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Definition of 'WALK'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) walk
to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.

2.  walk
to move about or travel on foot for exercise or pleasure:
to walk in the park.

3.  walk
(of things) to move in a manner suggestive of walking, as through repeated vibrations.

4.  walk
(in baseball) to receive a walk.

5.  walk
Slang.

6.  walk
to go on strike; stage a walkout.

7.  walk
to be acquitted.

8.  walk
(of spirits) to go about on the earth.

9.  walk
to conduct one's life in a particular manner.

10.  walk
(of a basketball player in possession of the ball) to take more than two steps without dribbling or passing the ball.

11.  walk
Obs. to roam.

12. (v.t.) walk
to proceed through, over, etc., on foot:
walking London streets by night.

13.  walk
to lead, drive, or ride at a walk, as an animal:
to walk one's horse.

14.  walk
to force or help to walk, as a person.

15.  walk
to conduct or accompany on a walk:
He walked us about the park.

16.  walk
to move (a box, trunk, or other object) by a rocking motion suggestive of walking.

17.  walk
(of a baseball pitcher) to give a base on balls to (a batter).

18.  walk
to spend or pass (time) in walking (often fol. by away):
We walked the morning away.

19.  walk
to accomplish by walking:
to walk guard.

20.  walk
to examine, measure, etc., by traversing on foot:
to walk the boundaries of a property.

21.  walk
walk off or away with,

22.  walk
to take away; steal.

23.  walk
to win, as a prize or a competition, esp. with ease.

24.  walk
walk out,

25.  walk
to go on strike.

26.  walk
to leave in protest.

27.  walk
walk out on, to desert; forsake.

28.  walk
walk through,

29.  walk
to rehearse (a play or the like) by reading the lines aloud while doing the designated physical movements.

30.  walk
to perform in a perfunctory manner.

31.  walk
to guide (someone) carefully, one step at a time.

32. (n.) walk
an act or instance of walking.

33.  walk
a period of walking for exercise or pleasure.

34.  walk
a distance walked or to be walked, often in terms of the time required:
a ten-minute walk from here.

35.  walk
the gait or pace of a person or an animal that walks.

36.  walk
a characteristic manner of walking.

37.  walk
(in baseball) the awarding of first base to a batter to whom four balls have been pitched.

38.  walk
a sidewalk.

39.  walk
a place or path prepared or set apart for walking.

40.  walk
an enclosed yard, pen, or the like where domestic animals are fed and left to exercise.

41.  walk
a branch of activity, line of work, or position in society:
in every walk of life.

42.  walk
(in the West Indies) a plantation of trees, esp. coffee trees.

43.  walk
Brit.

44.  walk
the route of a street vendor, tradesman, or the like.

45.  walk
a tract of forest land under the charge of one forester or keeper.

46.  walk
Archaic. behavior; conduct.

47.  walk
Obs. a haunt or resort.

48.  walk
walk the plank,

49.  walk
to go to one's death by being forced to walk off the end of a board that extends from the side of a ship.

50.  walk
to be forced to resign from one's job.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; (v.) ME; OE wealcan to roll, toss, gewealcan to go, c. MD, MLG walken to full (cloth), OHG gewalchen matted)

Definition of 'WALK'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) walk, walking
the act of traveling by foot
"walking is a healthy form of exercise"

2. (noun) base on balls, walk, pass
(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
"he worked the pitcher for a base on balls"

3. (noun) walk, manner of walking
manner of walking
"he had a funny walk"

4. (noun) walk
the act of walking somewhere
"he took a walk after lunch"

5. (noun) walk, walkway, paseo
a path set aside for walking
"after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk"

6. (noun) walk
a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground

7. (verb) walk of life, walk
careers in general
"it happens in all walks of life"

8. (verb) walk
use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
"Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"

9. (verb) walk
accompany or escort
"I'll walk you to your car"

10. (verb) walk
obtain a base on balls

11. (verb) walk
traverse or cover by walking
"Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day"

12. (verb) walk
give a base on balls to

13. (verb) walk
live or behave in a specified manner
"walk in sadness"

14. (verb) walk
be or act in association with
"We must walk with our dispossessed brothers and sisters"; "Walk with God"

15. (verb) walk
walk at a pace
"The horses walked across the meadow"

16. (verb) walk
make walk
"He walks the horse up the mountain"; "Walk the dog twice a day"

17. (verb) walk, take the air
take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure
"The lovers held hands while walking"; "We like to walk every Sunday"

Definition of 'WALK'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) walk
to move using your legs
He walked across/around/into the room.; She walks to school.; She walked up and kissed me.

2.  walk
to travel a distance by walking
Walk two blocks west and turn right.

3.  walk
to go with sb as they walk somewhere
It's dark - I'll walk you home.

4.  walk
walk the/a dog
to take a dog outside for exercise
a man walking his dog

5. (noun) walk
a trip or the distance you travel by walking
It's a short walk from here.; They went for a walk in the woods.

6.  walk
from all/many/different walks of life
from all/many/different cultures, backgrounds, etc.
People from all walks of life attended the meeting.

Definition of 'WALK'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) WALK
the act of walking, or moving on the feet with a slow pace; advance without running or leaping

2. (noun) WALK
the act of walking for recreation or exercise; as, a morning walk; an evening walk

3. (noun) WALK
manner of walking; gait; step; as, we often know a person at a distance by his walk

4. (noun) WALK
that in or through which one walks; place or distance walked over; a place for walking; a path or avenue prepared for foot passengers, or for taking air and exercise; way; road; hence, a place or region in which animals may graze; place of wandering; range; as, a sheep walk

5. (noun) WALK
a frequented track; habitual place of action; sphere; as, the walk of the historian

6. (noun) WALK
conduct; course of action; behavior

7. (noun) WALK
the route or district regularly served by a vender; as, a milkman's walk

8. (verb) WALK
to move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate, but without running, or lifting one foot entirely before the other touches the ground

9. (verb) WALK
to move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement; to take one's exercise; to ramble

10. (verb) WALK
to be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; -- said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person; to go about as a somnambulist or a specter

11. (verb) WALK
to be in motion; to act; to move; to wag

12. (verb) WALK
to behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's self

13. (verb) WALK
to move off; to depart

14. (verb) WALK
to pass through, over, or upon; to traverse; to perambulate; as, to walk the streets

15. (verb) WALK
to cause to walk; to lead, drive, or ride with a slow pace; as to walk one's horses

16. (verb) WALK
to subject, as cloth or yarn, to the fulling process; to full

Definitions of 'WALK'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. WALK
Traversal of a data structure, especially an array or linked-list data structure in core. See also codewalker, silly walk, clobber.

Translation of 'WALK'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (of people or animals) to (cause to) move on foot at a pace slower than running, never having both or all the feet off the ground at once He walked across the room and sat down; How long will it take to walk to the station?; She walks her dog in the park every morning.
Afrikaans: stap, stap met	Arabic: يَمْشي	Bulgarian: вървя
Brazilian: (fazer) caminhar	Czech: jít; vodit	German: gehen (mit)
Danish: gå; gå tur med	Greek: περπατώ, πηγαίνω με τα πό	Spanish: andar, caminar
Estonian: käima	Farsi: قدم زدن	Finnish: kävellä
French: marcher; promener	Hebrew: לָלֶכֶת	Hindi: टहलाना
Croatian: hodati, pješačiti	Hungarian: jár; sétál(tat)	Indonesian: berjalan
Icelandic: ganga	Italian: camminare, far camminare	Japanese: 歩く
Korean: 걷다	Lithuanian: eiti, vaikščioti, vesti p	Latvian: iet; vest; vadāt
Malay: berjalan, membawa berjala	Dutch: lopen	Norwegian: gå, spasere
Polish: chodzić, prowadzić	Persian: قدم زدن	Pashto: كدم وهل، بلى تلل، چكروهل
Portuguese: (fazer) caminhar	Romanian: a merge; a se plimba	Russian: ходить
Slovak: ísť; chodiť; kráčať; prec	Slovenian: hoditi; peljati na spreho	Serbian: šetati
Swedish: gå, promenera	Thai: เดิน	Turkish: yürümek
Taiwanese: (使)行走	Ukrainian: ходити; виводити на прогу	Urdu: پیدل چلنا
Vietnamese: đi bộ	Chinese: 走
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