English noun: tramp | |||
1. | tramp (person) a disreputable vagrant | ||
Samples | A homeless tramp. He tried to help the really down-and-out bums. | ||
Synonyms | bum, hobo | ||
Broader (hypernym) | drifter, floater, vagabond, vagrant | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | dosser, street person | ||
2. | tramp (person) a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex | ||
Synonyms | swinger | ||
Broader (hypernym) | debauchee, libertine, rounder | ||
3. | tramp (person) a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure) | ||
Synonyms | hiker, tramper | ||
Broader (hypernym) | footer, pedestrian, walker | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | backpacker, packer | ||
4. | tramp (event) a heavy footfall | ||
Samples | The tramp of military boots. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | footfall, footstep, step | ||
5. | tramp (artifact) a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule | ||
Synonyms | tramp steamer | ||
Broader (hypernym) | steamer, steamship | ||
6. | tramp (act) a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure | ||
Samples | She enjoys a hike in her spare time. | ||
Synonyms | hike, hiking | ||
Broader (hypernym) | walk | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | trudge | ||
English verb: tramp | |||
1. | tramp (motion) travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition | ||
Samples | We went tramping about the state of Colorado. | ||
Examples | The children tramp to the playground | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hike | ||
Domain category | athletics, sport | ||
2. | tramp (motion) walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud | ||
Samples | Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone. | ||
Synonyms | footslog, pad, plod, slog, trudge | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | walk | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | slop, slosh, splash, splosh, squelch, squish | ||
3. | tramp (motion) cross on foot | ||
Samples | We had to tramp the creeks. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse | ||
4. | tramp (motion) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | ||
Samples | The gypsies roamed the woods. Roving vagabonds. The wandering Jew. The cattle roam across the prairie. The laborers drift from one town to the next. They rolled from town to town. | ||
Synonyms | cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, vagabond, wander | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | gad, gallivant, jazz around, maunder | ||
Verb group | drift, err, stray, wander | ||