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   walk

   /wɔːk/

   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 moorland"
   • ▪ travel over (a route or area) on foot: "the police department has encouraged officers to walk the beat"
   • ▪ move in a similar way to walking, but using one's hands or a support such as stilts: "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 the slowest pace: "he walked his horse towards her"
   • 2. guide, accompany, or escort (someone) on foot: "he walked her home to her door" Similar accompanyescortguideshowseeconvoyconductushermarshalleadtakeattendchaperonesteerherdshepherd
   • ▪ take (a dog) out for exercise: "she spotted a man walking his retriever"
   • ▪ train and look after (a hound puppy).
   • 3. (of a thing) go missing or be stolen: informal "customers have to leave a deposit to ensure the beer glasses don't walk"
   • 4. abandon or suddenly withdraw from a job or commitment: 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"
   • 5. (of a batter) leave the field without waiting to be given out by the umpire.
   • 6. reach first base automatically after not hitting at four balls pitched outside the strike zone.
   • ▪ allow or enable (a batter) to walk.
   • 7. (of a ghost) be visible; appear: "the ghosts of Bannockburn walked abroad"
   • 8. live or behave in a particular way: archaic "walk humbly with your God"

   noun

   • 1. an act of travelling or an outing 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 to reach a place on foot or the distance to be travelled: "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 path: "the street lamps illuminated the riverside walk" Similar pathwaypathfootpathtracklanealleyalleywaywalkwaypromenadetrailtrackwayridetowpathroadavenuedrivepavementfootway
   • ▪ the round followed by a postman: 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
   • ▪ the place where a gamecock is kept.
   • 5. a farm where a hound puppy is trained. British
   • 6. an instance of reaching first base automatically after not hitting at four balls pitched outside the strike zone.
   • 7. a flock of snipe. rare

   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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