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Ways of Walking Denition Example

Crawl To move slowly, either by dragging thebody along the ground or on the handsand knees.

abies !rawl before they walk.

Creep To move slowly, "uietly, or !autiously. The soldiers !reep silently forwardout of sight of the enemy.

#op To make a $ump forwards or upwards,esp. on one foot.

 The sparrow hops from bran!h tobran!h.

%imp To walk with an uneven step, esp. with aweak or in$ured leg.

#e hurt his leg limp for severalweeks afterwards.

%inger To go in a slow or leisurely manner&saunter.

't is foolish to linger behind therest of the party if you don(t knowthe way.

)rowl To roam through stealthily, as in sear!hof prey or plunder.

* hyena was prowling around the!amp last night.

+!ramble To !limb or !rawl, esp by using thehands to aid movement.

 They s!rambled up the roughhillside.

+lide To move or !ause to move smoothly

along a surfa!e in !ontinual !onta!twith it.

Children love to slide when there

is some i!e on the road.

+lip To lose balan!e and slide unexpe!tedly. e !areful you don(t slip on thisgreasy pat!h.

+pring To move or !ause to move suddenlyupwards or forwards in a single motion.

 The lion sprung at him with baredteeth.

+tagger To walk or !ause to walk unsteadily as if  about to fall.

 The drunken man staggered outof the room.

+teal To pass unnoti!ed. ' saw a suspi!ious !hara!terstealing round that dark !orner.

+tumble To walk in an awkward, unsteady, orunsure way.

#e wasn(t looking where he wasgoing and stumbled over a stone.

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