sidewalk definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: walk consisting ... area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway [syn: sidewalk, pavement] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1739 a usually paved ... side of a road; a pavement. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sidewalk Side"walk`, n. A walk for foot passengers at the ... foot pavement. [U.S.] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (sidewalks) A sidewalk is a path with a hard surface by the side ... Two men and a woman were walking briskly down the sidewalk toward him. N-COUNT Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms ...
... area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway [syn: sidewalk, pavement] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo ... artificially covered surface of a public thoroughfare b. chiefly British sidewalk 2. the material with which something is paved 3. something ... hard and convenient surface for travel; a paved road or sidewalk; a decorative interior floor of tiles or colored bricks. The ... by the side of a road. (BRIT; in AM, use sidewalk) He was hurrying along the pavement. N-COUNT: oft supp ...
... usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn: skid, slip, slue, slew, slide] Merriam Webster's I ... slideway (as for an incline from a truck to the sidewalk) 5. the act of skidding ; slip, sideslip 6. a runner ...
... n. [F., from trotter to trot. See Trot.] Footpath; pavement; sidewalk. Headless bodies trailed along the trottoirs. --Froude. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. [ Fr. ] Sidewalk, foot-pavement, foot-way.
... of English Synonyms I. n. 1. Walk, stroll. 2. Walk, sidewalk, place for walking. II. v. n. Take a walk. Moby ... review, run, runway, rut, saunter, schlep, shindig, shindy, show off, sidewalk, skimmington, square dance, stag dance, stream, stretch, stretch the legs ...
... 1) a path specially arranged or paved for walking (2) sidewalk c. a public avenue for promenading ; promenade d. ropewalk 4 ... schlep, scuttle, sea lane, setting, shamble, shortcut, shuffle, shuffle along, sidewalk, sidle, single-foot, site, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slow march ...
... r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually ... The kerb is the raised edge of a pavement or sidewalk which separates it from the road. Stewart stepped off the ...
... r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the side of a sidewalk that is bordered by a curb; "policemen stood at intervals ... the side of a pavement bordered by a curb 2. sidewalk