[
US
/ˈwɑk, ˈwɔk/
]
[ UK /wˈɔːk/ ]
[ UK /wˈɔːk/ ]
VERB
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live or behave in a specified manner
walk in sadness -
traverse or cover by walking
She walks 3 miles every day
Walk the tightrope
Paul walked the streets of Damascus - give a base on balls to
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make walk
Walk the dog twice a day
He walks the horse up the mountain -
use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
She walks with a slight limp
Walk, don't run!
The patient cannot walk yet
We walked instead of driving
Walk over to the cabinet - obtain a base on balls
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accompany or escort
I'll walk you to your car -
be or act in association with
We must walk with our dispossessed brothers and sisters
Walk with God -
walk at a pace
The horses walked across the meadow -
take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure
The lovers held hands while walking
We like to walk every Sunday
NOUN
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the act of traveling by foot
walking is a healthy form of exercise - a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground
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careers in general
it happens in all walks of life -
the act of walking somewhere
he took a walk after lunch -
a path set aside for walking
after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk -
(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
he worked the pitcher for a base on balls -
manner of walking
he had a funny walk
How To Use walk In A Sentence
- The battery-operated doll comes complete with walkie-talkie and a wardrobe choice of military fatigues or bolero jacket and gold trousers.
- I walked out of the theatre feeling a little odd, as I often do when I have been deeply immersed in a film.
- We lapped the track a few times at a walk, trot and canter and the horse went through it pretty smoothly.
- Mr Boardman said: ‘I was out walking with my wife and dog when we happened across a little cove and we found the creature in the flotsam that had been washed up.’
- IT'S a little disconcerting to walk into a hotel room and find a quintet of young men all wearing slap which is far more expertly applied than your own.
- After all this time she was alive, living, breathing, and walking on the earth.
- We had to walk across a ploughed field.
- Rose doubled over when Facer walked in wearing his funny clothes.
- Sue walked down the aisle towards the restroom.
- The strike had been planned as a 24-hour walkout but has been extended three times. Times, Sunday Times