walking
Significat (anglès)
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present participle and gerund of walk
Sinònims
going on foot
walk-to
wandering about
go with the wind
walking with legs stiff and wide apart
act of walking
walk for pleasure
being loose
be able
go across
going along
Freqüència
Amb guionet com
walk‧ing
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈwɔːkɪŋ/
Etimologia (anglès)
From Middle English walkynge, walkinge, walkinde, walkende, walkand, walkande, from Old English wealcende (attested as Old English wealcendes), from Proto-Germanic *walkandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *walkaną (“to roll, trample, walk”), equivalent to walk + -ing.
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walk
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- To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.
- (colloquial) To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.
- (colloquial) Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
- 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 believes he is out.
- To travel (a distance) by walking.
- To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.
- To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
- Of an object or machine, to move by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.
- To cause something to move in such a way.
- To full; to beat (cloth) to give it the consistency of felt.
- To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).
- To operate the left and right throttles of (an aircraft) in alternation.
- (colloquial) To leave, resign.
- To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.
- To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.
- To go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, such as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person.
- (obsolete) To be in motion; to act; to move.
- To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.
- (informal) To move (a guest) to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available on day of check-in.
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