Definition of the word walk

Verb



Is your grandson walking yet?



He walks home from school every day.



It’s not far; you can walk there in five minutes.



It was a while after the accident before she could walk again.



He walked away without saying goodbye!



She turned and walked away from him.



The driver walked away from the accident unharmed.



They walk around the neighborhood every morning for exercise.



We walked around the city all day seeing the sights.



He walked to the store.

Noun



The cliff walk along the ocean is very popular.



Many exotic plants can be found along the walk.

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In Indonesia, beverages like these are everywhere—cafés, homes, and on the backs of mostly female purveyors who walk the streets carrying bottles of their blends to sell on the streets.


Brian Underwood, Women’s Health, 5 Apr. 2023





Saer then followed a large group of people that marched from the rally to the Capitol and entered the Senate Wing door and walked through the Crypt and Hall of Columns.


oregonlive, 5 Apr. 2023





Many standard dog harnesses have a leash attachment at the back of the harness, which works fine for dogs who walk calmly on leash.


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Everybody just kind of sagged and walked away.


Christina Capatides, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2023





But security was loose enough in the neighborhood that plenty of passers-by walked through the park just to see what was going on.


Bobby Caina Calvan, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2023





The nearest garimpo village was just beyond the tree line, a few minutes’ walk away.


Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023





The 36-year-old woman from Oak Park, who police said was walking around before the second crash, was pronounced dead at the scene while the 38-year-old ambulance driver was transported to a local hospital and pronounced dead on arrival.


Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 2 Apr. 2023





During a series of WrestleMania weekend interviews, WWE and NXT Superstars Bianca Belair, Carmelo Hayes, Legado Del Fantasma, Valhalla, Ivar, Zoey Stark and Grayson Waller all picked Cody Rhodes to walk away as Undisputed WWE Universal champion.


Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023




The Gargunnock Inn, for example, is a short 10-minute walk.


Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2023





Return to menu Just a short walk from the Takoma Metro station lies Rhizome, a community arts space that strives to promote creativity in D.C.


Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023





Santo Pure is just five-minute walk from the Minoan eruption site, which is one of the largest volcanic eruptions of the last 10,000 years.


Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2023





Japan loaded the bases in the second on singles by Okamoto and Sosuke Genda, and a walk to Yuhei Nakamura.


CBS News, 22 Mar. 2023





But their upcoming tilt with Princeton will not be a walk in the park, even with the Tigers being a 15th-seed notwithstanding.


Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2023





Prenzlauer Berg was filled with charming cafes, coffee shops, and boutiques, plus a U-Bahn subway station about a five minute walk from the apartment.


Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2023





With plenty of darkness and even an observation station a short walk uphill, Björkliden proved good place to stay entertained—on both trains and on skis—while waiting for the aurora to show.


Jamie Carter, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2023





Drag has deep historical ties to the LGBTQ community, and the The Center is just a short walk away from the iconic Stonewall Inn, arguably the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ rights movement.


Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2023



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verb (used without object)

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.

to move about or travel on foot for exercise or pleasure: We can walk in the park after lunch.

(of things) to move in a manner suggestive of walking, as through repeated vibrations or the effect of alternate expansion and contraction: If she keeps playing so hard, that vase will walk right off the piano.

Baseball. to receive a base on balls.

Slang.

  1. to go on strike; stage a walkout: The miners will walk unless they get a pay raise.
  2. to be acquitted or to be released or fined rather than sentenced to jail: If the prosecutor doesn’t present his case well, the murderer may walk.

to go about on the earth, or appear to living persons, as a ghost: to believe that spirits walk at night.

(of a tool, pointer, or pen of a recording device, etc.) to glide, slip, or move from a straight course, fixed position, or the like: A regular drill bit may walk on a plastic surface when you first try to make a hole.When the earthquake started, the pen on the seismograph walked all over the paper.

to conduct oneself in a particular manner; pursue a particular course of life: to walk humbly with thy God.

Obsolete. to be in motion or action.

verb (used with object)

to proceed through, over, or upon at a moderate pace on foot: walking London streets by night;walking the floor all night.

to cause to walk; lead, drive, or ride at a walk, as an animal: We walked our horses the last quarter of a mile.

to force or help to walk, as a person: They were walking him around the room soon after his operation.

to conduct or accompany on a walk: He walked them about the park.

to move (a box, trunk, or other object) in a manner suggestive of walking, as by a rocking motion.

Baseball. (of a pitcher) to give a base on balls to (a batter).

to spend or pass (time) in walking (often followed by away): We walked the morning away along the beach.

to cause or accomplish by walking:We saw them walking guard over the chain gang.

to examine, measure, etc., by traversing on foot: to walk a track; to walk the boundaries of the property.

Informal. to send (a person who has a reservation at a hotel) to another hotel because of overbooking: It’s exasperating to find yourself walked when you arrive at a hotel late in the evening.

noun

an act or instance of walking, or going on foot at a moderate pace.

an act, instance, or period of going somewhere on foot at a moderate pace for exercise or pleasure: After lunch we went for a walk on one of the nearby trails.

a distance covered or to be covered on foot, often in terms of the time required: My cottage is about ten minutes’ walk from a little general store.

the gait or pace of a person or an animal that walks, or moves along on foot at slow or moderate speed: The horse allowed itself to be led at a walk around the paddock.

a characteristic or individual manner of moving along on foot: It was impossible to mistake her walk.

a department or branch of activity, or a particular line of work: They found every walk of life closed against them.

a path or way for pedestrians at the side of a street or road; sidewalk.

a place prepared or set apart for walking.

a path in a garden or the like.

a passage between rows of trees.

an enclosed yard, pen, or the like where domestic animals are fed and left to exercise.

(in the West Indies) a plantation of trees, especially coffee trees.

a group, company, or congregation, especially of snipes.

British.

  1. the route of a street vendor, tradesman, or the like.
  2. the district or area in which such a route is located.
  3. a tract of forest land under the charge of one forester or keeper.

Archaic. manner of behavior; conduct; course of life.

Obsolete. a haunt or resort.

Verb Phrases

walk off, to get rid of by walking: to walk off a headache.

walk off with,

  1. to remove illegally; steal.
  2. to win or attain, as in a competition: to walk off with the first prize for flower arrangements.
  3. to surpass one’s competitors; win easily: to walk off with the fight.

walk out,

  1. to go on strike.
  2. to leave in protest: to walk out of a committee meeting.

walk out on, to leave unceremoniously; desert; forsake: to walk out on one’s family.

walk out with, British. to court or be courted by: Cook is walking out with the chauffeur.

walk through, Theater, Television.

  1. to release (a play) by combining a reading aloud of the lines with the designated physical movements.
  2. Informal. to perform (a role, play, etc.) in a perfunctory manner.
  3. to make little or no effort in performing one’s role: He didn’t like the script and walked through his part.

walk up, (of a hunter) to flush (game) by approaching noisily on foot and often with hunting dogs.

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Idioms about walk

    take a walk, Informal. to leave, especially abruptly and without any intention or prospect of returning (often used imperatively to indicate dismissal): If he doesn’t get his way, he takes a walk.I don’t need your advice, so take a walk.

    walk (someone) through, to guide or instruct carefully one step at a time: The teacher will walk the class through the entire testing procedure before the real test begins.

    walk Spanish,

    1. to be forced by another to walk on tiptoe.
    2. to walk cautiously.
    3. to be discharged or dismissed.
    4. to discharge or dismiss (someone).

Origin of walk

First recorded before 1000; Middle English verb walken, Old English wealcan “to roll, toss,” gewealcan “to go”; cognate with Dutch, German walken “to full (cloth),” Old Norse vālka “to toss”; noun derivative of the verb

OTHER WORDS FROM walk

un·walked, adjective

Words nearby walk

Waley, Walfish Bay, Walhalla, wali, waling, walk, walkable, walkabout, walk all over, walkaround pay, walkathon

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MORE ABOUT WALK

What is a basic definition of walk?

Walk is a verb that means to move at a moderate pace with the feet. A walk is a period of time spent walking. Walk can also mean to help someone walk or to cause something to walk. Walk has many other senses as a noun and verb. Walk is also used in several idioms.

When you walk, you stand upright and put one foot in front of the other at a normal pace. Normally, when most people want to move from place to place, they walk. We also use walk to describe the movement of animals with more than two legs that alternate feet as they move. For example, you could say that your cat walked across a street.

  • Real-life examples: It is a major life stage when toddlers learn how to walk. You might walk to the store to buy food. Cities are full of people walking on the sidewalks.
  • Used in a sentence: My foot hurts so badly that I can barely walk.

Related to this sense, a walk is a period of walking done for exercise or entertainment.

  • Used in a sentence: I got so angry that I had to take a walk to cool down.

Walk can also mean to cause something (usually an animal) to walk. When referring to people, walk means to help someone walk or to join them on a walk.

  • Used in a sentence: Tamica walked her elderly neighbor across the busy intersection.

Walk is also used in several idioms. If someone is said to walk the walk, for example, it means that they do exactly what they say they do. This idiom is often used along with the phrase talk the talk to refer to someone making grand statements and either succeeding or failing to live up to them.

  • Used in a sentence: Nathan claims he can lift 600 pounds. He can talk the talk, but can he walk the walk?

Where does walk come from?

The first records of walk come from before the year 1000. It ultimately comes from the Old English wealcan, meaning “to roll or toss.”

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How is walk used in real life?

Walk is a very common word that means to move at an average speed by foot.

Today I walked to my kitchen and had leftover pizza for breakfast. Follow me for more health tips!

— Reese Witherspoon (@ReeseW) February 7, 2021

The weather here today is ridiculously gorgeous. Headed out for a walk with my daughter.

— Just another European American (@twilliams1960) February 6, 2021

So a doctor made me walk across the room on my tip toes in dress shoes and back again on my heels today and I think he did it for fun.

— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) December 28, 2020

Try using walk!

Is walk used correctly in the following sentence?

I carefully walked across the room so I wouldn’t step on any toys.

Words related to walk

hike, jaunt, parade, step, stretch, stroll, tour, course, path, road, street, track, trail, amble, escort, go, lead, race, roam, run

How to use walk in a sentence

  • He has had years with control trouble and once led the league in walks.

  • We also did our own stand-up paddleboarding, with our kids, David and Sophia, and went for long morning beach walks, rarely seeing others.

  • The last time I saw a friend in person, for a long walk by the river, I returned home buzzing as if I had been to a party with a hundred people.

  • Rather, he understands when people from all walks of life are considered for important positions, the resulting workforce will be more diverse — and stronger for it.

  • When he senses that we’re getting ready for a walk, or just before or after we feed him, Archie looks around for the rabbit, grabs it in his mouth, then prances about, whipping it back and forth.

  • Creating PGCs from skin tissue, on the other hand, seems like a walk in the park compared to egg freezing.

  • “They know there are drug spots,” said Wanda Williams, who was out for a walk with her son.

  • “They just walk around, they ride in their patrol cars, and they just pass by,” he said.

  • Your general reaction runs along the lines of: “When will these geezers give it up and go for a mall walk or something?”

  • Other footage shows him fleeing, keeping to a quick walk, jogging briefly, then walking again as he heads for a subway station.

  • The two women had no intention of bathing; they had just strolled down to the beach for a walk and to be alone and near the water.

  • She set off down Trafalgar Road in the mist and the rain, glad that she had been compelled to walk.

  • I could see only the stretch of green before me, and I felt as if I must walk on forever, without coming to the end of it.

  • He used to walk through the park, and note with pleasure the care that his father bestowed on the gigantic property.

  • The back of her head will be quite in line with her charming little bust, and I for one shall walk round and laugh in her face.

British Dictionary definitions for walk


verb

(intr) to move along or travel on foot at a moderate rate; advance in such a manner that at least one foot is always on the ground

(tr) to pass through, on, or over on foot, esp habitually

(tr) to cause, assist, or force to move along at a moderate rateto walk a dog

(tr) to escort or conduct by walkingto walk someone home

(intr) (of ghosts, spirits, etc) to appear or move about in visible form

(of inanimate objects) to move or cause to move in a manner that resembles walking

(intr) to follow a certain course or way of lifeto walk in misery

(tr) to bring into a certain condition by walkingI walked my shoes to shreds

(tr) to measure, survey, or examine by walking

(tr) baseball to allow a batter to go to first base without batting by throwing four balls outside of the strike zone

Also: travel (intr) basketball to take more than two steps without passing or dribbling the ball

to disappear or be stolenwhere’s my pencil? It seems to have walked

(intr) slang, mainly US (in a court of law) to be acquitted or given a noncustodial sentence

walk it to win easily

walk on air to be delighted or exhilarated

walk tall informal to have self-respect or pride

walk the streets

  1. to be a prostitute
  2. to wander round a town or city, esp when looking for work or having nowhere to stay

walk the walk or walk the talk informal to put theory into practiceyou can talk the talk but can you walk the walk? See also talk (def. 15)

noun

the act or an instance of walking

the distance or extent walked

a manner of walking; gait

a place set aside for walking; promenade

a chosen profession or sphere of activity (esp in the phrase walk of life)

a foot race in which competitors walk

  1. an arrangement of trees or shrubs in widely separated rows
  2. the space between such rows

an enclosed ground for the exercise or feeding of domestic animals, esp horses

mainly British the route covered in the course of work, as by a tradesman or postman

a procession; marchOrange walk

obsolete the section of a forest controlled by a keeper

Derived forms of walk

walkable, adjective

Word Origin for walk

Old English wealcan; related to Old High German walchan, Sanskrit valgati he moves

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Other Idioms and Phrases with walk


In addition to the idioms beginning with walk

  • walk all over
  • walk a tightrope
  • walk away from
  • walk away with
  • walking encyclopedia
  • walking papers
  • walk off with
  • walk of life
  • walk on air
  • walk on eggs
  • walk out
  • walk over
  • walk tall
  • walk the floor
  • walk the plank
  • walk through

also see:

  • cock of the walk
  • hands down (in a walk)
  • worship the ground someone walks on

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

walk

 (wôk)

v. walked, walk·ing, walks

v.intr.

1. To move over a surface by taking steps with the feet at a pace slower than a run: a baby learning to walk; a horse walking around a riding ring.

2.

a. To go or travel on foot: walked to the store.

b. To go on foot for pleasure or exercise; stroll: walked along the beach looking for shells.

c. To move in a manner suggestive of walking: saw a woodpecker walking up the tree trunk.

3. To conduct oneself or behave in a particular manner; live: walks in majesty and pride.

4. To appear as a supernatural being: The specter of famine walks through the land.

5. Informal

a. To go out on strike.

b. To resign from one’s job abruptly; quit.

c. To be acquitted: The alleged killer walked.

6.

a. Baseball To go to first base after the pitcher has thrown four pitches ruled as balls.

b. Basketball To move illegally while holding the ball; travel.

7. Obsolete To be in constant motion.

v.tr.

1. To go or pass over, on, or through by walking: walk the financial district of a city.

2. To bring to a specified condition by walking: They walked me to exhaustion.

3. To cause to walk or proceed at a walk: walk a horse uphill.

4. To accompany in walking; escort on foot: walk the children home; walked me down the hall.

5. To traverse on foot in order to survey or measure; pace off: walked the bounds of the property.

6. To move (a heavy or cumbersome object) in a manner suggestive of walking: walked the bureau into the hall.

7. Baseball

a. To allow (a batter) to go to first base by throwing four pitches ruled as balls.

b. To cause (a run) to score by walking a batter. Often used with in.

n.

1.

a. The gait of a human or other biped in which the feet are lifted alternately with one part of a foot always on the ground.

b. The gait of a quadruped in which at least two feet are always touching the ground, especially the gait of a horse in which the feet touch the ground in the four-beat sequence of near hind foot, near forefoot, off hind foot, off forefoot.

c. The self-controlled extravehicular movement in space of an astronaut.

2. The act or an instance of walking, especially a stroll for pleasure or exercise.

3.

a. The rate at which one walks; a walking pace.

b. The characteristic way in which one walks.

4. The distance covered or to be covered in walking.

5. A place, such as a sidewalk or promenade, on which one may walk.

6. A route or circuit particularly suitable for walking: one of the prettiest walks in the area.

7.

a. Baseball A base on balls.

b. Basketball The act or an instance of moving illegally with the ball; traveling.

8. Sports

a. A track event in which contestants compete in walking a specified distance.

b. Racewalking.

9. An enclosed area designated for the exercise or pasture of livestock.

10.

a. An arrangement of trees or shrubs planted in widely spaced rows.

b. The space between such rows.

Phrasal Verbs:

walk out

1. To go on strike.

2. To leave suddenly, often as a signal of disapproval.

walk over Informal

1. To treat badly or contemptuously.

2. To gain an easy or uncontested victory over.

walk through

To perform (a play, for example) in a perfunctory fashion, as at a first rehearsal.

Idioms:

walk away from

1. To outdo, outrun, or defeat with little difficulty: walked away from the competition.

2. To survive (an accident) with very little injury.

3. To refuse to accept (an offer, for example).

4. To decline to continue participation in (a job, relationship, or activity, for example), often abruptly or nonchalantly.

5. To abandon (a property) on which one owes a mortgage, as when the principal of the mortgage exceeds the market value of the house.

walk in the park

Something that is easy to do or accomplish.

walk off/away with

1. To win easily or unexpectedly.

2. To steal.

walk of shame

Slang The walk home from a place where one unexpectedly spent the night engaged in activity, especially casual sex, considered embarrassing or shameful.

walk on air

To feel elated.

walk out on

To desert or abandon.

walk (someone) through

To guide (someone) deliberately through (a process), one step at a time: She walked me through the installation of new software.

walk the plank

To be forced, as by pirates, to walk off a plank extended over the side of a ship so as to drown.

walk the walk

1. To have skill, ability, or experience in a given activity or field.

2. To do what one claims one will do; deliver on one’s promises.



walk′a·bil′i·ty n.

walk′a·ble adj.

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walk

(wɔːk)

vb

1. (Physiology) (intr) to move along or travel on foot at a moderate rate; advance in such a manner that at least one foot is always on the ground

2. (tr) to pass through, on, or over on foot, esp habitually

3. (tr) to cause, assist, or force to move along at a moderate rate: to walk a dog.

4. (tr) to escort or conduct by walking: to walk someone home.

5. (Alternative Belief Systems) (intr) (of ghosts, spirits, etc) to appear or move about in visible form

6. (of inanimate objects) to move or cause to move in a manner that resembles walking

7. (intr) to follow a certain course or way of life: to walk in misery.

8. (tr) to bring into a certain condition by walking: I walked my shoes to shreds.

9. (tr) to measure, survey, or examine by walking

10. (Baseball) (tr) baseball to allow a batter to go to first base without batting by throwing four balls outside of the strike zone

11. (Basketball) (intr) basketball Also: travel to take more than two steps without passing or dribbling the ball

12. to disappear or be stolen: where’s my pencil? It seems to have walked.

13. (Law) (intr) slang chiefly US (in a court of law) to be acquitted or given a noncustodial sentence

14. walk it to win easily

15. walk the plank See plank14

16. walk on air to be delighted or exhilarated

17. walk tall informal to have self-respect or pride

18. walk the streets

a. to be a prostitute

b. to wander round a town or city, esp when looking for work or having nowhere to stay

19. walk the walk walk the talk informal to put theory into practice: you can talk the talk but can you walk the walk?. See also talk15

n

20. the act or an instance of walking

21. the distance or extent walked

22. a manner of walking; gait

23. a place set aside for walking; promenade

24. (Professions) a chosen profession or sphere of activity (esp in the phrase walk of life)

25. (Athletics (Track & Field)) a foot race in which competitors walk

26. (Botany)

a. an arrangement of trees or shrubs in widely separated rows

b. the space between such rows

27. (Agriculture) an enclosed ground for the exercise or feeding of domestic animals, esp horses

28. (Professions) chiefly Brit the route covered in the course of work, as by a tradesman or postman

29. a procession; march: Orange walk.

30. (Forestry) obsolete the section of a forest controlled by a keeper

[Old English wealcan; related to Old High German walchan, Sanskrit valgati he moves]

ˈwalkable adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

walk

(wɔk)

v.i.

1. to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed 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: to walk in the park.

3. (of things) to move in a manner suggestive of walking, as through repeated vibrations.

4. (in baseball) to receive a walk.

5. Slang.

a. to go on strike; stage a walkout.

b. to be acquitted.

6. (of spirits) to go about on the earth.

7. to conduct one’s life in a particular manner.

8. (of a basketball player in possession of the ball) to take more than two steps without dribbling or passing the ball.

9. Obs. to roam.

v.t.

10. to proceed through, over, etc., on foot: walking London streets by night.

11. to lead, drive, or ride at a walk, as an animal: to walk one’s horse.

12. to force or help to walk, as a person.

13. to conduct or accompany on a walk: He walked us about the park.

14. to move (a box, trunk, or other object) by a rocking motion suggestive of walking.

15. (of a baseball pitcher) to give a base on balls to (a batter).

16. to spend or pass (time) in walking (often fol. by away): We walked the morning away.

17. to accomplish by walking: to walk guard.

18. to examine, measure, etc., by traversing on foot: to walk the boundaries of a property.

19. walk off or away with,

a. to take away; steal.

b. to win, as a prize or a competition, esp. with ease.

20. walk out,

a. to go on strike.

b. to leave in protest.

21. walk out on, to desert; forsake.

22. walk through,

a. to rehearse (a play or the like) by reading the lines aloud while doing the designated physical movements.

b. to perform in a perfunctory manner.

c. to guide (someone) carefully, one step at a time.

n.

23. an act or instance of walking.

24. a period of walking for exercise or pleasure.

25. a distance walked or to be walked, often in terms of the time required: a ten-minute walk from here.

26. the gait or pace of a person or an animal that walks.

27. a characteristic manner of walking.

28. (in baseball) the awarding of first base to a batter to whom four balls have been pitched.

29. a sidewalk.

30. a place or path prepared or set apart for walking.

31. an enclosed yard, pen, or the like where domestic animals are fed and left to exercise.

32. a branch of activity, line of work, or position in society: in every walk of life.

33. (in the West Indies) a plantation of trees, esp. coffee trees.

34. Brit.

a. the route of a street vendor, tradesman, or the like.

b. a tract of forest land under the charge of one forester or keeper.

35. Archaic. behavior; conduct.

36. Obs. a haunt or resort.

Idioms:

walk the plank,

a. to go to one’s death by being forced to walk off the end of a board that extends from the side of a ship.

b. to be forced to resign from one’s job.

[before 1000; (v.) Middle English; Old English wealcan to roll, toss, gewealcan to go, c. Middle Dutch, Middle Low German walken to full (cloth), Old High German gewalchen matted]

Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

walk

— First meant «roll,» «toss,» or «move about; go»—from Old English wealcan, «to roll.»

See also related terms for toss.

Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

Walk

 a procession, hence, the group in the procession; the procession participating in the beating of parish boundaries, 1563.

Examples: walk of snails; of snipe (a flock), 1486.

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

walk

Past participle: walked
Gerund: walking

Imperative
walk
walk
Present
I walk
you walk
he/she/it walks
we walk
you walk
they walk
Preterite
I walked
you walked
he/she/it walked
we walked
you walked
they walked
Present Continuous
I am walking
you are walking
he/she/it is walking
we are walking
you are walking
they are walking
Present Perfect
I have walked
you have walked
he/she/it has walked
we have walked
you have walked
they have walked
Past Continuous
I was walking
you were walking
he/she/it was walking
we were walking
you were walking
they were walking
Past Perfect
I had walked
you had walked
he/she/it had walked
we had walked
you had walked
they had walked
Future
I will walk
you will walk
he/she/it will walk
we will walk
you will walk
they will walk
Future Perfect
I will have walked
you will have walked
he/she/it will have walked
we will have walked
you will have walked
they will have walked
Future Continuous
I will be walking
you will be walking
he/she/it will be walking
we will be walking
you will be walking
they will be walking
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been walking
you have been walking
he/she/it has been walking
we have been walking
you have been walking
they have been walking
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been walking
you will have been walking
he/she/it will have been walking
we will have been walking
you will have been walking
they will have been walking
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been walking
you had been walking
he/she/it had been walking
we had been walking
you had been walking
they had been walking
Conditional
I would walk
you would walk
he/she/it would walk
we would walk
you would walk
they would walk
Past Conditional
I would have walked
you would have walked
he/she/it would have walked
we would have walked
you would have walked
they would have walked

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun 1. walk - the act of traveling by footwalk — the act of traveling by foot; «walking is a healthy form of exercise»

walking

locomotion, travel — self-propelled movement

ambulation — walking about; «the hospital encouraged early ambulation»

noctambulation, noctambulism, sleepwalking, somnambulation, somnambulism — walking by a person who is asleep

stride, tread, pace — a step in walking or running

gait — a person’s manner of walking

marching, march — the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind); «it was a long march»; «we heard the sound of marching»

plod, plodding — the act of walking with a slow heavy gait; «I could recognize his plod anywhere»

prowl — the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner)

shamble, shambling, shuffling, shuffle — walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; «from his shambling I assumed he was very old»

wading — walking with your feet in shallow water

2. walk - (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four ballswalk — (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; «he worked the pitcher for a base on balls»

base on balls, pass

accomplishment, achievement — the action of accomplishing something

baseball, baseball game — a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; «he played baseball in high school»; «there was a baseball game on every empty lot»; «there was a desire for National League ball in the area»; «play ball!»

3. walk - manner of walkingwalk — manner of walking; «he had a funny walk»

manner of walking

posture, carriage, bearing — characteristic way of bearing one’s body; «stood with good posture»

4. walk - the act of walking somewherewalk — the act of walking somewhere; «he took a walk after lunch»

amble, stroll, saunter, perambulation, promenade — a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

constitutional — a regular walk taken as a form of exercise

foot — travel by walking; «he followed on foot»; «the swiftest of foot»

hike, hiking, tramp — a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure; «she enjoys a hike in her spare time»

last mile — the last walk of a condemned person to the execution place

moonwalk — an exploratory walk by an astronaut on the surface of the moon

perambulation — a walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries

turn — taking a short walk out and back; «we took a turn in the park»

walkabout — nomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigine

walk-through — the act of walking in order to view something; «the realtor took her on a walk-through of the apartment»

travel, traveling, travelling — the act of going from one place to another; «he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel»

5. walk - a path set aside for walkingwalk — a path set aside for walking; «after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk»

paseo, walkway

ambulatory — a covered walkway (as in a cloister); «it has an ambulatory and seven chapels»

boardwalk — a walkway made of wooden boards; usually at seaside

catwalk — narrow pathway high in the air (as above a stage or between parts of a building or along a bridge)

flagging — a walk of flagstones; «the flagging in the garden was quite imaginative»

path — a way especially designed for a particular use

mall, promenade — a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk

sidewalk, pavement — walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway

skywalk — an elevated walkway between buildings (usually enclosed)

6. walk - a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the groundwalk — a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground

gait — a horse’s manner of moving

7. walk - careers in generalwalk — careers in general; «it happens in all walks of life»

walk of life

calling, career, vocation — the particular occupation for which you are trained

Verb 1. walk - use one's feet to advancewalk — 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»

go, locomote, move, travel — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; «How fast does your new car go?»; «We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus»; «The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect»; «The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell»; «news travelled fast»

tramp down, tread down, trample — walk on and flatten; «tramp down the grass»; «trample the flowers»

take the air, walk — take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure; «The lovers held hands while walking»; «We like to walk every Sunday»

lollop — walk clumsily and with a bounce

tap — walk with a tapping sound

stumble, bumble, falter — walk unsteadily; «The drunk man stumbled about»

spacewalk — move in space outside a space craft

hoof, hoof it, leg it, foot — walk; «let’s hoof it to the disco»

toe — walk so that the toes assume an indicated position or direction; «She toes inwards»

walk — make walk; «He walks the horse up the mountain»; «Walk the dog twice a day»

walk — accompany or escort; «I’ll walk you to your car»

shlep, traipse — walk or tramp about

walk about, walk around, perambulate — walk with no particular goal; «we were walking around in the garden»; «after breakfast, she walked about in the park»

ambulate — walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking

mouse, pussyfoot, sneak, creep — to go stealthily or furtively; «..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor’s house»

walk — traverse or cover by walking; «Walk the tightrope»; «Paul walked the streets of Damascus»; «She walks 3 miles every day»

wade — walk (through relatively shallow water); «Can we wade across the river to the other side?»; «Wade the pond»

prance, strut, swagger, tittup, sashay, ruffle — to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; «He struts around like a rooster in a hen house»

sleepwalk, somnambulate — walk in one’s sleep

slink — walk stealthily; «I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey»

hobble, limp, hitch — walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; «The old woman hobbles down to the store every day»

scuffle, shamble, shuffle — walk by dragging one’s feet; «he shuffled out of the room»; «We heard his feet shuffling down the hall»

saunter, stroll — walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

amble, mosey — walk leisurely

prowl — move about in or as if in a predatory manner; «The suspicious stranger prowls the streets of the town»

skulk — move stealthily; «The lonely man skulks down the main street all day»

coggle, dodder, toddle, waddle, totter, paddle — walk unsteadily; «small children toddle»

promenade — take a leisurely walk; «The ladies promenaded along the beach»

march — walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride; «He marched into the classroom and announced the exam»; «The soldiers marched across the border»

stride — walk with long steps; «He strode confidently across the hall»

hike — walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise; «We were hiking in Colorado»; «hike the Rockies»

footslog, plod, trudge, slog, tramp, pad — walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; «Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone»

tippytoe, tiptoe, tip — walk on one’s toes

stalk — walk stiffly

flounce — walk emphatically

careen, keel, lurch, reel, stagger, swag — walk as if unable to control one’s movements; «The drunken man staggered into the room»

flounder, stagger — walk with great difficulty; «He staggered along in the heavy snow»

stamp, stomp, stump — walk heavily; «The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots»

lumber, pound — move heavily or clumsily; «The heavy man lumbered across the room»

pace — walk with slow or fast paces; «He paced up and down the hall»

trample, tread — tread or stomp heavily or roughly; «The soldiers trampled across the fields»

slouch — walk slovenly

mince — walk daintily; «She minced down the street»

clomp, clump — walk clumsily

walk — walk at a pace; «The horses walked across the meadow»

march, process — march in a procession; «They processed into the dining room»

ride — be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; «I ride to work in a bus»; «He rides the subway downtown every day»

2. walk - accompany or escortwalk — accompany or escort; «I’ll walk you to your car»

trot — cause to trot; «She trotted the horse home»

walk — 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 — make walk; «He walks the horse up the mountain»; «Walk the dog twice a day»

accompany — go or travel along with; «The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere»

march — force to march; «The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria»

3. walk - obtain a base on ballswalk — obtain a base on balls    

baseball, baseball game — a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; «he played baseball in high school»; «there was a baseball game on every empty lot»; «there was a desire for National League ball in the area»; «play ball!»

rack up, score, tally, hit — gain points in a game; «The home team scored many times»; «He hit a home run»; «He hit .300 in the past season»

walk — give a base on balls to

4. walk - traverse or cover by walkingwalk — traverse or cover by walking; «Walk the tightrope»; «Paul walked the streets of Damascus»; «She walks 3 miles every day»

walk — 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»

cross, cut across, cut through, get over, traverse, pass over, get across, track, cover — travel across or pass over; «The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day»

5. walk — give a base on balls to

baseball, baseball game — a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; «he played baseball in high school»; «there was a baseball game on every empty lot»; «there was a desire for National League ball in the area»; «play ball!»

play — participate in games or sport; «We played hockey all afternoon»; «play cards»; «Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches»

walk — obtain a base on balls

6. walk - live or behave in a specified mannerwalk — live or behave in a specified manner; «walk in sadness»

comport, behave — behave well or properly; «The children must learn to behave»

7. walk — be or act in association with; «We must walk with our dispossessed brothers and sisters»; «Walk with God»

consociate, associate — bring or come into association or action; «The churches consociated to fight their dissolution»

8. walk — walk at a pace; «The horses walked across the meadow»

walk — 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»

pace — go at a pace; «The horse paced»

9. walk — make walk; «He walks the horse up the mountain»; «Walk the dog twice a day»

walk — 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 — accompany or escort; «I’ll walk you to your car»

parade, exhibit, march — walk ostentatiously; «She parades her new husband around town»

march — cause to march or go at a marching pace; «They marched the mules into the desert»

compel, obligate, oblige — force somebody to do something; «We compel all students to fill out this form»

10. walk — take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure; «The lovers held hands while walking»; «We like to walk every Sunday»

take the air

go, locomote, move, travel — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; «How fast does your new car go?»; «We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus»; «The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect»; «The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell»; «news travelled fast»

constitutionalize — take a walk for one’s health or to aid digestion, as after a meal; «A good way of exercising is to constitutionalize»

walk — 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»

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

walk

verb

1. stride, wander, stroll, trudge, go, move, step, march, advance, pace, trek, hike, tread, ramble, tramp, promenade, amble, saunter, take a turn, traipse (informal), toddle, make your way, mosey (informal), plod on, perambulate, footslog They walked in silence for a while.

2. travel on foot, go on foot, hoof it (slang), foot it, go by shanks’s pony (informal) When I was your age I walked five miles to school.

3. escort, take, see, show, partner, guide, conduct, accompany, shepherd, convoy, usher, chaperon He offered to walk me home.

noun

1. stroll, hike, ramble, tramp, turn, march, constitutional, trek, outing, trudge, promenade, amble, saunter, traipse (informal), breath of air, perambulation He often took long walks in the hills.

4. path, pathway, footpath, track, way, road, lane, trail, avenue, pavement, alley, aisle, sidewalk (chiefly U.S.), walkway (chiefly U.S.), promenade, towpath, esplanade, footway a covered walk consisting of a roof supported by columns

walk all over someone

2. defeat heavily or utterly, beat, thrash, trounce, stuff (slang), tank (slang), hammer (informal), crush, overwhelm, slaughter (informal), lick (informal), paste (slang), rout, walk over (informal), clobber (slang), run rings around (informal), wipe the floor with (informal), make mincemeat of, beat hollow (Brit. informal), drub, give a hiding to (informal), give a pasting to (slang) We’re not going to walk all over our European opponents.

walk of life area, calling, business, line, course, trade, class, field, career, rank, employment, province, profession, occupation, arena, sphere, realm, domain, caste, vocation, line of work, métier In this job you meet people from all walks of life.

walk off or away with something

1. steal, take, lift (informal), nick (slang, chiefly Brit.), appropriate, trouser (slang), pinch (informal), poach, swipe (slang), knock off (slang), half-inch (old-fashioned slang), blag (slang), pilfer, misappropriate, purloin, filch, thieve, peculate Someone’s walked off with my coat.

2. win, get, gain, collect, achieve, pick up, obtain, acquire, attain, procure, come away with He walked off with a £2,000 prize.

walk out

2. go on strike, strike, revolt, mutiny, stop work, take industrial action, down tools, withdraw your labour Industrial action began this week, when most of the staff walked out.

walk out on someone abandon, leave, desert, strand, betray, chuck (informal), run away from, forsake, jilt, run out on (informal), throw over, leave high and dry, leave in the lurch Her husband walked out on her

Proverbs
«We must learn to walk before we can run»

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walk

verbphrasal verb
walk out

To cease working in support of demands made upon an employer:

noun

1. An act of walking, especially for pleasure:

2. A usually brief and regular journey on foot, especially for exercise:

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Translations

تمشّىطَريق، مَسار، مُمْشىمَشْي، مُشْوار، جَوْلَهمِشْيَهنُزْهَة

jítprocházkajít po/stát na špičkách

gå tur medvandrevandreturgang

promeni

kõndima

kävelläkävelykävelymatkakävelyttääkävelytyyli

hodatišetatišetnja

gyalogoljárásjárnimennisétáltat

jalan

gangaganga, gönguferîgöngulaggönguleiîstanda/ganga á tánum

散歩歩く

걷기걷다

ambulare

būti kaip devintame dangujelengva pergalėnešiojamasis radijo aparataspėsčiųjų takassusižerti

gaitagājiensietiet kājāmmaršruts

mergeumbla

hoditihojaprehoditisprehodsprehoditi

ićiићи

gå ut med hundengå ut och gågångpromenad

kutembea

เดินการเดินทางโดยเท้า

yürümekyürüyüşyürüyüş biçimi/tarzıyürüyüş yapmakyürüyüş/gezinti yolu

đi bộcuộc đi bộ

walk

[wɔːk]

A. N

2. (= avenue) → paseo m

walk about walk around VI + ADVpasearse (de acá para allá)

walk away VI + ADVirse, marcharse
he just got up and walked awaysimplemente se levantó y se fue or se marchó
she watched him walk awaylo vio alejarse
to walk away unhurtsalir ileso
to walk away from a problemhuir de un problema
you can’t just walk away from it!¡no puedes desentenderte!
to walk away with [+ prize] → llevarse; (= steal) → robar

walk in VI + ADVentrar
who should walk in but Joe¿a que no te imaginas quién entró? ¡Joe!
to walk in on sbinterrumpir a algn

walk into VI + PREP

2. (= fall into) [+ trap] → caer en
you really walked into that one!¡te has dejado embaucar por las buenas!

walk off

walk off with VI + PREP (= take, win) to walk off with sthllevarse algo

walk on VI + ADV (= go on walking) → seguir andando or (esp LAm) caminando (Theat) (= come on stage) → salir a escena; (= have a walk-on part) → hacer de figurante or comparsa

walk out VI + ADV (= go out) → salir; (from meeting) → salir, retirarse (of de) (on strike) → abandonar el trabajo
you can’t walk out now!¡no puedes marcharte ahora!

walk out with (o.f.) VI + PREP to walk out with sb (Brit) (= court) → salir con algn

walk up VI + ADV (= ascend) → subir (a pie); (= approach) → acercarse (to a) walk up, walk up!¡vengan!, ¡acérquense!
to walk up to sbacercarse a algn

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walk

[ˈwɔːk]

vt

(= take, steal) → partir avec

(= win) [+ prize, award] → rafler
She walked off with a £2,000 prize
BUT Elle a empoché un prix de 2 000 livres.

walk out

vi

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walk

n

(= path) (in garden etc) → (Park)weg m; (in hills etc) → Weg m

(= route)Weg m; (signposted etc) → Wander-/Spazierweg m; he knows some good walks in the Lake Districter kennt ein paar gute Wandermöglichkeiten or Wanderungen im Lake District

(US Baseball) → Walk m, → Freibase nt

vt

to walk the streets (prostitute) → auf den Strich gehen (inf); (in search of sth) → durch die Straßen irren; (aimlessly) → durch die Straßen streichen; to walk the boards (Theat) → auf den Brettern stehen; he learned his trade by walking the boards before turning to filmser hat sein Handwerk auf den Brettern gelernt, bevor er zum Film ging; to walk the plank mit verbundenen Augen über eine Schiffsplanke ins Wasser getrieben werden; to walk the wards (Med) → famulieren

(US Baseball) → einen Walk or ein Freibase geben (+dat)


walk

:


walk

:

walkway

nFußweg m; a pedestrian walkein Fuß(gänger)weg m

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walk

[wɔːk]

walk about walk around

walk away from vi + adv + prep

walk off

walk off with vi + adv + prep (fam) to walk off with sth (steal) → andarsene con qc; (win, prize, bargain) → assicurarsi qc con facilità

walk up vi + adv (approach) to walk up (to)avvicinarsi (a)
walk up, walk up! (at fair) → avanti!

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

walk

(woːk) verb

1. (of people or animals) to (cause to) move on foot at a pace slower than running, never having both or all the feet off the ground at once. He walked across the room and sat down; How long will it take to walk to the station?; She walks her dog in the park every morning.

2. to travel on foot for pleasure. We’re going walking in the hills for our holidays.

3. to move on foot along. It’s dangerous to walk the streets of New York alone after dark.

noun

1. (the distance covered during) an outing or journey on foot. She wants to go for / to take a walk; It’s a long walk to the station.

2. a way or manner of walking. I recognised her walk.

3. a route for walking. There are many pleasant walks in this area.

ˈwalker noun

a person who goes walking for pleasure. We met a party of walkers as we were going home.

ˌwalkie-ˈtalkie noun

a portable two-way radio. The soldiers spoke to each other on the walkie-talkie.

ˈwalking-stick noun

a stick used (especially as an aid to balance) when walking. The old lady has been using a walking-stick since she hurt her leg.

ˈwalkover noun

an easy victory. It was a walkover! We won 8–nil.

ˈwalkway noun

a path etc for pedestrians only.

walk all over (someone)

to pay no respect to (a person’s) rights, feelings etc. He’ll walk all over you if you let him.

walk off with

1. to win easily. He walked off with all the prizes at the school sports.

2. to steal. The thieves have walked off with my best silver and china.

walk of life

a way of earning one’s living; an occupation or profession. People from all walks of life went to the minister’s funeral.

walk on air

to feel extremely happy etc. She’s walking on air since he asked her to marry him.

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walk

نُزْهَة, يَـمْشِي jít, procházka, gåtur gehen, Spaziergang περίπατος, περπατώ caminar, paseo kävellä, kävely balade, marcher šetati, šetnja camminare, passeggiata 散歩, 歩く 걷기, 걷다 wandelen, wandeling, spasertur chodzić, spacer andar, caminhada прогулка, ходить, promenad เดิน, การเดินทางโดยเท้า yürümek, yürüyüş cuộc đi bộ, đi bộ 步行, 走

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

walk

n. paseo; caminata;

v. caminar, andar;

to ___ up and downcaminar de un lado a otro.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

  • Can I walk there?
  • Are there any interesting places to walk nearby? (US)
    Are there any interesting walks nearby? (UK)
  • How many kilometers is the walk? (US)
    How many kilometres is the walk? (UK)

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walk

vi caminar, andar; Walk over here ..Camine hacia acá..Let me see how you walk..Déjeme ver como camina; to — in one’s sleep caminar dormido

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  • Abkhaz: ацара (acara)
  • Afar: gexe
  • Afrikaans: loop (af)
  • Ainu: アㇵカス (ahkas), アㇷ゚カス (apkas)
  • Akatek: b’ey
  • Aklanon: eakaw
  • Albanian: eci (sq)
  • Amharic: ተራመደ (täramädä), መራመድ (märamäd)
  • Arabic: مَشَى (ar) (mašā), تَمَشَّى(tamaššā)
    Hijazi Arabic: مِشي(miši), يِمشي(yimši) (imperfect)
  • Aramaic:
    Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܲܠܸܟ݂(haliḵ), ܚܵܕܹܪ(ḵādēr), ܪܵܓ݂ܹܠ(rāḡēl), ܓ̰ܵܘܹܓ̰(jāwēj)
    Classical Syriac: ܗܠܟ(halek)
  • Armenian: քայլել (hy) (kʿaylel)
  • Assamese: খোজ কাঢ় (khüz karh), বুল (bul) (less common in Standard)
  • Asturian: andar (ast)
  • Azerbaijani: yerimək (az), gəzmək (az)
  • Basque: ibili
  • Belarusian: ісці́ (iscí), хадзі́ць (xadzícʹ), гуля́ць (huljácʹ) (leisurely), ісці́ пе́шшу (iscí pjéššu)
  • Bengali: হাঁটা (hãṭa), চলা (bn) (cola)
  • Bikol Central: lakaw (bcl)
  • Bulgarian: хо́дя (bg) (hódja), вървя́ (bg) (vǎrvjá), оти́вам (bg) (otívam)
  • Burmese: လျှောက် (my) (hlyauk), လမ်းလျှောက် (my) (lam:hlyauk)
  • Catalan: caminar (ca)
  • Chechen: лела (lela)
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎢ (ai)
  • Cheyenne: -amehné
  • Chinese:
    Cantonese:  (yue) (haang4), 行路 (haang4 lou6) (on streets)
    Dungan: зу (zu)
    Hakka: (hàng), 行路 (hàng-lu) (on streets)
    Mandarin:  (zh) (zǒu), 走路 (zh) (zǒulù) (on streets), 步行 (zh) (bùxíng), 行走 (zh) (xíngzǒu),  (zh) (xíng) (literary)
    Min Nan:  (zh-min-nan) (kiâⁿ), 行路 (zh-min-nan) (kiâⁿ-lō͘) (on streets)
    Wu: (tseu), (bau)
  • Coptic: ⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ (mooše)
  • Czech: jít (cs), chodit (cs)
  • Danish:  (da)
  • Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
  • Dutch: lopen (nl)
  • Egyptian: (hꜣj)
  • Esperanto: promeni (eo), piediri, marŝi (eo)
  • Estonian: kõndima (et)
  • Finnish: kävellä (fi), käydä (fi) (poetic or archaic), lampsia (fi), lompsia, käppäillä (fi), köpöttää (fi), linkuttaa (fi), tepastella (fi), taapertaa (fi), tallustaa (fi), tallata (fi), talsia, dallata (fi)
  • French: marcher (fr), se promener (fr)
  • Ga: nyiɛmɔ
  • Galician: camiñar (gl), andar (gl)
  • Georgian: სვლა (svla), სიარული (siaruli)
  • German: gehen (de)
  • Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌱𐍉𐌽 (ƕarbōn)
  • Greek: περπατάω (el) (perpatáo)
    Ancient: βαδίζω (badízō), στείχω (steíkhō), βαίνω (baínō), περιπατέω (peripatéō), πορεύομαι (poreúomai), ὁδοιπορέω (hodoiporéō), πατέω (patéō), πεζεύω (pezeúō)
  • Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
  • Hawaiian: hele wāwae
  • Hebrew: הָלַךְ (he) (halákh)
  • Hindi: टहलना (hi) (ṭahalnā), चलना (hi) (calnā), जाना (hi) (jānā)
  • Hungarian: jár (hu), megy (hu), sétál (hu), gyalogol (hu), gyalog megy
  • Ibanag: lakad
  • Icelandic: ganga (is), labba (informal)
  • Ido: promenar (io)
  • Indonesian: jalan (id)
  • Ingrian: männä, käyvvä, lovata
  • Interlingua: promenar, ambular
  • Irish: siúil
  • Isan: please add this translation if you can
  • Italian: camminare (it), andare a piedi
  • Japanese: 歩く (ja) (あるく, aruku)
  • Javanese: mlaku (jv)
  • Kabuverdianu: anda, andá
  • Kannada: please add this translation if you can
  • Kashubian: chòdzëc
  • Kazakh: жүру (kk) (jüru)
  • Khmer: ដើរ (km) (daə)
  • Kikuyu: thiĩ
  • Korean: 걷다 (ko) (geotda), 가다 (ko) (gada), 걸어가다 (ko) (georeogada)
  • Krio: waka
  • Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: ڕۆیشتن (ckb) (royiştin), پیاسە کردن(pyase kirdin)
  • Kyrgyz: жүрүү (ky) (jürüü), басуу (ky) (basuu)
  • Lao: ຍ່າງ (nyāng), ດຸ່ງ (dung)
  • Latgalian: īt, staiguot, veižuot
  • Latin: gradior (la), ambulō, vadō
  • Latvian: iet, staigāt
  • Lithuanian: eiti (lt), vaikščioti
  • Livonian: kǟdõ
  • Lombard: andà (lmo)
  • Lushootseed: ʔibəš
  • Luxembourgish: goen (lb), trëppelen, spadséieren
  • Lü: ᦵᦤᦲᧃ (doen)
  • Macedonian: оди (odi), пешачи (pešači), шета (šeta) (to go for a walk), иде (ide)
  • Magahi: 𑂥𑂳𑂪𑂪 (bulal)
  • Malay: berjalan (ms)
  • Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
  • Maltese: mexa
  • Manchu: ᠶᠠᠪᡠᠮᠪᡳ (yabumbi), ᡶᡝᠯᡳᠶᡝᠮᠪᡳ (feliyembi)
  • Maore Comorian: uendra
  • Maori: haere-ā-waewae, whakaraka, wawake, haere mā raro
  • Mapudungun: xekan
  • Marathi: chalane n
  • Mbyá Guaraní: guata
  • Middle English: walken
  • Mongolian: явган явах (javgan javax)
    Classical Mongolian: ᠶᠠᠪᠤᠮᠤᠢ (yabumui̯)
  • Nahuatl: nenemi (nah)
  • Nepali: हिँड्नु (ne) (hĩḍnu)
  • Ngarrindjeri: noppun
  • Ngunawal: yerrabi
  • Norman: marchi
  • Norwegian:  (no), spasere (no)
  • Occitan: caminar (oc)
  • Old English: gān
  • Oriya: ଆସିବା (asiba)
  • Oromo: deemuu
  • Ossetian: цӕуын (cæwyn)
  • Pashto: please add this translation if you can
  • Persian: راه رفتن (fa) (râh raftan), پیاده رفتن(piyâde raftan)
  • Pipil: nejnemi, nehnemi
  • Plautdietsch: gonen
  • Polish: iść (pl), chodzić (pl)
  • Portuguese: andar (pt), caminhar (pt)
  • Punjabi: ਚਲਣਾ (calṇā)
  • Quechua: riy (qu)
  • Rapa Nui: ha’ere
  • Romani: phirel
  • Romanian: merge (ro), umbla (ro)
  • Romansch: chaminar
  • Russian: ходи́ть (ru) impf (xodítʹ) (abstract verb), идти́ (ru) impf (idtí) (concrete verb), шага́ть (ru) impf (šagátʹ), идти́ пешко́м impf (idtí peškóm), гуля́ть (ru) impf (guljátʹ) (leisurely)
  • Saho: gerhe
  • Samoan: e savali
  • Sanskrit: चलति (sa) (calati)
  • Saterland Frisian: gunge, loope, treede
  • Scottish Gaelic: coisich
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: хо́дати impf, хо̀дити pf, ѝћи impf (informal), че́пати impf (Croatian), ше́тати impf, проше́тати pf
    Roman: hódati (sh) impf, hòditi (sh) pf, ìći impf (informal), čépati (sh) impf (Croatian), šétati (sh) impf, prošétati (sh) pf
  • Shan: please add this translation if you can
  • Sicilian: caminari (scn), jiri pedi pedi, passijari
  • Sindhi: هلڻ
  • Slovak: ísť (sk), ísť krokom, ísť peši, chodiť
  • Slovene: hoditi (sl), iti (sl)
  • Somali: tegid
  • Sorbian:
    Lower Sorbian: chójźiś impf, pśechójźowaś se impf
  • Spanish: caminar (es), andar (es)
  • Sundanese: papah
  • Swahili: kutembea
  • Swedish:  (sv), gå till fots (idionomic)
  • Sylheti: ꠀꠐꠣ (aṭa)
  • Tagalog: maglakad
  • Tahitian: haere
  • Tajik: гаштан (tg) (gaštan)
  • Tamil: நட (ta) (naṭa)
  • Tatar: йөрергә (tt) (yörergä)
  • Tausug: panaw
  • Telugu: నడుచుట (te) (naḍucuṭa)
  • Ternate: tagi
  • Tetum: la’o
  • Thai: เดิน (th) (dəən)
  • Tibetan: གོམ་པ་རྒྱག (gom pa rgyag), ཞབས་གོམ་བཀྱོན (zhabs gom bkyon) (honorific)
  • Tidore: tagi
  • Tok Pisin: wokabaut
  • Turkish: yürümek (tr)
  • Turkmen: ýöremek
  • Tuvan: кылаштаар (kılaştaar)
  • Ukrainian: ходи́ти (uk) (xodýty), іти́ (uk) (itý), іти́ кро́ком (itý krókom), гуля́ти (huljáty) (leisurely), іти́ пі́шки (itý píšky)
  • Urdu: ٹہلنا(ṭahalnā), چلنا(calnā), جانا(jānā)
  • Uyghur: ماڭماق(mangmaq)
  • Uzbek: yurmoq (uz)
  • Venetian: caminar (vec), caminare
  • Vietnamese: đi (vi), đi bộ (vi)
  • Walloon: roter (wa)
  • Waray-Waray: lakaw, lakat
  • Welsh: cerdded (cy)
  • West Frisian: gean (fy)
  • White Hmong: taug kev
  • Xhosa: -hamba
  • Yiddish: גיין(geyn), שפּאַצירן(shpatsirn)
  • Zazaki: pay şiyen, luwen
  • Zealandic: loôpe
  • Zhuang: byaij, yamq
  • Zulu: -hamba (zu)

Britannica Dictionary definition of WALK

[no object]

:

to move with your legs at a speed that is slower than running

  • Is your grandson walking yet?

  • It’s a lovely day—let’s walk (instead of driving).

  • He walks home from school every day.

  • It’s not far; you can walk there in five minutes.

  • It was a while after the accident before she could walk again.

  • He walked away without saying goodbye!

  • She turned and walked away from him.

  • The driver walked away from the accident unharmed.

  • They walk around the neighborhood every morning for exercise.

  • We walked around the city all day seeing the sights.

  • He walked to the store.

  • He walked with her to the library.

  • We had to walk up five flights of stairs to his apartment.

  • She walked up to the counter and ordered a coffee.

  • You don’t have to knock. Just walk right in.

  • Her father walked in when they were kissing. = They were kissing when in walked her father.

  • He walked into the room. [=he entered the room by walking]

  • She wasn’t paying attention and walked into the sign. [=she accidentally hit the sign while walking past it]

  • We like to go walking [=go for walks; take walks] in the morning.

often used figuratively

  • We can’t let these big corporations just walk in and take over the town!




see also sleepwalk

[+ object]

:

to go with (someone) to a place by walking

:

to walk with (someone)

  • She walks her children home from school.

  • The nurse walked the patient to the bathroom.

  • I’ll walk you to your car.

[+ object]

:

to cause (an animal) to go for a walk with you

:

to take (an animal) for a walk

  • He walks the dog at least three times a day.

  • She walked the horse to the stable.

[+ object]

:

to cause (something) to move with you while walking

  • She walked her bike up the hill.

[+ object]

:

to move (something) in a way that is like walking

  • They walked the heavy bookcase over to the wall by moving one end at a time.

  • He walked his fingers along the baby’s belly.

[+ object]

:

to pass over, through, or along (something) by walking

  • We walked four miles.

  • We walked the whole trail.

  • It is no longer safe to walk the streets at night.

  • She slowly walked the tightrope.

  • police officers walking the beat

baseball

[no object]

of a batter

:

to get to first base by not swinging at four pitches that are balls

  • She walked her first time at bat.

[+ object]

of a pitcher

:

to cause (a batter) to go to first base by throwing four pitches that are balls

  • He walked the first two batters.

[no object]

:

to be allowed to go free without being punished for a crime

  • He walked on a technicality.

  • Although there was evidence against her, she walked free because of an illegal search by the police.

:

to decide not to do or be involved in something

  • If you don’t like the deal, you can just walk away.

often + from

  • He walked away from a chance to play professional baseball to join the Peace Corps.

  • You can’t just walk away from your responsibilities!

  • She is not one to walk away from a challenge.

walk away with (something)

informal

:

to win (something) especially in an easy way

  • She walked away with the election.

  • He walked away with first place.

  • She had the winning ticket and walked away with $50,000!

walk before you (can) run

:

to learn the basics before trying to do something more advanced

  • Don’t get ahead of yourself. You have to walk before you can run.

walk down the aisle




see aisle

walking on air




see 1air

walk in on

[phrasal verb]

walk in on (someone or something)

:

to enter a room and interrupt (someone or something)

  • He walked in on me when I was getting dressed.

  • She walked in on the meeting.

walk into (something)

:

to become involved in or fooled by (something) because you are not aware of what is really happening

  • He walked right into our trap.

  • “I can’t believe you fell for that old joke!” “Yeah, I guess I walked right into that one.”

chiefly British

:

to get (a job) very easily

  • After college, she walked straight into a job.

:

to go to a place by walking

  • “Should we take the car?” “It’s not that far. Let’s just walk it.”

British

:

to do something successfully and easily

  • It’s an easy exam. You’ll walk it.

:

to leave somewhere suddenly especially as a way of showing disapproval

  • She slapped him in the face and walked off.

walk off (something)

or

walk (something) off

:

to get rid of (something) by walking

  • He walked off a cramp in his leg.

  • That was a pretty big dinner. Let’s walk some of it off in the park.

walk off with (something)

informal

:

to steal (something)

  • He walked off with $500,000 worth of jewelry.

:

to win (something) especially in an easy or impressive way

  • They walked off with the state championship.

walk off the/your job

chiefly US, informal

:

to stop working and go on strike

  • Teachers walked off the job today.

walk on eggshells

informal

or US

walk on eggs

:

to be very careful about what you say or do

  • She is very touchy, so you have to walk on eggshells around her.

:

to leave somewhere suddenly especially as a way of showing disapproval

  • His racist remark caused many people in the audience to walk out.

often + of

  • A whole group of angry parents walked out of the meeting.

:

to go on strike

  • The workers walked out over a wage dispute.

informal

walk out on (someone)

:

to leave (someone) suddenly and unexpectedly

:

to abandon or desert (someone)

  • He walked out on his wife and children.

walk out on (something)

:

to leave before the completion of (something)

  • The director has reportedly walked out on the movie.

walk (all) over (someone)

informal

:

to not consider the wishes or feelings of (someone)

:

to treat (someone) very badly

  • Don’t let people walk all over you! Stand up for yourself!

  • They thought they could just walk right over us.

walk tall

:

to walk or behave in a way that shows you feel proud and confident

  • After that winning performance, she can once again walk tall.

walk the plank

:

to be forced to walk along a board sticking out over the side of a ship and fall into the sea

  • The traitor was forced to walk the plank.

walk the streets

:

to be a prostitute who finds customers by walking around in the streets

  • young runaways forced to walk the streets




see also streetwalker

:

to do the things that you say you will do

  • Don’t talk the talk unless you can walk the walk! [=don’t say that you can do something unless you can actually do it]

walk through

[phrasal verb]

walk through (something)

:

to do (something) slowly or without much effort

  • We walked through the whole dance routine once, then practiced each section.

  • It’s a shame to see such a talented actress just walking through her part.

walk (someone) through (something)

:

to help (someone) do (something) by going through its steps slowly

  • He walked me through installing the software.




see also walk-through

Britannica Dictionary definition of WALK

[count]

:

an act of walking

:

an act of going somewhere by walking

usually singular

  • It is a short/long walk to the restaurant.

  • It is about a five-minute walk (from here).

  • a quarter mile walk

  • She finished her run and slowed to a walk to cool down.

  • It’s a nice day to go for a walk.

  • We took a walk along the beach. = (Brit) We had a walk along the beach.

  • He took the dog for a walk.




see also power walk, space walk

[count]

:

a place or path for walking

  • The cliff walk along the ocean is very popular.

  • Many exotic plants can be found along the walk.

  • (US) She raked the yard and swept off the front walk. [=walkway]




see picture at house;


see also boardwalk, sidewalk

[count]

:

an organized event in which people walk to raise money for a particular cause or group

often + for

  • She is participating in the walk for breast cancer research.

[count]

:

a particular way of walking

usually singular

  • His walk is just like his father’s.

[singular]

:

a slow speed

  • A shortage of raw materials slowed production to a walk.

all walks of life

or

every walk of life

used to refer to people who have many different jobs or positions in society

usually used with from

  • People from all walks of life came to the carnival.

  • Thousands of worshippers from every walk of life joined together in prayer.

sometimes used with of or in in U.S. English

  • Children of every walk of life attend this school.

  • people in all walks of life

cock of the walk




see 1cock

walk in the park

US, informal

:

something that is pleasant or easy

  • Being a firefighter is no walk in the park.

  • The test should be a walk in the park for her.

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