Promenade
[,prɒmə'nɑːd;-'neɪd;'prɒm-] or [,prɑmə'ned]
Definition
(noun.) a march of all the guests at the opening of a formal dance.
(noun.) a square dance figure; couples march counterclockwise in a circle.
(noun.) a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
(noun.) a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year.
(verb.) take a leisurely walk; 'The ladies promenaded along the beach'.
Editor: Manuel--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A walk for pleasure, display, or exercise.
(n.) A place for walking; a public walk.
(v. i.) To walk for pleasure, display, or exercise.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Walk, stroll.
v. n. Take a walk.
Editor: Seth
Definition
n. a walk for pleasure show or exercise: a place for walking.—v.i. to walk for amusement show or exercise.—n. Promen′der.—Promenade concert an entertainment in which the audience promenades or dances during the music.
Typist: Preston
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of promenading, foretells that you will engage in energetic and profitable pursuits. To see others promenading, signifies that you will have rivals in your pursuits.
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Examples
- His hat presents at the rims a peculiar appearance of a glistening nature, as if it had been a favourite snail-promenade. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He plunged across the Promenade, leaving Selden to a meditative cigar. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The festivities, so to speak, closed with another of those miraculous balls on the promenade deck. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Miss Marsch, I haf a great favor to ask of you, began the Professor, after a moist promenade of half a block. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I say nothing of the taste which could choose the time, when her mother lay unburied, for such a promenade. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Their bonnets with bright flowers, their velvet cloaks and silk dresses, seemed better suited for park or promenade than for a damp packet deck. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The night air so increased my cough, that, God knows where I found strength for these wild nocturnal promenades; but love does wonders! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Evening, promenading the deck. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Evening, promenading the decks. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There is an immensity of promenading, on crutches and off, with sticks and without, and a great deal of conversation, and liveliness, and pleasantry. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She promenaded a second time, and was again the sole wanderer there. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The finale concluded, the dancers promenaded the room, and Mr. Tupman and his companion stationed themselves in a corner to observe the company. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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