STROLL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stroll mean? 

• STROLL (noun)
  The noun STROLL has 1 sense:

1. a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

  Familiarity information: STROLL used as a noun is very rare.

• STROLL (verb)
  The verb STROLL has 1 sense:

1. walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

  Familiarity information: STROLL used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STROLL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

amble; perambulation; promenade; saunter; stroll

Hypernyms ("stroll" is a kind of...):

walk (the act of walking somewhere)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stroll"):

meander; ramble (an aimless amble on a winding course)

walkabout (a public stroll by a celebrity to meet people informally)

Derivation:

stroll (walk leisurely and with no apparent aim)

• STROLL (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they stroll    ... he / she / it strolls   
Past simple: strolled   
Past participle: strolled   
-ing form: strolling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

saunter; stroll

Hypernyms (to "stroll" is one way to...):

walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

They stroll down the river

Derivation:

stroll (a leisurely walk (usually in some public place))

stroller (someone who walks at a leisurely pace)

 Context examples 

After lunch, people strolled about, by twos and threes, through the house and garden, enjoying the sunshine without and within.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It’s six now, so if you care for a stroll this beautiful evening I shall be very happy to introduce you to two curiosities.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then he strolled aft, and we slipped forward.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

After a stroll about the town I went to Ham's house.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

To avoid their wrangling I moved some little way apart, and was seated smoking upon the trunk of a fallen tree, when Lord John strolled over in my direction.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She had before conjectured him to be a stranger like themselves, and determined that a well-looking groom, who was strolling about near the two inns as they came back, should be his servant.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

No one saw him and Buck go off through the orchard on what Buck imagined was merely a stroll.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

They had strolled out on to the terrace again, and along it to the further end where at a touch from the Baron’s chauffeur the great car shivered and chuckled.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A tall and beautifully proportioned man, very elegantly dressed, was strolling towards us.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the evening we strolled in the Casino Terrace, and heard some good music by Spohr and Mackenzie, and went to bed early.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)