sidewalk
sidewalk
Definition
☆ side·walk (-wôk′)
noun
a path for pedestrians, usually paved, along the side of a street
sidewalk
Synonyms
sidewalk
n.
sidewalk
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- hit: Moments after hitting the sidewalk in front of the station a small red car stopped in front of us and Greg Pickersgill got out.
- move: People - very few - moved slowly down the sidewalks, hair alive and springy.
- have: Soon, fashion superstars will have a sidewalk of their own.
- clean: Old men in the city are put to work cleaning the sidewalks with toothbrushes.
- use: Fortunately, cyclists are allowed to use the sidewalk.
Adjective modifier
- wooden: Today, Dawson lives in the memory of its golden days. The place still has wooden sidewalks, unpaved roads and Western building facades.
- narrow: Placencia is an off-beat little place that lays claim to the narrowest sidewalk in Belize.
- concrete: My samples were growing out of cracks in the concrete sidewalk beside a busy four lane highway.
- busy: For example, suppose the bicycle was chained on a busy sidewalk.
- public: Streets are closed, and public sidewalks are open only to people with acceptable identification.
- dirty: Without a doubt this was Randy Burlingame lying broken on the dirty sidewalk.
Modifies a noun
- cafes: It's also brought a fabulous new marina with stylish shops and sidewalk cafés and a range of multi-million dollar homes.
- cafe: There's time to shop, stroll along the Seine or just relax at a sidewalk café.
- cafe: There were no more walks through the neighborhood, no more visits to sidewalk cafes.
- table: This time we sat outside at one of the sidewalk tables.
- chalk: My boiling point was finally exceeded just this year, when someone with a stick of " sidewalk chalk " scrawled JESUS LOVES YOU!
- area: I then used a SHARP razor knife to cut " v " grooves where the grid marks were to simulate concrete sidewalk area.
Noun used with modifier
- city: I will describe some of this research on path following in open areas, on city sidewalks, and through a park.
Preposition: in
- front: Standing on the sidewalk in front of the house, I stared for a moment, bidding this family a fond farewell.
Preposition: with
- toothbrush: Old men in the city are put to work cleaning the sidewalks with toothbrushes.
Browse dictionary entries near sidewalk
- sidetrack
- sideswiping
- sideswiped
- sideswipe
- sidestroke
- sidestepping
- sidestepped
- sidestep
- sidesplitting
- sideslipping
- sidewalk superintendent
- sidewall
- sideward
- sidewards
- sideway
- sideways
- sideways market
- sidewinder
- sidewise
- Sidi-bel-Abbès
