Afoot
[ə'fʊt]
Definition
(adj.) currently in progress; 'there is mischief afoot'; 'plans are afoot'; 'preparations for the trial are underway' .
(adj.) traveling by foot; 'she was afoot when I saw her this morning' .
(adv.) on foot; walking; 'they went to the village afoot'; 'quail are hunted either afoot or on horseback'.
Typist: Pierce--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) On foot.
(adv.) Fig.: In motion; in action; astir; in progress.
Checker: Zachariah
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. [1]. On foot.[2]. Preparing, forthcoming, in preparation, in course of preparation, on the carpet, ON THE TAPIS, on the anvil.
Checker: Marsha
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Working, launched, afloat, agoing, inaugurated, started, instituted,established
ANT:Uncommenced, Incomplete, projected, proposed, contemplated, designed
Checked by Jean
Definition
adv. on foot: astir.
Editor: Wallace
Examples
- The game is afoot. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Afoot, my kind ledy, afoot. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- We are too apt to consider the career of Alexander as the crown of some process that had long been afoot; as the climax of a crescendo. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It's early in the day; there won't be much travel afoot yet a while; we an't much more than two miles from our stopping-place. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Collect what force you can, for there's game afoot that must be hunted hard, and will turn to bay. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Preparations are afoot, measurements are made, ground is staked out. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Behold Bella tripping along the streets, the dearest girl afoot under the summer sun! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The church did indeed take notice of what was afoot, but only because of the disregard of her conclusive decisions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There were electors on horseback and electors afoot. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In either event, it was evident that something was afoot which might have a bearing on the recent capture of Tars Tarkas. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- They were armed, horsed, and charioted; the poor Hebrew wanderers were afoot. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The morning found her afoot again, but fast declining as to the clearness of her thoughts, though not as to the steadiness of her purpose. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- These would be turned in for the general use of the army, and the next day these men would start out afoot and return again in the evening mounted. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Editor: Wallace