Search Result for "afoot":
Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1. traveling by foot;
- Example: "she was afoot when I saw her this morning"
2. currently in progress;
- Example: "there is mischief afoot"
- Example: "plans are afoot"
- Example: "preparations for the trial are underway"
[syn: afoot(p), underway]
ADVERB (1)
1. on foot; walking;
- Example: "they went to the village afoot"
- Example: "quail are hunted either afoot or on horseback"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Afoot \A*foot"\, adv. [Pref. a- + foot.] 1. On foot. [1913 Webster] We 'll walk afoot a while. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: In motion; in action; astir; in progress. [1913 Webster] The matter being afoot. --Shak. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "afoot": accidental, accompanying, ado, afloat, astir, by foot, circumstantial, current, doing, eventuating, footback, going on, happening, in full swing, in hand, in the wind, incidental, occasional, occurring, on, on foot, on footback, ongoing, passing, prevailing, prevalent, resultant, stirring, taking place, under way
