canter

Definition of Canter in English :

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Noun

1. canter, lope

a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop

lope

Verb

2. canter

ride at a canter

Example Sentences:
'The men cantered away'

3. canter

go at a canter, of horses

4. canter

ride at a cantering pace

Example Sentences:
'He cantered the horse across the meadow'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Canter

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noun

1.

an easy three-beat gait of horses, etc, between a trot and a gallop in speed

2. at a canter

verb

3.

to move or cause to move at a canter

Canter

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noun

1.

a smooth, easy pace like a moderate gallop

2.

the rumbling sound of a cantering horse

verb intransitive, verb transitive

3.

to ride or move at a canter

Canter

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n.

1. A smooth three-beat gait of a horse that is slower than a gallop but faster than a trot, in which the feet touch the ground in the three-beat sequence of near hind foot, off hind foot and near front foot, off front foot.

2. A ride on a horse moving with this gait.

v. can·tered, can·ter·ing, can·ters

v.intr.

To go or move at a canter.

v.tr.

To cause (a horse) to go at a canter.

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