| stilt | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. pile, piling, spile, stilt | a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure. |
| ~ pillar, column | (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure. |
| ~ sheath pile, sheet pile, sheet piling | a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. stilt | one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground.; "he was so tall I thought he was on stilts" |
| ~ pole | a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic. |
| n. (animal) | 3. australian stilt, stilt | long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia. |
| ~ limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird | any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries. |
| ~ cladorhyncus, genus cladorhyncus | one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills. |
| ~ banded stilt, cladorhyncus leucocephalum | web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral markings. |
| n. (animal) | 4. himantopus stilt, long-legs, longlegs, stilt, stilt plover, stiltbird | long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons. |
| ~ limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird | any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries. |
| ~ genus himantopus, himantopus | major one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills. |
| ~ black-necked stilt, himantopus mexicanus | stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck. |
| ~ black-winged stilt, himantopus himantopus | stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings. |
| ~ himantopus himantopus leucocephalus, white-headed stilt | stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck. |
| ~ himantopus novae-zelandiae, kaki | blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt. |
| walker | | |
| n. (person) | 1. john walker, walker | New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952). |
| ~ four-minute man | someone who has run the mile in less that 4 minutes. |
| n. (person) | 2. alice malsenior walker, alice walker, walker | United States writer (born in 1944). |
| ~ author, writer | writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay). |
| n. (person) | 3. footer, pedestrian, walker | a person who travels by foot. |
| ~ traveler, traveller | a person who changes location. |
| ~ hiker, tramper, tramp | a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure). |
| ~ hobbler, limper | someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait. |
| ~ jaywalker | a reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegally. |
| ~ parader, marcher | walks with regular or stately step. |
| ~ nondriver | a person who is not a driver. |
| ~ passer, passer-by, passerby | a person who passes by casually or by chance. |
| ~ peripatetic | a person who walks from place to place. |
| ~ rambler | a person who takes long walks in the country. |
| ~ ambler, saunterer, stroller | someone who walks at a leisurely pace. |
| ~ shuffler | someone who walks without raising the feet. |
| ~ reeler, staggerer, totterer | someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall. |
| ~ stalker | someone who walks with long stiff strides. |
| ~ stomper, tramper, stamper, trampler | someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground. |
| ~ strider | a person who walks rapidly with long steps.; "he was such a strider that she couldn't keep up without running" |
| ~ stumbler, tripper | a walker or runner who trips and almost falls. |
| ~ swaggerer | someone who walks in an arrogant manner. |
| ~ plodder, slogger, trudger | someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner. |
| ~ waddler | someone who walks with a waddling gait.; "fat waddlers who walk like pigeons" |
| ~ wayfarer | a pedestrian who walks from place to place. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. walker | a shoe designed for comfortable walking. |
| ~ shoe | footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. walker, zimmer, zimmer frame | a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk. |
| ~ framework | a structure supporting or containing something. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. baby-walker, go-cart, walker | an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk. |
| ~ framework | a structure supporting or containing something. |
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