ambulate

To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.

Verb

  1. To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.
    • Peter slowly ambulated to the bathroom, favoring his strained knee.
    • I'm working in social services, but I'm also suffering from a lot of chronic pain and limitation. I can't really sit at my desk because I need to ambulate a lot. - 1990 February 4, Margy Dowzer, Mary Frances Platt,...

Origin

From Latin ambulatus, past participle of ambulō (“to walk, go about”). Doublet of amble.

Forms

ambulates ambulating ambulated

Synonyms

walk

Related

ambi- amble ambulance ambulant ambulation ambulator ambulatory circumambulate deambulate funambulate somnambulate

Derived

ambulative preambulate reambulate