Definitions for walkingˈwɔ kɪŋ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

walk•ingˈwɔ kɪŋ(adj.)

  1. able to walk; ambulatory:

    walking patients.

  2. living; live:

    He's walking proof that people can lose weight quickly.

  3. designed esp. for walking:

    walking shoes.

  4. characterized or accomplished by walking:

    a walking tour of Spain.

  5. (of an implement or machine) drawn by a draft animal:

    a walking plow.

  6. of or pertaining to a mechanical part that moves back and forth.

  7. (n.)the act or action of a person or thing that walks:

    Walking is good exercise.

  8. the manner or way in which a person walks.

  9. the condition of the surface on which a person walks.

  10. Category: Sport

    Ref: race walking.

Origin of walking:

1350–1400

Princeton's WordNet

  1. walk, walking(adj)

    the act of traveling by foot

    "walking is a healthy form of exercise"

  2. walk-to(a), walking(a)(adj)

    close enough to be walked to

    "walking distance"; "the factory with the big parking lot...is more convenient than the walk-to factory"

Wiktionary

  1. walking(Adjective)

    Incarnate as a human; living.

  2. walking(Adjective)

    Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness.

  3. walking(Adjective)

    Characterized by or suitable for walking.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Walking

    of Walk

  2. Walking

    a. & n. from Walk, v

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Walking

    An activity in which the body advances at a slow to moderate pace by moving the feet in a coordinated fashion. This includes recreational walking, walking for fitness, and competitive race-walking.


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