stroll

«stroll» in Mova's school dictionary: To walk slowly and in a relaxed way, for pleasure, not in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (stroll, strolls, strolled, strolling); noun (a stroll, strolls)

meaning for a pupil

1) To walk slowly and in a relaxed way, for pleasure, not in a hurry. tree →

2) A slow, relaxed walk. tree →

3) (informal) Something very easy to win or do: «the match was a stroll». tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories «stroll» shows a calm, happy or confident character: strolling along the beach, through the park. In everyday life people «go for a stroll» after a meal. In sport talk «a stroll» is an easy win. In maths, strolling speed is slow, about 3 to 4 km an hour. Phrases: «go for a stroll», «take a stroll», «stroll along», «stroll in».

examples

• We went for a stroll along the beach after lunch. tree →
• Grandpa likes to stroll around the park. tree →
• She strolled into class five minutes late, as if nothing was wrong. tree →
• Let's take a stroll to the shops. tree →
• The couple strolled hand in hand. tree →
• (informal) The final was a stroll — we won 6 to 0. tree →
• If you stroll at 4 km an hour, you cover 2 km in half an hour. tree →
• One day he went out for a stroll. tree →

note

Regular: strolled, strolling (double «l» already). A stroll is slower and more relaxed than a «walk», and much slower than a «march» or «hike». A «stroller» is also the US/Australian word for a baby's pushchair.

In the corpora

• Toad strolls out fresh and says how easy life is now!
• The third time his teacher had watched him stroll past the window.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «stroll» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.