perambulate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property)
Selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years
Types & categories
- inspect hypernym
Related & opposite
- perambulation derivation
Sense 2 verb
walk with no particular goal
we were walking around in the garden
Types & categories
- walk hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | perambulation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | inspect |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | amble |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | walkabout |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | walk |