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stroll

 (strōl)
v. strolled, stroll·ing, strolls
v.intr.
1. To go for a leisurely walk: stroll in the park.
2. To travel from place to place seeking work or gain.
v.tr.
To walk along or through at a leisurely pace: stroll the beach.
n.
A leisurely walk.

[Probably German dialectal strollen, variant of strolchen, from Strolch, fortuneteller, vagabond, perhaps from Italian dialectal strolegh, from Italian astròlogo, astrologer, fortuneteller, from Latin astrologus, astronomer, astrologer, from Greek astrologos; see astrology.]
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stroll

(strəʊl)
vb
1. to walk about in a leisurely manner
2. (intr) to wander from place to place
n
a leisurely walk
[C17: probably from dialect German strollen, of obscure origin; compare German Strolch tramp]
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stroll

(stroʊl)

v.i.
1. to walk leisurely as inclination directs; ramble: to stroll along the beach.
2. to wander or rove from place to place; roam: strolling troubadours.
v.t.
3. to walk leisurely along or through: to stroll the countryside.
n.
4. a leisurely walk.
[1595–1605; of uncertain orig.]
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stroll


Past participle: strolled
Gerund: strolling

Imperative
stroll
stroll
Present
I stroll
you stroll
he/she/it strolls
we stroll
you stroll
they stroll
Preterite
I strolled
you strolled
he/she/it strolled
we strolled
you strolled
they strolled
Present Continuous
I am strolling
you are strolling
he/she/it is strolling
we are strolling
you are strolling
they are strolling
Present Perfect
I have strolled
you have strolled
he/she/it has strolled
we have strolled
you have strolled
they have strolled
Past Continuous
I was strolling
you were strolling
he/she/it was strolling
we were strolling
you were strolling
they were strolling
Past Perfect
I had strolled
you had strolled
he/she/it had strolled
we had strolled
you had strolled
they had strolled
Future
I will stroll
you will stroll
he/she/it will stroll
we will stroll
you will stroll
they will stroll
Future Perfect
I will have strolled
you will have strolled
he/she/it will have strolled
we will have strolled
you will have strolled
they will have strolled
Future Continuous
I will be strolling
you will be strolling
he/she/it will be strolling
we will be strolling
you will be strolling
they will be strolling
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been strolling
you have been strolling
he/she/it has been strolling
we have been strolling
you have been strolling
they have been strolling
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been strolling
you will have been strolling
he/she/it will have been strolling
we will have been strolling
you will have been strolling
they will have been strolling
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been strolling
you had been strolling
he/she/it had been strolling
we had been strolling
you had been strolling
they had been strolling
Conditional
I would stroll
you would stroll
he/she/it would stroll
we would stroll
you would stroll
they would stroll
Past Conditional
I would have strolled
you would have strolled
he/she/it would have strolled
we would have strolled
you would have strolled
they would have strolled
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.stroll - a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)stroll - a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
ramble, meander - an aimless amble on a winding course
walk - the act of walking somewhere; "he took a walk after lunch"
walkabout - a public stroll by a celebrity to meet people informally
Verb1.stroll - walk leisurely and with no apparent aim
walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"
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stroll

verb
1. walk, ramble, amble, wander, promenade, saunter, stooge (slang), take a turn, toddle, make your way, mooch (slang), mosey (informal), stretch your legs We strolled back, put the kettle on and settled down.
noun
1. walk, promenade, turn, airing, constitutional, excursion, ramble, breath of air After dinner, I took a stroll around the city.
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stroll

verb
To walk at a leisurely pace:
Informal: mosey.
noun
An act of walking, especially for pleasure:
amble, meander (often used in plural), perambulation, promenade, ramble, saunter, walk, wander.
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Translations
تَـجَوُّلُنُزْهَه، تَنَزُّهيَتَنَزَّه، يَتَمَشّى
procházkaprocházet se
gåturslentrespadseretur
promeni
kävelykuljeskella
šetnja
labbitúrrölta um
ぶらぶら歩き
산책
pastaigapastaigātiesstaigāt
pohajkovatisprehod
promenadströvtåg
การเดินทอดน่อง
gezinmegezinmekyürüyüş
cuộc đi dạo

stroll

[strəʊl]
A. Npaseo m, vuelta f
to go for a stroll; have or take a strolldar un paseo, dar una vuelta
B. VIdar un paseo, pasear, dar una vuelta
to stroll up and downpasearse de acá para allá
to stroll up to sbacercarse tranquilamente a algn
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

stroll

[ˈstrəʊl]
npromenade f
to go for a stroll → aller se promener, aller faire un tour
vise promener
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stroll

nSpaziergang m, → Bummel m; to go for or have or take a strolleinen Spaziergang or Bummel machen
vispazieren, bummeln; to stroll along/aroundherumspazieren or -bummeln or -schlendern; to stroll along the roaddie Straße entlangspazieren or -bummeln or -schlendern; to stroll around the houseum das Haus herumspazieren; to stroll around the towndurch die Stadt bummeln; to stroll up to somebodyauf jdn zuschlendern; to stroll in(to the room)(ins Zimmer) hineinspazieren or -schlendern; to stroll out (of the room)(aus dem Zimmer) herausspazieren or -schlendern; to stroll up and down (the road)die Straße auf und ab spazieren or bummeln or schlendern
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stroll

[strəʊl]
1. npasseggiata, giretto
to go for a stroll, have or take a stroll → andare a fare un giretto or due passi
2. viandare a spasso
to stroll around or through → gironzolare per
to stroll in/out → entrare/uscire tranquillamente
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

stroll

(strəul) verb
to walk or wander without hurry. He strolled along the street.
noun
an act of strolling. I went for a stroll round the town.
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stroll

تَـجَوُّلُ procházka gåtur Spaziergang βόλτα paseo kävely se balader šetnja passeggiata ぶらぶら歩き 산책 wandeling spasere przechadzka passeio прогулка promenad การเดินทอดน่อง yürüyüş cuộc đi dạo 徜徉
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References in classic literature ?
But when we paired off to stroll along boy and girl together, I noted that Louis had invariably picked the good-looker and left to me the little lame sister.
I determined to stroll home in the purer air by the most roundabout way I could take; to follow the white winding paths across the lonely heath; and to approach London through its most open suburb by striking into the Finchley Road, and so getting back, in the cool of the new morning, by the western side of the Regent's Park.
"No, it's too hot; better stroll about the garden and have a row in the boat, show Darya Alexandrovna the river banks." Vronsky proposed.
Then let me stroll through the bright hours as they pass, in my garden among my flowers, or I will mount the hill and sing my song, or weave my verse beside the limpid brook.
The world, to his sense, was a great bazaar, where one might stroll about and purchase handsome things; but he was no more conscious, individually, of social pressure than he admitted the existence of such a thing as an obligatory purchase.
My purpose was to stroll into the shade for a moment; but no sooner within than it seemed to me I had stepped into a gloomy circle of some Inferno.
After a while, Arthur gave the signal for our departure, and in the cool of the evening we strolled down to the beach, enjoying the silence, broken only by the murmur of the sea and the far-away music of some fishermen's song, almost as much as our late pleasant talk.
Diners, heimgangers, shop-girls, confidence men, panhandlers, actors, highwaymen, millionaires and outlanders hurried, skipped, strolled, sneaked, swaggered and scurried by me; but I took no note of them.
Pontellier left him to enter her room, the young man descended the steps and strolled over toward the croquet players, where, during the half-hour before dinner, he amused himself with the little Pontellier children, who were very fond of him.
Had you stepped on board the Pequod at a certain juncture of this post-mortemizing of the whale; and had you strolled forward nigh the windlass, pretty sure am I that you would have scanned with no small curiosity a very strange, enigmatical object, which you would have seen there, lying along lengthwise in the lee scuppers.
When in an hour they crowded into a cab to go home, I strolled idly to my club.
But the taste for plays grew, and soon bands of players strolled about the country acting in towns and villages.