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[1] foot, leg, pad, step, tread, walk—more at WALK

[2] gad, gallivant, knock, maunder, meander, mope, ramble, range, roam, rove, wander—more at WANDER

trait noun 1 : a distinguishing quality (as of personality) : PECULIARITY

2 : an inherited characteristic

Synonyms

attribute, character, characteristic, feature, mark, peculiarity, point, property, quality—more at CHARACTERISTIC

trai·tor noun [ORIGIN: ME traytour, fr. AF traitre, fr. L traditor, fr. tradere to hand over, deliver, betray, fr. trans- across + dare to give]

1 : one who betrays another's trust or is false to an obligation

2 : one who commits treason

Synonyms

apostate, betrayer, double-crosser, quisling, recreant, turncoat; also collaborator, subversive; conspirator, plotter, schemer; defector, deserter, renegade; gossip, informant, informer, rat, talker, tattler, tattletale

trai·tor·ous adjective 1 : guilty or capable of treason

2 : constituting treason <~ activities>

Synonyms

disloyal, faithless, false, fickle, inconstant, loose, perfidious, recreant, treacherous, unfaithful, untrue—more at FAITHLESS

tra·jec·to·ry noun, plural -ries : the curve that a body (as a planet in its orbit) describes in space

tram noun 1 : a boxlike car running on rails (as in a mine)

2 chiefly British : STREETCAR

3 : an overhead cable car

1trammel noun [ORIGIN: ME tramayle, a kind of net, fr. MF tremail, fr. LL tremaculum, fr. L tres three + macula mesh, spot]

: something impeding activity, progress, or freedom — usu. used in pl.

Synonyms

chain, encumbrance, fetter, hindrance, interference, manacle, shackle—more at ENCUMBRANCE

2trammel verb -meled or -melled; -mel·ing or -mel·ling 1 : to catch and hold in or as if in a net

2 : to prevent or impede the free play of : HAMPER

Synonyms

[2] fetter, hamper, hinder, hobble, impede, inhibit, interfere, manacle, shackle, tie up—more at HAMPER

1tramp verb 1 : to walk, tread, or step heavily

2 : to walk about or through; also : HIKE

3 : to tread on forcibly and repeatedly

Synonyms

[1, 3] clump, lumber, pound, stamp, stomp, trample, tromp—more at LUMBER

2tramp noun 1 : a foot traveler

2 : a begging or thieving vagrant

3 : an immoral woman; especially : PROSTITUTE

4 : a walking trip : HIKE

5 : the succession of sounds made by the beating of feet on a road

6 : a ship that does not follow a regular course but takes cargo to any port

Synonyms

bum, hobo, vagabond, vagrant; also drifter, transient; beggar, derelict; dodger, malingerer, shirker, slacker; gamine, urchin, waif, ragamuffin

tram·ple verb tram·pled; tram·pling 1 : to tread heavily so as to bruise, crush, or injure

2 : to inflict injury or destruction

3 : to press down or crush by or as if by treading

— trample noun

— tram·pler noun

Synonyms

stamp, stomp, tramp, tromp; also override, run down, run over, step (on); mash, smash, squash; boot, kick

tram·po·line noun [ORIGIN: It trampolino springboard]

: a resilient sheet or web (as of nylon) supported by springs in a metal frame and used as a springboard in tumbling

— tram·po·lin·ist noun

trance noun [ORIGIN: ME, fr. AF transe, death, coma, rapture, fr. transir to depart, die, fr. L transire to cross, pass by, fr. trans- across + ire to go]

1 : STUPOR, DAZE

2 : a sleeplike state of altered consciousness (as of deep hypnosis)

3 : a state of very deep absorption

Synonyms

reverie, study, woolgathering—more at REVERIE

tran·quil adjective : free from agitation or disturbance

— tran·quil·ly adverb

Synonyms

calm, hushed, peaceful, quiet, restful, serene, still—more at QUIET

calm, collected, composed, cool, placid, self-possessed, serene, undisturbed, unperturbed, unshaken, untroubled, unworried—more at CALM

tran·quil·ize also tran·quil·lize verb -ized also -lized; -iz·ing also -liz·ing : to make or become tranquil; especially : to relieve of mental tension and anxiety by means of drugs

Synonyms

allay, calm, compose, quiet, settle, soothe, still—more at CALM