WALK

walk, walking

(noun) the act of traveling by foot; “walking is a healthy form of exercise”

walk

(noun) the act of walking somewhere; “he took a walk after lunch”

walk

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

walk, walkway, paseo

(noun) a path set aside for walking; “after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk”

walk, manner of walking

(noun) manner of walking; “he had a funny walk”

walk

(verb) obtain a base on balls

walk

(verb) give a base on balls to

walk, take the air

(verb) take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure; “The lovers held hands while walking”; “We like to walk every Sunday”

walk

(verb) 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”

walk

(verb) make walk; “He walks the horse up the mountain”; “Walk the dog twice a day”

walk

(verb) accompany or escort; “I’ll walk you to your car”

walk

(verb) traverse or cover by walking; “Walk the tightrope”; “Paul walked the streets of Damascus”; “She walks 3 miles every day”

walk

(verb) walk at a pace; “The horses walked across the meadow”

walk

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

walk

(verb) live or behave in a specified manner; “walk in sadness”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Proper noun

Walk

A surname.

Anagrams

• lawk

Etymology 1

Verb

walk (third-person singular simple present walks, present participle walking, simple past and past participle walked)

(intransitive) To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.

(intransitive, colloquial, legal) To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.

(intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.

(intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side appeals and before the umpire has ruled; done as a matter of sportsmanship when the batsman believes he is out.

(transitive) To travel (a distance) by walking.

(transitive) To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.

(transitive, baseball) To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.

(transitive) To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.

(transitive) To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt.

(transitive) To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).

(transitive, aviation) To operate the left and right throttles of (an aircraft) in alternation.

(intransitive, colloquial) To leave, resign.

(transitive) To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.

To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.

To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, such as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person.

(obsolete) To be in motion; to act; to move.

(transitive, historical) To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.

(transitive, informal, hotel) To move a guest to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available on day of check-in.

Synonyms

• (move upon two feet): See walk

• (colloquial: go free): be acquitted, get off, go free

• (be stolen): be/get stolen; (British) be/get nicked, be/get pinched

• (beat cloth): full, waulk (obsolete)

Antonyms

• run

Hyponyms

• forwalk

• walk away from

• walk away with

• walk in

• walk into

• walk off

• walk on

• walk out

• walk over

• walk through

• walk tall

Etymology 2

Noun

walk (plural walks)

A trip made by walking.

A distance walked.

(sports) An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before the toe of the trailing foot leaves the ground.

A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.

A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail.

(poker) A situation where all players fold to the big blind, as their first action (instead of calling or raising), once they get their cards.

(baseball) An award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher; known in the rules as a "base on balls".

In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them.

(Caribbean, Guyana, Belize) An area of an estate planted with fruit-bearing trees.

(historical) A place for keeping and training puppies for dogfighting.

(historical) An enclosed area in which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting.

(graph theory) A sequence of alternating vertices and edges, where each edge's endpoints are the preceding and following vertices in the sequence.

(colloquial) Something very easily accomplished; a walk in the park.

(UK, finance, slang, dated) A cheque drawn on a bank that was not a member of the London Clearing and whose sort code was allocated on a one-off basis; they had to be "walked" (hand-delivered by messengers).

Synonyms

• (trip made by walking): stroll (slow walk), hike (long walk), trek (long walk)

• (distance walked): hike (if long), trek (if long)

• (manner of walking): gait

• (path): footpath, path, (British) pavement, (US) sidewalk

Hyponyms

(Hyponyms of walk (noun)):

• cakewalk

• catwalk

• farmer's walk

• intentional walk

• perp walk

• race walk

• random walk

• sidewalk

• space walk / spacewalk

• sponsored walk

• whistle walk

Anagrams

• lawk

Noun

WalK (uncountable)

(enzyme) A particular histidine kinase

Anagrams

• lawk

Source: Wiktionary

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Walk (wask), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Walked; p. pr. & vb. n. Walking.] Etym: [OE. walken, probably from AS. wealcan to roll, turn, revolve, akin to D. walken to felt hats, to work a hat, G. walken to full, OHG. walchan to beat, to full, Icel. valka to roll, to stamp, Sw. valka to full, to roll, Dan. valke to full; cf. Skr. valg to spring; but cf. also AS. weallian to roam, ramble, G. wallen. sq. root130.]

1. 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. At the end of twelve months, he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. Dan. iv. 29. When Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. Matt. xiv. 29.

Note: In the walk of quadrupeds, there are always two, and for a brief space there are three, feet on the ground at once, but never four.

2. To move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement; to take one's exercise; to ramble.

3. 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. I have heard, but not believed, the spirits of the dead May walk again. Shak. When was it she last walked Shak.

4. To be in motion; to act; to move; to wag. [Obs.] "Her tongue did walk in foul reproach." Spenser. Do you think I'd walk in any plot B. Jonson. I heard a pen walking in the chimney behind the cloth. Latimer.

5. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's self. We walk perversely with God, and he will walk crookedly toward us. Jer. Taylor.

6. To move off; to depart. [Obs. or Colloq.] He will make their cows and garrans to walk. Spenser. To walk in, to go in; to enter, as into a house.

– To walk after the flesh (Script.), to indulge sensual appetites, and to live in sin. Rom. viii. 1.

– To walk after the Spirit (Script.), to be guided by the counsels and influences of the Spirit, and by the word of God. Rom. viii. 1.

– To walk by faith (Script.), to live in the firm belief of the gospel and its promises, and to rely on Christ for salvation. 2 Cor. v. 7.

– To walk in darkness (Script.), to live in ignorance, error, and sin. 1 John i. 6.

– To walk in the flesh (Script.), to live this natural life, which is subject to infirmities and calamities. 2 Cor. x. 3.

– To walk in the light (Script.), to live in the practice of religion, and to enjoy its consolations. 1 John i. 7.

– To walk over, in racing, to go over a course at a walk; -- said of a horse when there is no other entry; hence, colloquially, to gain an easy victory in any contest.

– To walk through the fire (Script.), to be exercised with severe afflictions. Isa. xliii. 2.

– To walk with God (Script.), to live in obedience to his commands, and have communion with him.

Walk, v. t.

1. To pass through, over, or upon; to traverse; to perambulate; as, to walk the streets. As we walk our earthly round. Keble.

2. To cause to walk; to lead, drive, or ride with a slow pace; as to walk one's horses. " I will rather trust . . . a thief to walk my ambling gelding." Shak.

3. Etym: [AS. wealcan to roll. See Walk to move on foot.]

Definition: To subject, as cloth or yarn, to the fulling process; to full. [Obs. or Scot.] To walk the plank, to walk off the plank into the water and be drowned; -- an expression derived from the practice of pirates who extended a plank from the side of a ship, and compelled those whom they would drown to walk off into the water; figuratively, to vacate an office by compulsion. Bartlett.

Walk, n.

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

2. The act of walking for recreation or exercise; as, a morning walk; an evening walk.

3. Manner of walking; gait; step; as, we often know a person at a distance by his walk.

4. 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. A woody mountain . . . with goodliest trees Planted, with walks and bowers. Milton. He had walk for a hundred sheep. Latimer. Amid the sound of steps that beat The murmuring walks like rain. Bryant.

5. A frequented track; habitual place of action; sphere; as, the walk of the historian. The mountains are his walks. Sandys. He opened a boundless walk for his imagination. Pope.

6. Conduct; course of action; behavior.

7. The route or district regularly served by a vender; as, a milkman's walk. [Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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