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   Walk

   /wôk/

   

   verb

   • 1. move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn, never having both feet off the ground at once: "I walked across the lawn" Similar strollsaunteramblewend one's waytrudgeplodhiketramptrekmarchstridetrooppatrolstep outwanderrambletreadprowlfootslogpromenaderoamtraipsestretch one's legsgo for a walktake the airadvanceproceedmovegomake one's wayinformal:moseypootleyomprare:perambulatego by/on foottravel on footfoot itbe a pedestrianinformal:go by/on Shanks's ponyhoof it
   • ▪ go on foot for recreation and exercise: "you can walk in 21,000 acres of mountain and moorland"
   • ▪ travel along or over (a route or area) on foot: "the police department has encouraged officers to walk the beat"
   • ▪ use movements similar to walking but with a different part of one's body or a support: "he could walk on his hands carrying a plate on one foot"
   • ▪ (of a quadruped) proceed with the slowest gait, always having at least two feet on the ground at once.
   • ▪ ride (a horse) at its slowest gait: "he walked his horse toward her"
   • 2. guide, accompany, or escort (someone) on foot: "he walked her home to her door" Similar accompanyescortguideshowseeconvoyconductushermarshalleadtakeattendchaperonesteerherdshepherd
   • ▪ take (a domestic animal, typically a dog) out for exercise: "a man walking his retriever"
   • 3. abandon or suddenly withdraw from a job, commitment, or situation: informal North American "he was in place as the male lead but walked at the eleventh hour"
   • ▪ be released from suspicion or from a charge: "had any of the others come clean during the trial, he might have walked"
   • 4. be awarded first base after not swinging at four balls pitched outside the strike zone.
   • ▪ allow or enable (a batter) to walk.
   • ▪ (of a pitcher) give a walk with the bases loaded so as to force in (a run).
   • ▪ another term for travel
   • 5. (of a ghost) be present and visible: "the ghosts of Bannockburn walked abroad"
   • 6. used to describe the way in which someone lives or behaves: archaic "walk humbly with your God"

   noun

   • 1. an act of traveling or an excursion on foot: "he was too restless to sleep, so he went out for a walk" Similar strollsaunteramblepromenaderamblehiketrampmarchconstitutionalturnairingexcursionoutingbreather
   • ▪ used to indicate the time that it will take someone to reach a place on foot or the distance that they must travel: "the library is within five minutes' walk"
   • 2. a route recommended or marked out for recreational walking: "there are picnic places and waymarked walks" Similar routebeatroundruncircuit
   • ▪ a sidewalk or path: "the street lamps illuminated the riverside walk" Similar pathwaypathfootpathtracklanealleyalleywaywalkwaypromenadetrailtrackwayridetowpathroadavenuedrivepavementfootway
   • ▪ the round followed by a mail carrier: British "the first job is to sort the mail into routes or walks"
   • 3. an unhurried rate of movement on foot: "they crossed the field at a leisurely walk"
   • ▪ the slowest gait of an animal: "she reined her horse to a slow walk"
   • ▪ a person's manner of walking: "the spring was back in his walk" Similar gaitmanner of walkingpacestepstridetreadcarriagebearing
   • 4. a part of a forest under one keeper. British
   • 5. an instance of being awarded (or allowing a batter to reach) first base after not swinging at four balls pitched outside the strike zone.

   Word Origin Old Englishwealcan ‘roll, toss’, also ‘wander’, of Germanic origin. The sense ‘move about’, and specifically ‘go about on foot’, arose in Middle English.

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   Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the word walk, which can be a verb or a noun. Walk means to move along on foot, to go on foot for exercise or pleasure, or to have a certain manner of living or conduct.

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   Walking is the activity of going for a walk, especially for pleasure, or the sport of walking fast over long distances. Learn more about the meaning, pronunciation and translations of walking in English.

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   WALKING meaning: 1. the activity of going for a walk, especially for pleasure: 2. the sport of walking fast over…. Learn more.

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   Walking definition: considered as a person who can or does walk or something that walks. See examples of WALKING used in a sentence.

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