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Walk

verb

(past & past part. walked; pres. part. walking)

1.

Use one's feet to advance; advance by steps. "We walked instead of driving" , "She walks with a slight limp" , "The patient cannot walk yet" , "Walk over to the cabinet" Antonym: ride.

2.

Accompany or escort.

3.

Obtain a base on balls.

4.

Traverse or cover by walking. "Paul walked the streets of Damascus" , "She walks 3 miles every day"

5.

Give a base on balls to.

6.

Live or behave in a specified manner.

7.

Be or act in association with. "Walk with God"

8.

Walk at a pace.

9.

Make walk. "Walk the dog twice a day"

10.

Take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure. Synonym: take the air. "We like to walk every Sunday"

noun

1.

The act of traveling by foot. Synonym: walking.

2.

(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls. Synonyms: base on balls, pass.

3.

Manner of walking. Synonym: manner of walking.

4.

The act of walking somewhere.

5.

A path set aside for walking. Synonyms: paseo, walkway.

6.

A slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground.

7.

Careers in general. Synonym: walk of life.

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"Walk" Quotes from Famous Books

... If that be all, the next time that I meet her, Ile make her shake off love with her heeles. But which way is he gone? Ile goe take a walk On purpose from the Court to ...

— Massacre at Paris • Christopher Marlowe

... felt he could not enter. He was acting like a fool. He turned away and once more sought his quarters, disgusted with himself that he should be disturbed by the thought of Mandy Haley or that it should cause him a moment's embarrassment to walk into her presence with or without excuse, determinedly he set himself to regain his one-time attitude of mind toward the girl. With little difficulty he recalled his sense of superiority, his kindly pity, his desire to protect her crude simplicity ...

— Corporal Cameron • Ralph Connor

... eyes and tried to sleep, but sleep would not come. She missed her morning walk and the fresh air of out-of-doors, so she gave it up, opened her eyes again, and lay wakefully thinking of home and Mother, Dick and Jean, and school. The big clock on the mantelpiece seemed to ...

— The Happy Adventurers • Lydia Miller Middleton

... superb Cyprus cat, all grey; but, alas I one day she took a walk in the street, and they caught her, and then indeed it was all over with her. I only hope Minette will not get out, but she is so lean that they would find little but ...

— Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe • Charlotte M. Yonge

... being so still," said Scott. "Let's push on." Riding around to the front of the house—a long, narrow, adobe building, they came upon the first real sign of habitation; a brown hen, who, accompanied by her family, was scratching around the walk with an immense show of industry; while on the veranda sat two men. One was a white man; the other, a Chinese, dressed in the dark blue shirt and trousers of his people. As the newcomers dismounted, ...

— Across the Mesa • Jarvis Hall

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