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A few of the words

STRIDE
A stride is technically one full cycle of both legs, so a mile is roughly 2,000 strides for an average adult walker.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SPRINT
The word sprint shares its roots with the Old Norse 'spretta,' meaning to leap up or spurt forward.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
AMBLE
An amble is a four-beat gait in horses, each foot falls separately, making it one of the smoothest rides possible.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
LUNGE
Lunge traces back to the French 'allonger,' meaning to lengthen, a lunge is, at its heart, a long reaching step.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Action Words: a free online word search

Action words word search, free with no sign-up. English keeps a dozen words for every way a body moves, and run alone barely scratches it.

About Action Words

Every language finds its own poetry in movement, but English is especially rich in the shades between a slow mosey and a flat-out sprint. You might cross a meadow at an unhurried amble or dart through a crowd in a sudden dash, and there's a word that fits exactly. These verbs carry mood as much as motion, a march sounds purposeful, a glide sounds effortless, a scurry sounds a little flustered.

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    Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last. The trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
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    Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
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    It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
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