All 3 Uses of
perimeter
in
The Road by McCarthy
- When it was a bit lighter he rose and walked out and cut a perimeter about their siwash camp looking for sign but other than their own faint track through the ash he saw nothing.†
- He leaned and kissed him and got up and walked out to the edge of the woods and then he walked the perimeter round to see if they were safe.†
- He was standing there checking the perimeter when the boy turned and buried his face against him.
*perimeter = the outer edge
Definition:
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(perimeter) the outer edgeThe exact meaning of perimeter can depend upon its context. For example:
- "Stay inside the defensive perimeter." -- the outer edges of the area that is defended
- "It is common on the city's perimeter." -- the outer edges of the city
- "What is the perimeter of the square?" -- the sum of the length of the sides of a geometric shape