What part of speech is gait?

Gait can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. gait is a verb, present, 1st person singular of gait (infinitive).
  • 2. gait is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. gait is a noun, singular of gaits.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does gait mean?

Definitions

Verb

gait - To teach a specific gait to a horse.

Noun

gait - a person's manner of walking
gait - a horse's manner of moving
gait - the rate of moving (especially walking or running)

Examples of gait

#   Sentence  
1. noun He walks with an awkward gait because of an injury.
2. noun He matched his gait to his companion's.
3. noun The gait of my friend was unsteady, and the bells upon his cap jingled as he strode.
4. noun For the past few years, teenagers who imitate overweight American rappers have been walking like inverted pendulums, swinging from left to right, which is the only way forward if you weigh over two hundred and sixty pounds, but completely ineffective if you are a scrawny teenager weighing half of that, since most of the energy is wasted on side steps, not to mention the sheer absurdity of that swinging gait.
5. noun He began to mimic the speech and gait of persons in the street.
6. noun Tom insisted he hadn't been drinking, but his slurred speech and unsteady gait gave him away.
7. noun But the extraordinary homeliness of her gait and manner would have eclipsed any face in the world.
8. noun The tempo of Tom’s gait increased when his eyes affixed on a box of doughnuts.
9. noun You will keep your gliding gait, no dancer will rival you, but every step you take will be as if you were treading upon sharp knives, so sharp as to draw blood.
10. noun "But if you take my voice," said the little mermaid, "what have I left?" "Your beautiful form," said the witch, "your gliding gait, and your speaking eyes; with these you ought surely to be able to bewitch a human heart."
11. noun Led by the prince she moved as lightly as a bubble, and he and every one else marvelled at her graceful gliding gait.
12. noun The old man's gait is wonky.
13. noun From a distance, his gait reminded me of my grandfather.
14. noun When I hear the word "bovine" used to describe a person, I think of great, big eyes, a slow gait, and a quiet nature.
15. noun My gait is unsteady from lack of sleep.
Sentence  
noun
He walks with an awkward gait because of an injury.
He matched his gait to his companion's.
The gait of my friend was unsteady, and the bells upon his cap jingled as he strode.
For the past few years, teenagers who imitate overweight American rappers have been walking like inverted pendulums, swinging from left to right, which is the only way forward if you weigh over two hundred and sixty pounds, but completely ineffective if you are a scrawny teenager weighing half of that, since most of the energy is wasted on side steps, not to mention the sheer absurdity of that swinging gait.
He began to mimic the speech and gait of persons in the street.
Tom insisted he hadn't been drinking, but his slurred speech and unsteady gait gave him away.
But the extraordinary homeliness of her gait and manner would have eclipsed any face in the world.
The tempo of Tom’s gait increased when his eyes affixed on a box of doughnuts.
You will keep your gliding gait, no dancer will rival you, but every step you take will be as if you were treading upon sharp knives, so sharp as to draw blood.
"But if you take my voice," said the little mermaid, "what have I left?" "Your beautiful form," said the witch, "your gliding gait, and your speaking eyes; with these you ought surely to be able to bewitch a human heart."
Led by the prince she moved as lightly as a bubble, and he and every one else marvelled at her graceful gliding gait.
The old man's gait is wonky.
From a distance, his gait reminded me of my grandfather.
When I hear the word "bovine" used to describe a person, I think of great, big eyes, a slow gait, and a quiet nature.
My gait is unsteady from lack of sleep.

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