Walk

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English


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Pronunciation

  • wôk, /wɔːk/, /wO:k/
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Noun

Walk (plural Walks)

  1. A trip made by walking.
    I take a walk every morning
  2. A distance walked.
    It’s a long walk from my house to the library
  3. A manner of walking.
    The Ministry of Silly Walks is underfunded this year
  4. A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail.
  5. (baseball) An instance of walking a batter.
    The pitcher now has two walks in this inning alone
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Synonyms

  • (trip made by walking): stroll (slow walk), hike (long walk), trek (long walk)
  • (distance walked): hike (if long), trek (if long)
  • (manner of walking): gait
  • (path): footpath, path, (UK{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) pavement, (US{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) sidewalk
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Translations

trip made by walking

distance walked

manner of walking

path on which to walk

pavement/sidewalk on which to walk (See pavement/sidewalk)

baseball: instance of walking a batter

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Intransitive verb

to walk (third-person singular simple present walks, present participle walking, simple past walked, past participle walked)

  1. To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pairs of feet, in the case of quadrupeds) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.
  2. (colloquial{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) 
(law{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) To go free, particularly when actually guilty.
  1. If you can’t present a better case, that robber is going to walk.
  2. (colloquial{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) 
Of an object, to be stolen.
  1. If you leave your wallet lying around, it’s going to walk.
  2. (cricket) (of a batsman) To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side appeals and before the umpire has ruled; done as a matter of sportsmanship when the batsman knows he is out.
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Synonyms

  • (move upon two feet): ambulate (technical)
  • (colloquial: go free): be acquitted, get off, go free
  • (be stolen): be/get stolen; (UK{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) be/get nicked, be/get pinched
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Translations

move upon two feet

law: colloquial: to go free

colloquial: be stolen

in cricket

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Transitive verb

to walk (third-person singular simple present walks, present participle walking, simple past walked, past participle walked)

  1. To travel (a distance) by walking.
    I walk two miles to school every day.
    The museum’s not far from here—you can walk it.
  2. To take for a walk.
    I walk the dog every morning
  3. (baseball) To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
  4. To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.
    I carefully walked the ladder along the wall.
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Translations

travel (a distance) by walking

take for a walk

baseball: allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls

move something by shifting between two positions

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Derived terms

fr:walk

io:walk it:walk hu:walk pt:walk fi:walk sv:walk uk:walk zh:walk

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