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# gait

«gait» in Mova's school dictionary: **The way a person or animal walks or runs: the pattern and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a gait, gaits)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The way a person or animal walks or runs: the pattern and style of their steps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gait/#m1)

2) (horses) One of the ways a horse moves: walk, trot, canter or gallop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gait/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and PE, scientists and physiotherapists study gait to understand movement and injuries. In stories, a character's gait (limping, swaggering, shuffling) tells the reader about them. In horse riding, gaits are the different speeds. Phrases: «an uneven gait», «a slow gait», «gait analysis».

### examples

- The old man walked with a slow, shuffling gait. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gait/#x1)
- You could tell it was Grandad by his gait. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gait/#x2)
- A horse has four main gaits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gait/#x3)
- The injured dog had an uneven gait. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gait/#x4)
- Her confident gait showed she wasn't scared. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gait/#x5)
- The trainer filmed my gait to check my running shoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gait/#x6)
- He was soon able to imitate the gait and manner of everyone in the street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gait/#x7)

### note

Countable. Homophone trap: «gait» (way of walking) sounds the same as «gate» (a door in a fence).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gait» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gait/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.