"perambulate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /pəɹˈæmbjʊˌleɪt/, /pəɹˈæmbjəˌleɪt/ Audio: en-uk-perambulate.ogg [UK] Forms: perambulates [present, singular, third-person], perambulating [participle, present], perambulated [participle, past], perambulated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin perambulō, perambulātus. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂el- (wander)}}, {{bor|en|la|perambulo|perambulō, perambulātus}} Latin perambulō, perambulātus Head templates: {{en-verb}} perambulate (third-person singular simple present perambulates, present participle perambulating, simple past and past participle perambulated)
  1. (intransitive) To walk about, roam or stroll. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Gaits Translations (roam, stroll): обхождам (obhoždam) (Bulgarian), обикалям (obikaljam) (Bulgarian), durchreisen (German), máirseáil (Irish), przechadzać się [imperfective] (Polish), perambular (Portuguese), vaguear (Portuguese), passear (Portuguese), бродить (broditʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-perambulate-en-verb-LqBZ2ek~ Disambiguation of Gaits: 86 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 96 4 Disambiguation of 'roam, stroll': 97 3
  2. (transitive) To inspect (an area) on foot. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-perambulate-en-verb-Pn12YhzR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: perambulator, perambulation Related terms: amble

Inflected forms

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