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walk⋅ing

  [waw-king]
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–adjective
1. considered as a person who can or does walk or something that walks: The hospital is caring for six walking patients. He's walking proof that people can lose weight quickly.
2. used for or as an aid in walking: She put on her walking shoes and went out.
3. suitable for, characterized by, or consisting of walking: True sightseeing is a walking affair. We took a walking tour of Spain.
4. of or pertaining to an implement or machine drawn by a draft animal and operated or controlled by a person on foot: a walking plow.
5. of or pertaining to a mechanical part that moves back and forth.
–noun
6. the act or action of a person or thing that walks: Walking was the best exercise for him.
7. the manner or way in which a person walks.
8. the state or condition of the surface, terrain, etc., on which a person walks: The walking is dry over here.
9. race walking.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see walk, -ing 2 , -ing 1
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walk

  [wawk]
–verb (used without object)
1. to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
2. to move about or travel on foot for exercise or pleasure: We can walk in the park after lunch.
3. (of things) to move in a manner suggestive of walking, as through repeated vibrations or the effect of alternate expansion and contraction: He typed so hard that the lamp walked right off the desk.
4. Baseball. to receive a base on balls.
5. Slang.
a. to go on strike; stage a walkout: The miners will walk unless they get a pay raise.
b. to be acquitted or to be released or fined rather than sentenced to jail: If the prosecutor doesn't present his case well, the murderer may walk.
6. to go about on the earth, or appear to living persons, as a ghost: to believe that spirits walk at night.
7. (of a tool, pointer, or pen of a recording device, etc.) to glide, slip, or move from a straight course, fixed position, or the like: A regular drill bit may walk on a plastic surface when you first try to make a hole. When the earthquake started, the pen on the seismograph walked all over the paper.
8. to conduct oneself in a particular manner; pursue a particular course of life: to walk humbly with thy God.
9. Basketball. (of a player in possession of the ball) to take more than two steps without dribbling or passing the ball.
10. Obsolete. to be in motion or action.
–verb (used with object)
11. to proceed through, over, or upon at a moderate pace on foot: walking London streets by night; walking the floor all night.
12. to cause to walk; lead, drive, or ride at a walk, as an animal: We walked our horses the last quarter of a mile.
13. to force or help to walk, as a person: They were walking him around the room soon after his operation.
14. to conduct or accompany on a walk: He walked them about the park.
15. to move (a box, trunk, or other object) in a manner suggestive of walking, as by a rocking motion.
16. Baseball. (of a pitcher) to give a base on balls to (a batter).
17. to spend or pass (time) in walking (often fol. by away): We walked the morning away along the beach.
18. to cause or accomplish by walking: We saw them walking guard over the chain gang.
19. to examine, measure, etc., by traversing on foot: to walk a track; to walk the boundaries of the property.
20. Basketball. to advance (the ball) by taking more than two steps without dribbling or passing.
21. Informal. to send (a person who has a reservation at a hotel) to another hotel because of overbooking: It's exasperating to find yourself walked when you arrive at a hotel late in the evening.
–noun
22. an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
23. a period of walking for exercise or pleasure: to go for a walk.
24. a distance walked or to be walked, often in terms of the time required: not more than ten minutes' walk from town.
25. the gait or pace of a person or an animal that walks.
26. a characteristic or individual manner of walking: It was impossible to mistake her walk.
27. a department or branch of activity, or a particular line of work: They found every walk of life closed against them.
28. Baseball. base on balls.
29. a path or way for pedestrians at the side of a street or road; sidewalk.
30. a place prepared or set apart for walking.
31. a path in a garden or the like.
32. a passage between rows of trees.
33. an enclosed yard, pen, or the like where domestic animals are fed and left to exercise.
34. the walk. race walking.
35. a sheepwalk.
36. a ropewalk.
37. (in the West Indies) a plantation of trees, esp. coffee trees.
38. a group, company, or congregation, esp. of snipes.
39. British.
a. the route of a street vendor, tradesman, or the like.
b. the district or area in which such a route is located.
c. a tract of forest land under the charge of one forester or keeper.
40. Archaic. manner of behavior; conduct; course of life.
41. Obsolete. a haunt or resort.
—Verb phrases
42. walk off, to get rid of by walking: to walk off a headache.
43. walk off with,
a. to remove illegally; steal.
b. to win or attain, as in a competition: to walk off with the first prize for flower arrangements.
c. to surpass one's competitors; win easily: to walk off with the fight.
44. walk out,
a. to go on strike.
b. to leave in protest: to walk out of a committee meeting.
45. walk out on, to leave unceremoniously; desert; forsake: to walk out on one's family.
46. walk out with, British. to court or be courted by: Cook is walking out with the chauffeur.
47. walk through, Theater, Television.
a. to release (a play) by combining a reading aloud of the lines with the designated physical movements.
b. Informal. to perform (a role, play, etc.) in a perfunctory manner.
c. to make little or no effort in performing one's role: He didn't like the script and walked through his part.
48. walk up, (of a hunter) to flush (game) by approaching noisily on foot and often with hunting dogs.
—Idioms
49. take a walk, Informal. to leave, esp. abruptly and without any intention or prospect of returning (often used imperatively to indicate dismissal): If he doesn't get his way, he takes a walk. I don't need your advice, so take a walk.
50. walk (someone) through, to guide or instruct carefully one step at a time: The teacher will walk the class through the entire testing procedure before the real test begins.
51. walk Spanish,
a. to be forced by another to walk on tiptoe.
b. to walk cautiously.
c. to be discharged or dismissed.
d. to discharge or dismiss (someone).
52. walk the plank. plank (def. 8).
Origin:
bef. 1000; (v.) ME walken, OE wealcan to roll, toss, gewealcan to go; c. D, G walken to full (cloth), ON vālka to toss; (n.) ME, deriv. of the v.

Synonyms:
1. step, stride, stroll, saunter, ambulate, perambulate, promenade. 22. stroll, promenade, constitutional. 25. step, carriage. 27. sphere, area, field. 29, 30. passage, footpath, alley, avenue. 33. run.

race walking

 
–noun
the sport of rapid, continuous-foot-contact walking, requiring that the trailing foot not be lifted until the other meets the ground and the knee locks momentarily, and executed in an upright, rhythmic stride with the arms usually held bent and high and pumped close to the body.
Also called walking, the walk, heel-and-toe racing.

Related forms:
race walker, noun
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walk   (wôk)   
v.   walked, walk·ing, walks

v.   intr.
  1. To move over a surface by taking steps with the feet at a pace slower than a run: a baby learning to walk; a horse walking around a riding ring.
    1. To go or travel on foot: walked to the store.
    2. To go on foot for pleasure or exercise; stroll: walked along the beach looking for shells.
    3. To move in a manner suggestive of walking: saw a woodpecker walking up the tree trunk.
    4. To go out on strike.
    5. To resign from one's job abruptly; quit.
    6. To be acquitted: The alleged killer walked.
    7. Baseball To go to first base after the pitcher has thrown four pitches ruled as balls.
    8. Basketball To move illegally while holding the ball; travel.
  3. To conduct oneself or behave in a particular manner; live: walks in majesty and pride.
  4. To appear as a supernatural being: The specter of famine walks through the land.
  5. Slang
    1. To go out on strike.
    2. To resign from one's job abruptly; quit.
    3. To be acquitted: The alleged killer walked.
    4. Baseball To go to first base after the pitcher has thrown four pitches ruled as balls.
    5. Basketball To move illegally while holding the ball; travel.
    1. Baseball To go to first base after the pitcher has thrown four pitches ruled as balls.
    2. Basketball To move illegally while holding the ball; travel.
  7. Obsolete To be in constant motion.
v.   tr.
  1. To go or pass over, on, or through by walking: walk the financial district of a city.
  2. To bring to a specified condition by walking: They walked me to exhaustion.
  3. To cause to walk or proceed at a walk: walk a horse uphill.
  4. To accompany in walking; escort on foot: walk the children home; walked me down the hall.
  5. To traverse on foot in order to survey or measure; pace off: walked the bounds of the property.
  6. To move (a heavy or cumbersome object) in a manner suggestive of walking: walked the bureau into the hall.
  7. Baseball
    1. To allow (a batter) to go to first base by throwing four pitches ruled as balls.
    2. To cause (a run) to score by walking a batter. Often used with in.
n.  
    1. The gait of a human or other biped in which the feet are lifted alternately with one part of a foot always on the ground.
    2. The gait of a quadruped in which at least two feet are always touching the ground, especially the gait of a horse in which the feet touch the ground in the four-beat sequence of near hind foot, near forefoot, off hind foot, off forefoot.
    3. The self-controlled extravehicular movement in space of an astronaut.
    4. The rate at which one walks; a walking pace.
    5. The characteristic way in which one walks.
    6. Baseball A base on balls.
    7. Basketball The act or an instance of moving illegally with the ball; traveling.
    8. A track event in which contestants compete in walking a specified distance.
    9. Racewalking.
    10. An arrangement of trees or shrubs planted in widely spaced rows.
    11. The space between such rows.
  2. The act or an instance of walking, especially a stroll for pleasure or exercise.
    1. The rate at which one walks; a walking pace.
    2. The characteristic way in which one walks.
    3. Baseball A base on balls.
    4. Basketball The act or an instance of moving illegally with the ball; traveling.
    5. A track event in which contestants compete in walking a specified distance.
    6. Racewalking.
    7. An arrangement of trees or shrubs planted in widely spaced rows.
    8. The space between such rows.
  4. The distance covered or to be covered in walking.
  5. A place, such as a sidewalk or promenade, on which one may walk.
  6. A route or circuit particularly suitable for walking: one of the prettiest walks in the area.
    1. Baseball A base on balls.
    2. Basketball The act or an instance of moving illegally with the ball; traveling.
    3. A track event in which contestants compete in walking a specified distance.
    4. Racewalking.
    5. An arrangement of trees or shrubs planted in widely spaced rows.
    6. The space between such rows.
  8. Sports
    1. A track event in which contestants compete in walking a specified distance.
    2. Racewalking.
    3. An arrangement of trees or shrubs planted in widely spaced rows.
    4. The space between such rows.
  9. An enclosed area designated for the exercise or pasture of livestock.
    1. An arrangement of trees or shrubs planted in widely spaced rows.
    2. The space between such rows.
  11. To go on strike.
  12. To leave suddenly, often as a signal of disapproval.
  13. To treat badly or contemptuously.
  14. To gain an easy or uncontested victory over.
Phrasal Verb(s):
walk out
  1. To go on strike.
  2. To leave suddenly, often as a signal of disapproval.
walk over Informal
  1. To treat badly or contemptuously.
  2. To gain an easy or uncontested victory over.
walk throughTo perform (a play, for example) in a perfunctory fashion, as at a first rehearsal.

Idiom(s):
walk away from
  1. To outdo, outrun, or defeat with little difficulty.
  2. To survive (an accident) with very little injury.

Idiom(s):
walk off/away with
  1. To win easily or unexpectedly.
  2. To steal.

Idiom(s):
walk on airTo feel elated.

Idiom(s):
walk out onTo desert or abandon.

Idiom(s):
walk (someone) throughTo guide (someone) deliberately through (a process), one step at a time: She walked me through the installation of new software.

Idiom(s):
walk the plankTo be forced, as by pirates, to walk off a plank extended over the side of a ship so as to drown.

[Middle English walken, from Old English wealcan, to roll; see wel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
walk'a·bil'i·ty n., walk'a·ble adj.
walk·ing   (wô'kĭng)   
adj.  
  1. Able to walk despite injury or illness.
  2. Regarded as having the capabilities or qualities of a specified object: a teacher who is a walking dictionary.
  3. Used, intended, or suitable for walking: walking clothes; a walking trail; walking distance.
  4. Marked by the act of walking: a walking trip.
  5. Guided by a person who walks alongside. Used of a machine or farming tool.
n.  
  1. The action of one that walks.
  2. The state of the surface on which one walks: The walking was treacherous after the ice storm.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Walking

Walk"ing\, a. & n. from Walk, v.

Walking beam. See Beam, 10.

Walking crane, a kind of traveling crane. See under Crane.

Walking fern. (Bot.) See Walking leaf, below.

Walking fish (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus Ophiocephalus, some of which, as O. marulius, become over four feet long. They have a special cavity over the gills lined with a membrane adapted to retain moisture to aid in respiration, and are thus able to travel considerable distances over the land at night, whence the name. They construct a curious nest for their young. Called also langya.

Walking gentleman (Theater), an actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words. [Cant]

Walking lady (Theater), an actress who usually fills such parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage. [Cant]

Walking leaf. (a) (Bot.) A little American fern (Camptosorus rhizophyllus); -- so called because the fronds taper into slender prolongations which often root at the apex, thus producing new plants. (b) (Zo["o]l.) A leaf insect. See under Leaf.

Walking papers, or Walking ticket, an order to leave; dismissal, as from office. [Colloq.] --Bartlett.

Walking stick. (a) A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support or amusement when walking; a cane. (b) (Zo["o]l.) A stick insect; -- called also walking straw. See Illust. of Stick insect, under Stick.

Walking wheel (Mach.), a prime mover consisting of a wheel driven by the weight of men or animals walking either in it or on it; a treadwheel.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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walking 
c.1400, pp. adj. from walk (v.). Walking sickness, one in which the sufferer is able to get about and is not bed-ridden, is from 1846. Walking wounded is recorded from 1917. Walking bass is attested from 1939 in jazz slang. Walking stick is recorded from 1580; the insect so called from 1760.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: walk·ing
Pronunciation: 'wo-ki[ng]
Function: adjective
: able to walk : AMBULATORY walking wounded>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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