meaning 2
walk with no particular goal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- we were walking around in the garden
- after breakfast, she walked about in the park
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: perambulate, walk about
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: walk
verb
Meaning 3
walk around something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: circumambulate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: circle
verb
Meaning 4
walk randomly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- We were walking around in the neighborhood to see whether we could find an open drugstore
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: act
verb
Meaning 5
behave in a certain manner or have certain properties
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He walks around with his nose in the air
- She walks around with this strange boyfriend
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Cherokee: ᎡᏙᎭ (edoha) — to walk with no planned destination
- Danish: slentre — to walk with no planned destination
- Finnish: kuljeskella — to walk with no planned destination
- Finnish: tallailla — to walk with no planned destination
- Finnish: käveleskellä — to walk with no planned destination
- Finnish: vaellella — to walk with no planned destination
- Finnish: kuljeksia — to walk with no planned destination
- French: déambuler — to walk with no planned destination
- Central Kurdish: سوڕانەوە (surranewe) — to walk with no planned destination
- Nepali: डुल्नु (ḍulnu) — to walk with no planned destination
- Polish: przechadzać się — to walk with no planned destination
- Polish: spacerować — to walk with no planned destination
- Portuguese: dar uma volta — to walk with no planned destination
- Portuguese: andar por — to walk with no planned destination
- Spanish: deambular — to walk with no planned destination
- Ottoman Turkish: كزمك (gezmek) — to walk with no planned destination