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walk

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[ US /ˈwɑk, ˈwɔk/ ]
[ UK /wˈɔːk/ ]
VERB
  1. live or behave in a specified manner
    walk in sadness
  2. traverse or cover by walking
    She walks 3 miles every day
    Walk the tightrope
    Paul walked the streets of Damascus
  3. give a base on balls to
  4. make walk
    Walk the dog twice a day
    He walks the horse up the mountain
  5. 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
  6. obtain a base on balls
  7. accompany or escort
    I'll walk you to your car
  8. be or act in association with
    We must walk with our dispossessed brothers and sisters
    Walk with God
  9. walk at a pace
    The horses walked across the meadow
  10. take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure
    The lovers held hands while walking
    We like to walk every Sunday
NOUN
  1. the act of traveling by foot
    walking is a healthy form of exercise
  2. a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground
  3. careers in general
    it happens in all walks of life
  4. the act of walking somewhere
    he took a walk after lunch
  5. a path set aside for walking
    after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk
  6. (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
    he worked the pitcher for a base on balls
  7. manner of walking
    he had a funny walk
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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
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