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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person's manner of walking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("gait" is a kind of...):
walk; walking (the act of traveling by foot)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gait"):
waddle (walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other)
prance; strut; swagger (a proud stiff pompous gait)
angry walk; stalk (a stiff or threatening gait)
skip (a gait in which steps and hops alternate)
saunter (a careless leisurely gait)
roll (walking with a swaying gait)
pacing (walking with slow regular strides)
lurch; stagger; stumble (an unsteady uneven gait)
flounce (the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions)
hitch; hobble; limp (the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A horse's manner of moving
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("gait" is a kind of...):
locomotion; travel (self-propelled movement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gait"):
walk (a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground)
rack; single-foot (a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately)
jog trot (an easy gait of a horse; midway between a walk and a trot)
trot (a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together)
canter; lope (a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop)
gallop (a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The rate of moving (especially walking or running)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("gait" is a kind of...):
rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gait"):
quick time (a normal marching pace of 120 steps per minute)
double time (a fast marching pace (180 steps/min) or slow jog)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb gait
Context examples:
I had not the experience to steer at the gait we were going on a quartering course.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Signs and symptoms include truncal ataxia, disturbed gait, lethargy, headache, and vomiting.
(Medulloblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)
His was the gait of the wolf, smooth, tireless and effortless, and at the end of fifty miles he would come in jauntily ahead of the horse.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
In the late infantile form symptoms include muscle weakness and rigidity, gait disturbances, developmental delays, and seizures.
(Metachromatic Leukodystrophy, NCI Thesaurus)
With its stocky legs set squarely at each corner of its compact, muscular body, its deliberate gait has become a waddle.
(English Bulldog, NCI Thesaurus)
The new-comer was a stout, square-built man, plainly and almost carelessly dressed, with an uncouth manner and a rolling gait.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Their crouching gait took away from their height, but I should put them at five feet or so, with long arms and enormous chests.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Individuals with ataxic cerebral palsy walk very unsteadily, with a wide-based gait.
(Ataxic Cerebral Palsy, NCI Thesaurus)
She went away weeping audibly, and he felt a pang of sorrow shoot through him at sight of her heavy body and uncouth gait.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
NR mice also showed better muscular and grip strength, higher endurance, and improved gait compared to their control counterparts.
(Compound prevents neurological damage, shows cognitive benefits in mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, National Institutes of Health)
