perambulates

verb

Definition of perambulatesnext
present tense third-person singular of perambulate
1
as in traverses
to make one's way through, across, or over we decided to lazily perambulate the entire length of the esplanade and enjoy the fresh air

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2
as in strolls
to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure long summer evenings spent perambulating up and down the tree-lined streets of the quaint village

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perambulates
  1. crosses
  2. wanders
  3. follows
  4. covers
  5. navigates
Verb
  • Bitcoin crosses $100,000 The price of bitcoin soared past the $100,000 benchmark for the first time ever on Thursday.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Any particle that crosses the event horizon inevitably falls toward the center of the black hole.
    Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of crosses
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  • The mind wanders but doesn’t ask too many questions.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2024
  • If your mind wanders, acknowledge it, then nudge yourself to return to listening.
    Scott Mautz, Contributor, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of wanders
Verb
  • The story follows cousins José and Úrsula who marry against their families’ wishes and leave their village to find a new home.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • This decision follows years of advocacy by environmental groups alarmed by the butterfly's dwindling numbers, largely attributed to climate change and habitat loss.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of follows
Verb
  • For example, the 35% requirement covers the 2026 model year, but counts a carmaker’s 2026 models sold in 2025 and 2026.
    Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Yet in Hermosa Beach, the tsunami hazard area also covers the pricey homes a block or so east of the trail.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of covers
Verb
  • Here, musical legends feel like flesh-and-blood figures, especially as Dylan navigates Seeger as the old-guard angel on one shoulder and Bob’s pen pal Johnny Cash (Boyd Holbrook) as the rebel devil on the other.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Musk points out that the bot navigates highly variable ground using neural nets to control each limb, instead of relying on teleoperation.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of navigates
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