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- 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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1. a. : to move along on foot : advance by steps. b. : to come or go easily or readily. c. : to go at a walk. d. : to go on foot for exercise or pleasure. 2. baseball : to advance to first base by taking four pitches that are balls (see ball entry 1 sense 4a) : to go to first base as a result of a base on balls. 3.
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1. to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move 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. to move about or travel on foot for exercise or pleasure.
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to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move 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. Synonyms: promenade, perambulate, ambulate, saunter, stroll, stride, step.
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The words walk isn't just used to describe the action of taking one step in front of the other. In baseball, it's a term for when a batter receives four balls and is given the right to walk to first base. When a horse's gate is slow and it keeps two feel always on the ground, that's a walk.
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