Word Meanings - STROAM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To wander about idly and vacantly. 2. To take long strides in walking.

Related words: (words related to STROAM)

• WALK-MILL
  A fulling mill. Halliwell.
• ABOUT
  On the point or verge of; going; in act of. Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. Acts xviii. 14. 7. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching. "To treat about thy ransom." Milton. She must have her way about Sarah. Trollope. (more info)
• WANDERMENT
  The act of wandering, or roaming. Bp. Hall.
• VACANTLY
  In a vacant manner; inanely.
• WANDEROO
  A large monkey native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo. Note: The name is sometimes applied also to other
• WALK
  akin to D. walken to felt hats, to work a hat, G. walken to full, OHG. walchan to beat, to full, Icel. valka to roll, to stamp, Sw. valka to full, to roll, Dan. valke to full; cf. Skr. valg to spring; 1. To move along on foot; to advance by steps;
• WANDERINGLY
  In a wandering manner.
• WALKYR
  See VALKYRIA
• WANDERER
  One who wanders; a rambler; one who roves; hence, one who deviates from duty.
• WALKABLE
  Fit to be walked on; capable of being walked on or over. Swift.
• WALKER
  A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester. 4. Etym: (more info) 1. One who walks; a pedestrian. 2. That with which one walks; a foot. Lame Mulciber, his walkers quite misgrown. Chapman.
• WANDERING
  a. & n. from Wander, v. Wandering albatross , the great white albatross. See Illust. of Albatross. -- Wandering cell , an animal cell which possesses the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white corpuscles of the blood. -- Wandering
• WANDER
  1. To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins. Heb. xi. 37. He wandereth abroad for
• WALKING
  a. & n. from Walk, v. Walking beam. See Beam, 10. -- Walking crane, a kind of traveling crane. See under Crane. -- Walking fern. See Walking leaf, below. -- Walking fish , any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus Ophiocephalus,
• ABOUT-SLEDGE
  The largest hammer used by smiths. Weale.
• WALK-OVER
  In racing, the going over a course by a horse which has no competitor for the prize; hence, colloquially, a one-sided contest; an uncontested, or an easy, victory.
• SHOPWALKER
  One who walks about in a shop as an overseer and director. Cf. Floorwalker.
• FORWANDER
  To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness.
• ROUNDABOUTNESS
  The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.
• SIDEWALK
  A walk for foot passengers at the side of a street or road; a foot pavement.
• SLEEPWALKER
  One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist.
• TRACKWALKER
  A person employed to walk over and inspect a section of tracks.
• RACEABOUT
  A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit.
• ROPEWALKER
  A ropedancer.
• FLOORWALKER
  One who walks about in a large retail store as an overseer and director.
• STIRABOUT
  A dish formed of oatmeal boiled in water to a certain consistency and frequently stirred, or of oatmeal and dripping mixed together and stirred about in a pan; a hasty pudding.
• ROPEWALK
  A long, covered walk, or a low, level building, where ropes are manufactured.
• MARABOUT
  A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally.