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footpath - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun
from The Century Dictionary.
noun
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun path for pedestrians .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Etymologies
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From foot + path .
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One day he heard a Raven making a fuss near the River which was about 100 yds down a footpath from the cabin's back door.
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Also, in London I recently walked along a road where right next to the quite narrow footpath is a building whose walls are festooned with notices saying that it is a prohibited place (I passed within a foot of at least one notice), yet numerous people were walking along that road and regularly do so.
David Cameron's reversion to type will help Lib Dems 2008
At length retracing the uncertain footpath scaling the precipitous embankment, I seek the level lands where grow the wild prairie flowers.
American Indian Stories 1921
The footpath was a throng of people jostling for space, drifting onto the road, cars honking.
The Legacy Kirsten Tranter 2010
On the lawn by the footpath was a motorcycle, the engine still rumbling.
Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009
On the lawn by the footpath was a motorcycle, the engine still rumbling.
City of Ashes Cassandra Clare 2008
Cycling on the footpath is a good idea until it turns out someone has left a tree branch lying across it.
Archive 2007-12-01 StyleyGeek 2007
Cycling on the footpath is a good idea until it turns out someone has left a tree branch lying across it.
Lessons learned StyleyGeek 2007
The footpath was a very rough track which led upwards to a five-barred gate.
The Dancing Druids Mitchell, Gladys, 1901- 1948
I recall another footpath near Worcester, Massachusetts; it leads up from the low meadows into the wildest region of all that vicinity, Tatesset Hill.
Oldport Days 1873
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