gaitmanner of walking, stepping, or running; the ways a horse moves: The horse has a smooth gait.Not to be confused with:gate ? movable barrier; an opening permitting passage: You may buy your ticket at the gate.Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embreegait (g?t)n.1. A particular way or manner of moving on foot: a person who ran with a clumsy, hobbling gait.2. Any of the ways, such as a canter, trot, or walk, by which a horse can move by lifting the feet in different order or rhythm.3. Rate or manner of proceeding: The project went forward at a steady gait.tr.v. gait·ed, gait·ing, gaits To train (a horse) in a particular gait or gaits.[Middle English gate, path, gait, from Old Norse gata, path; see gh?- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.gait (?e?t) n1. manner of walking or running; bearing2. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (used esp of horses and dogs) the pattern of footsteps at various speeds, as the walk, trot, canter, etc, each pattern being distinguished by a particular rhythm and footfallvb (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (tr) to teach (a horse) a particular gait[C16: variant of gate1]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014gait (ge?t) n. 1. a manner of walking, stepping, or running. 2. any of the manners in which a horse moves, as a walk, trot, canter, or gallop. v.t. 3. to teach a specified gait to (a horse). 4. to lead (a dog) before judges to show its manner of moving. [1500?10; Scots, Middle English sp. variant of gate1] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.gaitPast participle: gaitedGerund: gaitingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativegaitgaitPresentI gaityou gaithe/she/it gaitswe gaityou gaitthey gaitPreteriteI gaitedyou gaitedhe/she/it gaitedwe gaitedyou gaitedthey gaitedPresent ContinuousI am gaitingyou are gaitinghe/she/it is gaitingwe are gaitingyou are gaitingthey are gaitingPresent PerfectI have gaitedyou have gaitedhe/she/it has gaitedwe have gaitedyou have gaitedthey have gaitedPast ContinuousI was gaitingyou were gaitinghe/she/it was gaitingwe were gaitingyou were gaitingthey were gaitingPast PerfectI had gaitedyou had gaitedhe/she/it had gaitedwe had gaitedyou had gaitedthey had gaitedFutureI will gaityou will gaithe/she/it will gaitwe will gaityou will gaitthey will gaitFuture PerfectI will have gaitedyou will have gaitedhe/she/it will have gaitedwe will have gaitedyou will have gaitedthey will have gaitedFuture ContinuousI will be gaitingyou will be gaitinghe/she/it will be gaitingwe will be gaitingyou will be gaitingthey will be gaitingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been gaitingyou have been gaitinghe/she/it has been gaitingwe have been gaitingyou have been gaitingthey have been gaitingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been gaitingyou will have been gaitinghe/she/it will have been gaitingwe will have been gaitingyou will have been gaitingthey will have been gaitingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been gaitingyou had been gaitinghe/she/it had been gaitingwe had been gaitingyou had been gaitingthey had been gaitingConditionalI would gaityou would gaithe/she/it would gaitwe would gaityou would gaitthey would gaitPast ConditionalI would have gaitedyou would have gaitedhe/she/it would have gaitedwe would have gaitedyou would have gaitedthey would have gaitedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011