gait
A manner of walking or steppingA manner of walking or stepping; a bearing or carriage while moving on legs.
» Tom broke his gait.
Meaning
4 sensesA manner of walking or stepping; a bearing or carriage while moving on legs.
Carrying a heavy suitcase, he had a lopsided gait.
Gang, Gangart, Gangweise
похо́дкаpoxódka, по́ступьpóstupʹ, ходьба́xodʹbá
похі́дpoxíd, похода́poxodá, похо́даpoxóda
a person's manner of walking
One of the distinct patterns of locomotion exhibited by a horse, occurring either naturally or as a result of training.
(UK, dialectal)A sheaf of corn.
(UK, dialectal)A charge for pasturage.
Examples
17 sentencesTom broke his gait.
The old man's gait is wonky.
He matched his gait to his companion's.
He has the gait of a duck.
My gait is unsteady from lack of sleep.
Translations
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Origin
From a specialised use of gate (“way, manner, behaviour, habit", properly "way, path, streFrom a specialised use of gate (“way, manner, behaviour, habit", properly "way, path, street, journey”), from Middle English gate (“way, path, road, street”), from Old Norse gata (“path, lane, alley, road”), from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ (“passageway, street”). Doublet of gate.
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Forms
plural: gaitsSynonyms
2 synonyms- the rate of moving (especially walking or running):pace