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Adjective: walking  wo-king
  1. Close enough to be walked to
    "walking distance"
    - walk-to
Noun: walking  wo-king
  1. The act of travelling by foot
    "walking is a healthy form of exercise"
    - walk
Verb: walk  wok
  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"
     
  2. Accompany or escort
    "I'll walk you to your car"
     
  3. Obtain a base on balls
     
  4. Traverse or cover by walking
    "Walk the tightrope"; "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
    "walk in sadness"
     
  7. Be or act in association with
    "We must walk with our dispossessed brothers and sisters"; "Walk with God"
     
  8. Walk at a pace
    "The horses walked across the meadow"
     
  9. Make (someone or something) advance on foot; take on a walk (esp. for exercise)
    "He walks the horse up the mountain"; "Walk the dog twice a day"
     
  10. Take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure
    "The lovers held hands while walking"; "We like to walk every Sunday"
    - take the air

Derived forms: walkings

See also: close, walk around, walker

Type of: accompany, associate, behave, compel, comport, consociate, cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, go, hit, locomote, locomotion, move, obligate, oblige, pace, pass over, play, rack up, score, tally, track, travel, traverse

Antonym: ride

Encyclopedia: Walk, Don't Run Walk Walk, Livonia Walk, Idiot, Walk

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