verb
- Make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property. )
- usage: "Selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years"
- synonyms: perambulate
- Walk with no particular goal.
- usage: "we were walking around in the garden"; "after breakfast, she walked about in the park"
- synonyms: perambulate, walk about, walk around
adjective
- Strolling or walking around.
- usage: "perambulating nursemaids with their charges"
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