Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A particular way or manner of moving on foot: a person who ran with a clumsy, hobbling gait.
- n. Any of the ways, such as a canter, trot, or walk, by which a horse can move by lifting the feet in different order or rhythm.
- n. Rate or manner of proceeding: The project went forward at a steady gait.
- transitive v. To train (a horse) in a particular gait or gaits.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
- n. One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.
- v. To teach a specific gait to a horse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A going; a walk; a march; a way.
- n. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To set up (gaits of grain) to dry. See gait, 2.
- n. Same as gate, 1.
- n. Manner of walking or stepping; carriage of the body while walking: same as gate, 3.
- n. Same as agistage.
- n. A sheaf of grain tied up.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a horse's manner of moving
- n. the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
- n. a person's manner of walking
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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His gait is a little off; he's not exactly rock-solid in the hind end.
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Tim Hilden, PT, ATC, is a senior physical therapist and certified athletic trainer at BCSM, who specializes in gait analysis and orthotics, as well as orthopedic foot issues.
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His eyes are hollow, his face drawn, and his gait is like watching a man walk on eggs.
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Her gait is odd, but she is steadied by the walker and makes quite good time coming up towards me.
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Thus, it seems unproductive to note that TAS's gait is compliant or that it's swinging its arms widely or that it's holding its hands in an unusual position.
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Still, I wonder if the particular gait is actually evidence for the Monkey Suit Hypothesis (or, see the first post, the absence of a suit).
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It seems to me that the typical human gait is irrelevant in discussions of TAS's gait, since if it is a human, the human is likely specifically trying to show a different gait.
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All the momentum and energy in Putin's gait comes from the left side; it is as if the right side is just along for the ride.
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Sim was a round-shouldered curiously oafish-looking man, not large but shambling in gait, with a chubby face which was like that of an overgrown baby, and which was capable of good humor.
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He took a few steps along the veranda, moving with uncertain gait; then stopped and leaned heavily against the wall.
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