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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stroll/#m1)

2) A slow, relaxed walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stroll/#m2)

3) (informal) Something very easy to win or do: «the match was a stroll». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stroll/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stroll/#x1)
- Grandpa likes to stroll around the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stroll/#x2)
- She strolled into class five minutes late, as if nothing was wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stroll/#x3)
- Let's take a stroll to the shops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stroll/#x4)
- The couple strolled hand in hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stroll/#x5)
- (informal) The final was a stroll — we won 6 to 0. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stroll/#x6)
- If you stroll at 4 km an hour, you cover 2 km in half an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stroll/#x7)
- One day he went out for a stroll. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stroll/#x8)

### 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!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop/8/)
- [The third time his teacher had watched him stroll past the window.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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