walking stick
long stick used to help balance oneself while hiking, walking staff; skinny person | ||||
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Walking stick Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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walking stick
Noun
1. a stick carried in the hand for support in walking
(hypernym) stick
(hyponym) cane
2. any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies
(synonym) walkingstick, stick insect
(hypernym) phasmid, phasmid insect
(hyponym) diapheromera, Diapheromera femorata
(member-holonym) Phasmidae, family Phasmidae, Phasmatidae, family Phasmatidae
Noun
1. a stick carried in the hand for support in walking
(hypernym) stick
(hyponym) cane
2. any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies
(synonym) walkingstick, stick insect
(hypernym) phasmid, phasmid insect
(hyponym) diapheromera, Diapheromera femorata
(member-holonym) Phasmidae, family Phasmidae, Phasmatidae, family Phasmatidae
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walking stick
walking stick
n
1. a stick carried in the hand for support in walking
2. any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies [syn: walkingstick, stick insect]
walking stick
n
1. a stick carried in the hand for support in walking
2. any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies [syn: walkingstick, stick insect]
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Llawffon
Llawffon = n. walking-stick
Llawffon = n. walking-stick
| Dream Dictionary |
Walking Stick
To see a walking stick in a dream, foretells you will enter into contracts without proper deliberation, and will consequently suffer reverses. If you use one in walking, you will be dependent upon the advice of others. To admire handsome ones, you will entrust your interest to others, but they will be faithful.
To see a walking stick in a dream, foretells you will enter into contracts without proper deliberation, and will consequently suffer reverses. If you use one in walking, you will be dependent upon the advice of others. To admire handsome ones, you will entrust your interest to others, but they will be faithful.
Walking stick Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Walking stick
- "Walking stick" may also refer to a stick insect, of the Order Phasmatodea, which uses camouflage to resemble a stick or twig.
Hemiplegic and balance-impaired persons use the stick to give them a better sense of the vertical position, thereby lessening vertigo. Without the stick, it is easy to walk at an angle, and perhaps not move in a straight line. The stick is held in the stronger hand.
Muscle-weakened persons (with reduced strength or nerve action) need a stronger weight-bearing stick to take some of the load normally used by the afflicted leg. Canes are generally used in the hand opposite the injury or weakness. This may appear counter-intuitive, but this allows the cane to used for stability in a way that lets the user shift much of their weight onto the cane and away from their weaker side as they walk. Personal preference, or a need to hold the cane in their dominant hand means some cane users choose to hold the cane on their injured side[1]. Also serving this purpose are walkers, which are held in front of the user and allow the user to lean heavily on them.
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