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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"

noun

1.

The act of traveling by foot. Synonym: walking.

2.

(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls. Synonyms: base on balls, pass.

3.

Manner of walking. Synonym: manner of walking.

4.

The act of walking somewhere.

5.

A path set aside for walking. Synonyms: paseo, walkway.

6.

A slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground.

7.

Careers in general. Synonym: walk of life.

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"Walk" Quotes from Famous Books

... really was the one who showed them the way of their feet in the world practical. He began by teaching them to walk. He sat up with them when they were sick. One by one, when they were scarcely toddlers, he took them down to the lagoon, and made them into amphibians. He taught them more than I ever knew of the habits of fish and the ways of catching them. In the bush it was the ...

— Brown Wolf and Other Jack London Stories - Chosen and Edited By Franklin K. Mathiews • Jack London

... After a walk of about quarter of an hour, he reached the sources of the river above Conches, where his ravished eyes beheld one of those landscapes that ought to be described, like the history of France, in a thousand volumes or in only one. We must here ...

— Sons of the Soil • Honore de Balzac

... unremitting toil. The actions of the Government must command the confidence of the country. Without this, our prosperity would be lost. We must extend to other countries the largest measure of generosity, moderation, and patience. In addition to dealing justly, we can well afford to walk humbly. ...

— State of the Union Addresses of Calvin Coolidge • Calvin Coolidge

... "but really I think that I begin to believe in ghosts also. Look, I never noticed them before, and I didn't walk there, but those footsteps seem to lead right up to him." Then she ...

— Benita, An African Romance • H. Rider Haggard

... went out on scout duty—self-elected. You know she considers that the earth was made for her to walk on when she chooses to use it that way. She spied trouble ahead and came back, and gave me the key to the west door of Council Grove so I could get ...

— Vanguards of the Plains • Margaret McCarter

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