Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: moving

I need a list of verbs with the meaning of "moving by feet".
The first one is, of course, "to walk". All the definitions are from
"
dictionary.com
".
to walk
--> To move over a surface by taking steps with the feet at a pace
slower than a run
to run
--> To move swiftly on foot so that both feet leave the ground during
each stride.
to dance
--> To move rhythmically usually to music, using prescribed or
improvised steps and gestures.
to prance 
--> To walk or move about spiritedly; strut.
to waddle 
--> To walk with short steps that tilt the body from side to side.
--> To walk heavily and clumsily with a pronounced sway.
to toddle
--> To walk with short, unsteady steps.
--> To walk leisurely; stroll.
to caper
--> To leap or frisk about; frolic.
to scamper
--> To run or go quickly and lightly
to frisk
--> To move about briskly and playfully; frolic.
to cavort
--> To bound or prance about in a sprightly manner; caper.
to bob
--> To move up and down
to hop
--> To move with light bounding skips or leaps.
to skip
--> To move by hopping on one foot and then the other.
to bounce
--> To move jerkily; bump
to trip
--> To move nimbly with light rapid steps; skip
to hobble
--> To walk or move along haltingly or with difficulty; limp.
to limp
--> To walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one
leg.
to scuff
--> To scrape the feet while walking; shuffle.
to shuffle
--> To slide (the feet) along the floor or ground while walking.
to scramble
--> To move or climb hurriedly, especially on the hands and knees.
to bump
--> To proceed with jerks and jolts
to stroll
--> To go for a leisurely walk
to trot
--> To proceed rapidly; hurry
to jog
--> To move by shoving, bumping, or jerking
to crawl
--> To move slowly on the hands and knees or by dragging the body
along the ground; creep.
to creep
--> To move with the body close to the ground, as on hands and knees.
--> To move stealthily or cautiously.
--> To move or proceed very slowly.
to cramble
--> To climb with difficulty, especially on all fours; scramble.
to climb
--> To move oneself upward, especially by using the hands and feet.
to trail
--> To drag (the body, for example) wearily or heavily.
to drag 
--> To pull along with difficulty or effort; haul
to haul ass
--> To move quickly
to lug
--> To move along by jerks or as if under a heavy burden.
That's all I could find. Anything else? Yeah, I know, I should get a
hobby. :)
Sebastiano
-- 
Por una mirada, un mondo;
por una sonrisa, un cielo;
por un beso... yo no sé
qué te diera por un beso.

 I need a list of verbs with the meaning of "moving by feet".
to shift
to jump
to wander
to stride
to tiptoe
to tramp
to stomp
to go along
to step
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Enrico

 --> To move along by jerks or as if under a heavy burden.
I've only ever heard "lug" used with the meaning of "carry something
heavy".
The list looks pretty comprehensive, but you might find more in Roget's
Thesaurus: 
http://thesaurus.reference.com
 .
-- 
Mary

To march
To goose-step
To saunter
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Mary

Thesaurus: 
http://thesaurus.reference.com
 .
Great! Thanks.
clamber, climb, contend, crawl, hasten, jostle, look alive, make
haste, move, push, run, rush, scrabble, scurry, scuttle, strive,
struggle, swarm, trek, vie
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to step
Thanks!
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 struggle, swarm, trek, vie
The following aren't really ways of moving on legs:
contend
jostle
push
scrabble
strive
vie
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Mary

The following aren't really ways of moving on legs:
Yes, I guessed. I've posted the entire list found on the thesaurus but
I've not checked it yet.
Thanks for creaming the list off. 
Is ok with "creaming"? Is there another verb with that meaning?
(reducind something - e.g. a list - by erasing the misplaced elements)
To trim? Thanks for trimming the list down.
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...
to stagger, said especially of those who are drunk or have been
wounded. Or both ;-)
"he staggered out of the saloon after drinking fifteen whiskies and
being shot four times"
"stagger" can also mean Italian "scaglionare"
To further build up your list, you could go into a thesaurus such as
Roget's and look up the words you already have, it will give you
synonyms or near-synonyms.
C.

...
Oh, I forgot:
to straggle (noun, stragglers).
I'll quit while I'm ahead.
C.

To sashay.
-- 
Mary

 To trim? Thanks for trimming the list down.
Sě, si lo dice. Anche
to whittle
to cut
to condense
to abridge
to reduce
to boil down
to curtail
to truncate
to clip
to crop
to prune
to abbreviate
to shorten

 I need a list of verbs with the meaning of "moving by feet".
to traipse
to meander
to amble
to stroll
to hike
to limp
to march
to  promenade
to perambulate
to shuffle
to swagger
to stumble
to strut
to trek
to trample
to trot
to troop
to waddle
... and there are probable many dozens more.
---
Xakero

to troop
Thanks to you too!
Sebastiano
-- 
Por una mirada, un mundo;
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