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Walking   /wˈɔkɪŋ/   Listen
Walking

noun
1.
The act of traveling by foot.  Synonym: walk.
adjective
1.
Close enough to be walked to.  Synonym: walk-to.  "The factory with the big parking lot...is more convenient than the walk-to factory"



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"
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"



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"Walking" Quotes from Famous Books



... impossible. Not at all: listen. We are told to suppose that Vivarce and Leonore have had a possibly quite harmless flirtation; and instead of Vivarce being found on his way from Leonore's room, he has merely been walking with Leonore in the garden: at midnight remember, and after her husband has gone to bed. In order to lead up to this, a preposterous speech has been put into the mouth of the Marquis de Neste, an idiotic rhapsody about love and ...
— Plays, Acting and Music - A Book Of Theory • Arthur Symons

... marauders, and thieves. Oh, haven't I demolished some of those German sharpshooters! Sh——We must speak quietly, though; these sly fellows are very quick of hearing!" He then pointed to the German officers who were walking up and down. "Ah, the rascals!" he went on. "If I had my uniform and my gun they would not walk so boldly in front of Theodore Joussian. I have no fewer than ...
— My Double Life - The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt • Sarah Bernhardt

... the sanctuary and were walking back toward the entrance. He half stopped and looked ...
— The Native Born - or, The Rajah's People • I. A. R. Wylie

... with this very subject matter of his principle, and utterly repudiated his principle, acting upon a precisely contrary ground. It is as impudent and absurd as if a prosecuting attorney should stand up before a jury and ask them to convict A as the murderer of B, while B was walking alive before them. ...
— The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Complete - Constitutional Edition • Abraham Lincoln

... where, having no friend to advise him, he fell into bad company, soon spent his guineas, found no means of being introduced among the players, grew necessitous, pawned his clothes, and wanted bread. Walking the street, very hungry, not knowing what to do with himself, a crimp's bill was put into his hand, offering immediate entertainment and encouragement to such as would bind themselves to work in America. He went directly, signed the indentures, was put into the ship, ...
— The Printer Boy. - Or How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark. An Example for Youth. • William M. Thayer


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