Amble

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  • intransitive verb. To walk slowly or leisurely; stroll.
  • intransitive verb. To move along at an easy gait by using both legs on one side alternately with both on the other. Used of a horse.
  • noun. An unhurried or leisurely walk.
  • noun. An easy gait, especially that of a horse.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A peculiar gait of a horse or like animal, in which both legs on one side are moved at the same time; hence, easy motion; gentle pace. Also called pace (which see).
  • To move with the peculiar pace of a horse when it first lifts the two legs on one side, and then the two on the other; hence, to move easily and gently, without hard shocks.
  • To ride an ambling horse; ride at an easy pace.
  • Figuratively, to move affectedly.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A peculiar gait of a horse, in which both legs on the same side are moved at the same time, alternating with the legs on the other side.
  • noun. A movement like the amble of a horse.
  • intransitive verb. To go at the easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the horse or to its rider.
  • intransitive verb. To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
  • noun. An easy gait, especially that of a horse (as above).
  • verb. To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.
  • verb. Of a horse: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
  • verb. walk leisurely
  • Word Usage
    "So he and his wife mounted their beasts and Abd al-Kaddus whistled, when, behold, a mighty big elephant trotted up with fore hand and feet on amble from the heart of the desert and he took it and mounted it."
    cross-reference
    pace  
    Form
    ambled  ambling  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    walk  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    airing  barge  bowl along  bundle  canter  
    verb-form
    ambled  ambles  ambling