perambulating

An old-fashioned or formal adjective meaning walking or moving about, especially in a leisurely or stately manner.

• 🇫🇷Adjectif littéraire ou formel décrivant quelqu'un qui se promène ou se déplace, surtout de manière lente ou majestueuse.

1. Strolling or walking around C2 formal british

   Walking or moving about, often in a leisurely or aimless manner.

   • The perambulating gentleman enjoyed the evening air.
   • Perambulating through the park, she admired the flowers.
   • The perambulating crowd filled the streets during the festival.

   🇫🇷Se promener, déambuler

   Synonymes: meanderingramblingwalkingwandering

   Antonymes: immobilemotionlessseatedstationarystill

• more perambulating comparative form
• most perambulating superlative form

A verb meaning to walk or travel through or around a place, especially for pleasure or inspection.

• 🇫🇷Verbe signifiant marcher ou se déplacer à travers ou autour d'un lieu, en particulier pour le plaisir ou pour l'inspecter.

1. Walk aimlessly C2 formal british

   To walk around without a specific destination or purpose.

   • They spent the afternoon perambulating through the old town.
   • He liked to perambulate along the riverbank in the evenings.
   • She perambulated the garden paths, lost in thought.

   🇫🇷se promener sans but

   Synonymes: amblemeanderrambleroamsaunterstrolltraipsewander

2. Inspect boundaries C2 formal british

   To walk around the boundaries of a property or area for official inspection.

   • The landowner perambulated the estate to check the fences.
   • The surveyor perambulated the field to verify its limits.
   • Traditionally, the lord would perambulate the parish boundaries each year.

   🇫🇷Procéder à la reconnaissance des limites

   Synonymes: circumambulateinspectpatrolsurveytourtraverse

• perambulated past participle
• perambulated past simple
• perambulating present participle
• perambulates third person singular