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TROT

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Irregular inflected forms: trotted    , trotting   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

gait (a horse's manner of moving)

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

rising trot (the rider rises from the saddle every second stride)

sitting trot (the rider sits still in the saddle)

Derivation:

trot (cause to trot)

trot (ride at a trot)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A slow pace of running

Synonyms:

jog; lope; trot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

locomotion; travel (self-propelled movement)

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

dogtrot (a steady trot like that of a dog)

Derivation:

trot (run at a moderately swift pace)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)

Synonyms:

crib; pony; trot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

interlingual rendition; rendering; translation; version (a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution

Synonyms:

Trot; Trotskyist; Trotskyite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

radical (a person who has radical ideas or opinions)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Run at a moderately swift pace

Synonyms:

clip; jog; trot

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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

run (move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

trot (a slow pace of running)

trotter (a horse trained to trot; especially a horse trained for harness racing)

trotter (foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to trot

Example:

She trotted the horse home

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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

walk (accompany or escort)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The men trot the horses across the field

Derivation:

trot (a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Ride at a trot

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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

ride horseback (ride on horseback)

Domain category:

horseback riding; riding (travel by being carried on horseback)

equitation; horseback riding; riding (the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

The horses trot across the field

Derivation:

trot (a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together)

Credits

 Context examples: 

We made easy journeys, of not above seven or eight score miles a-day; for Glumdalclitch, on purpose to spare me, complained she was tired with the trotting of the horse.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Running at a trot as a form of cardiopulmonary exercise.

(Jogging, NCI Thesaurus)

And so, with Toto trotting along soberly behind her, she started on her journey.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Buck trotted up to the place Spitz would have occupied as leader; but François, not noticing him, brought Sol-leks to the coveted position.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

As soon as I was mounted, holding on to Dogger's belt, the supervisor gave the word, and the party struck out at a bouncing trot on the road to Dr. Livesey's house.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I wish to remind you that it was you who first said to me, with that discretion I respect in you—with that foresight, prudence, and humility which befit your responsible and dependent position—that in case I married Miss Ingram, both you and little Adele had better trot forthwith.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“I don't know what to do, Trot.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Kiche turned and slowly trotted back toward camp.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Then he turned and trotted back to Walt Irvine.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Will you take me out in the trotting wagon with Puck?

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)