Meaning of walk in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /wɔk/

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  1. Verb

    walk

    Etymology

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

    Definitions

    1. use one's feet to advance

    Examples

    • « 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 »

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  2. 2. traverse or cover by walking

    Examples

    • « Walk the tightrope »
    • « Paul walked the streets of Damascus »
    • « She walks 3 miles every day »

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  3. 3. accompany or escort

    Examples

    • « I'll walk you to your car »
  4. 4. obtain a base on balls

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  5. 5. live or behave in a specified manner

    Examples

    • « walk in sadness »
  6. 6. take a walk

    Examples

    • « go for a walk »
    • « walk for pleasure »
    • « The lovers held hands while walking »
    • « We like to walk every Sunday »

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  7. 7. give a base on balls to

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  8. 8. be or act in association with

    Examples

    • « We must walk with our dispossessed brothers and sisters »
    • « Walk with God »
  9. 9. make walk

    Examples

    • « He walks the horse up the mountain »
    • « Walk the dog twice a day »

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  10. 10. walk at a pace

    Examples

    • « The horsese walked across the meadow »

  11. Noun

    walk

    Definitions

    1. the act of traveling by foot

    Examples

    • « walking is a healthy form of exercise »

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  12. 2. (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls

    Examples

    • « he worked the pitcher for a base on balls »
  13. 3. manner of walking

    Examples

    • « he had a funny walk »

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  14. 4. the act of walking somewhere

    Examples

    • « he took a walk after lunch »

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  15. 5. a path set aside for walking

    Examples

    • « after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk »

    Derived terms

  16. 6. a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground
  17. 7. careers in general

    Examples

    • « it happens in all walks of life »

Famous quotes

  • « I lived at home and I cycled every morning to the railway station to travel by train to Johannesburg followed by a walk to the University, carrying sandwiches for my lunch and returning in the evening the same way. »
    Sydney Brenner
  • « I walked to Seward School first through fourth grade. It's just amazing to me now that we'd walk down 10th Avenue on Capitol Hill. »
    Stone Gossard
  • « Religious freedom opens a door for Americans that is closed to too many others around the world. But whether we walk through that door, and what we do with our lives after we do, is up to us. »
    Mitt Romney
  • « I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look. »
    Debbie Allen
  • « The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone. »
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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