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[1] considered as a person who can or does walk or something that walks: The hospital is caring for six walking patients. He's walking proof that people can lose weight quickly.
[2] used for or as an aid in walking: She put on her walking shoes and went out.
[3] suitable for, characterized by, or consisting of walking: True sightseeing is a walking affair. We took a walking tour of Spain.
[4] of or relating to an implement or machine drawn by a draft animal and operated or controlled by a person on foot: a walking plow.
[5] of or relating to a mechanical part that moves back and forth.
[6] the act or action of a person or thing that walks: Walking was the best exercise for him.
[7] the manner or way in which a person walks.
[8] the state or condition of the surface, terrain, etc., on which a person walks: The walking is dry over here.
[9] race walking.
[10] 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.
[11] to move about or travel on foot for exercise or pleasure: We can walk in the park after lunch.
[12] (of things) to move in a manner suggestive of walking, as through repeated vibrations or the effect of alternate expansion and contraction: He typed so hard that the lamp walked right off the desk.
[13] Baseball . to receive a base on balls.
[14] Slang . to go on strike; stage a walkout: The miners will walk unless they get a pay raise. 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.
[15] to go about on the earth, or appear to living persons, as a ghost: to believe that spirits walk at night.
[16] (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.
[17] to conduct oneself in a particular manner; pursue a particular course of life: to walk humbly with thy God.
[18] Basketball . (of a player in possession of the ball) to take more than two steps without dribbling or passing the ball.
[19] Obsolete . to be in motion or action.
[20] to proceed through, over, or upon at a moderate pace on foot: walking London streets by night; walking the floor all night.
[21] to cause to walk; lead, drive, or ride at a walk, as an animal: We walked our horses the last quarter of a mile.
[22] to force or help to walk, as a person: They were walking him around the room soon after his operation.
[23] to conduct or accompany on a walk: He walked them about the park.
[24] to move (a box, trunk, or other object) in a manner suggestive of walking, as by a rocking motion.
[25] Baseball . (of a pitcher) to give a base on balls to (a batter).
[26] to spend or pass (time) in walking (often followed by away ): We walked the morning away along the beach.
[27] to cause or accomplish by walking: We saw them walking guard over the chain gang.
[28] to examine, measure, etc., by traversing on foot: to walk a track; to walk the boundaries of the property.
[29] Basketball . to advance (the ball) by taking more than two steps without dribbling or passing.
[30] 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.
[31] an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
[32] a period of walking for exercise or pleasure: to go for a walk.
[33] a distance walked or to be walked, often in terms of the time required: not more than ten minutes' walk from town.
[34] the gait or pace of a person or an animal that walks.
[35] a characteristic or individual manner of walking: It was impossible to mistake her walk.
[36] a department or branch of activity, or a particular line of work: They found every walk of life closed against them.
[37] Baseball . base on balls.
[38] a path or way for pedestrians at the side of a street or road; sidewalk.
[39] a place prepared or set apart for walking.
[40] a path in a garden or the like.
[41] a passage between rows of trees.
[42] an enclosed yard, pen, or the like where domestic animals are fed and left to exercise.
[43] the walk. race walking.
[44] a sheepwalk.
[45] a ropewalk.
[46] (in the West Indies) a plantation of trees, especially coffee trees.
[47] a group, company, or congregation, especially of snipes.
[48] British . the route of a street vendor, tradesman, or the like. the district or area in which such a route is located. a tract of forest land under the charge of one forester or keeper.
[49] Archaic . manner of behavior; conduct; course of life.
[50] Obsolete . a haunt or resort.
[51] walk off , to get rid of by walking: to walk off a headache.
[52] walk off with , to remove illegally; steal. to win or attain, as in a competition: to walk off with the first prize for flower arrangements. to surpass one's competitors; win easily: to walk off with the fight.
[53] walk out , to go on strike. to leave in protest: to walk out of a committee meeting.
[54] walk out on , to leave unceremoniously; desert; forsake: to walk out on one's family.
[55] walk out with , British . to court or be courted by: Cook is walking out with the chauffeur.
[56] walk through , Theater , Television . to release (a play) by combining a reading aloud of the lines with the designated physical movements. Informal . to perform (a role, play, etc.) in a perfunctory manner. to make little or no effort in performing one's role: He didn't like the script and walked through his part.
[57] walk up , (of a hunter) to flush (game) by approaching noisily on foot and often with hunting dogs.
[58] (of a person) considered to possess the qualities of something inanimate as specified he is a walking encyclopedia
[59] (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
[60] (tr) to pass through, on, or over on foot, esp habitually
[61] (tr) to cause, assist, or force to move along at a moderate rate to walk a dog
[62] (tr) to escort or conduct by walking to walk someone home
[63] (intr) (of ghosts, spirits, etc) to appear or move about in visible form
[64] (of inanimate objects) to move or cause to move in a manner that resembles walking
[65] (intr) to follow a certain course or way of life to walk in misery
[66] (tr) to bring into a certain condition by walking I walked my shoes to shreds
[67] (tr) to measure, survey, or examine by walking
[68] (tr) baseball to allow a batter to go to first base without batting by throwing four balls outside of the strike zone
[69] Also: travel (intr) basketball to take more than two steps without passing or dribbling the ball
[70] to disappear or be stolen where's my pencil? It seems to have walked
[71] (intr) slang , mainly US (in a court of law) to be acquitted or given a noncustodial sentence
[72] walk it to win easily
[73] walk the plank See plank 1 (def. 4)
[74] walk on air to be delighted or exhilarated
[75] walk tall informal to have self-respect or pride
[76] walk the streets to be a prostitute to wander round a town or city, esp when looking for work or having nowhere to stay
[77] walk the walk or walk the talk informal to put theory into practice you can talk the talk but can you walk the walk? See also talk (def. 15)
[78] the act or an instance of walking
[79] the distance or extent walked
[80] a manner of walking; gait
[81] a place set aside for walking; promenade
[82] a chosen profession or sphere of activity (esp in the phrase walk of life )
[83] a foot race in which competitors walk
[84] an arrangement of trees or shrubs in widely separated rows the space between such rows
[85] an enclosed ground for the exercise or feeding of domestic animals, esp horses
[86] mainly British the route covered in the course of work, as by a tradesman or postman
[87] a procession; march Orange walk
[88] obsolete the section of a forest controlled by a keeper

Words related to Walking

ambulatory, hiking, marching, promenading, afoot, ambulate, roaming, strolling, strutting, wandering

Words nearby Walking

walker, walker hound, walker lake, walker, alice, walkie-talkie, walking, walking bass, walking beam, walking bus, walking catfish, walking delegate

Origin of Walking

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

Other words from Walking

non·walk·ing , adjective, noun
un·walked , adjective

Word origin for Walking

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

Synonyms for Walking

ambulatory, hiking, marching, promenading, afoot, ambulate, digitigrade, plantigrade, roaming, strolling, strutting, wandering