walk
v.
stroll, stride; travel by foot; lead, guide; accompany; conduct
n.
striding, strolling; journey on foot; path; passage; sidewalk; manner of walking; profession; lane
WALK
Walking
walk
Noun
1. the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"
(synonym) walking
(hypernym) locomotion, travel
(hyponym) ambulation
(part-meronym) pace, stride, tread
2. (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls"
(synonym) base on balls, pass
(hypernym) accomplishment, achievement
(classification) baseball, baseball game, ball
3. manner of walking; "he had a funny walk"
(synonym) manner of walking
(hypernym) carriage, bearing, posture
4. the act of walking somewhere; "he took a walk after lunch"
(hypernym) travel, traveling, travelling
(hyponym) amble, promenade, ramble, saunter, stroll, perambulation
(derivation) take the air
5. a path set aside for walking; "after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk"
(synonym) walkway, paseo
(hypernym) path
(hyponym) boardwalk
(derivation) take the air
6. a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground
(hypernym) gait
7. careers in general; "it happens in all walks of life"
(synonym) walk of life
(hypernym) career, calling, vocation
Verb
1. 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"
(antonym) ride
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) tramp down, trample, tread down
(entail) step
(see-also) perambulate, walk about, walk around
(derivation) manner of walking
2. traverse or cover by walking; "Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day"
(hypernym) traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
(derivation) pedestrian, walker, footer
3. accompany or escort; "I'll walk you to your car"
(hypernym) accompany
(hyponym) trot
4. obtain a base on balls
(hypernym) score, hit, tally, rack up
(derivation) base on balls, pass
(classification) baseball, baseball game, ball
5. live or behave in a specified manner; "walk in sadness"
(hypernym) behave, comport
6. take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure; "The lovers held hands while walking"; "We like to walk every Sunday"
(synonym) take the air
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) constitutionalize
(derivation) manner of walking
7. give a base on balls to
(hypernym) play
(derivation) base on balls, pass
(classification) baseball, baseball game, ball
8. be or act in association with; "We must walk with our dispossessed brothers and sisters"; "Walk with God"
(hypernym) consociate, associate
9. make walk; "He walks the horse up the mountain"; "Walk the dog twice a day"
(hypernym) compel, oblige, obligate
(hyponym) parade, exhibit, march
(derivation) manner of walking
10. walk at a pace; "The horsese walked across the meadow"
(hypernym) pace
walken
v.
drum, tumble; full, clean and thicken fabric during the manufacturing process, mill; flex, bend
Walk
(v. t.)
To subject, as cloth or yarn, to the fulling process; to full.
(v. t.)
To pass through, over, or upon; to traverse; to perambulate; as, to walk the streets.
(v. t.)
To cause to walk; to lead, drive, or ride with a slow pace; as to walk one's horses.
(v. i.)
To move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement; to take one's exercise; to ramble.
(v. i.)
To move off; to depart.
(v. i.)
To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate, but without running, or lifting one foot entirely before the other touches the ground.
(v. i.)
To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's self.
(v. i.)
To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; -- said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person; to go about as a somnambulist or a specter.
(v. i.)
To be in motion; to act; to move; to wag.
(n.)
The route or district regularly served by a vender; as, a milkman's walk.
(n.)
The act of walking, or moving on the feet with a slow pace; advance without running or leaping.
(n.)
The act of walking for recreation or exercise; as, a morning walk; an evening walk.
(n.)
That in or through which one walks; place or distance walked over; a place for walking; a path or avenue prepared for foot passengers, or for taking air and exercise; way; road; hence, a place or region in which animals may graze; place of wandering; range; as, a sheep walk.
(n.)
Manner of walking; gait; step; as, we often know a person at a distance by his walk.
(n.)
Conduct; course of action; behavior.
(n.)
A frequented track; habitual place of action; sphere; as, the walk of the historian.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About