walking
Meaning
-
present participle and gerund of walk
Concepts
walking
going
walk
strolling
moving
gait
ambulation
pacing
traveling
going on foot
walk-to
striding
step
on foot
hiking
ambulant
pedestrian
promenade
perambulation
pace
stroll
journey
trekking
gather
meet
realize
rung
stair
going along
travelling
wandering
doing
walking with legs stiff and wide apart
ambling
ambulatory
afoot
rambling
locomotion
grazing
wandering about
being
living
departure
riding
recreation
walk for pleasure
journeying
proceeding
being loose
foot
ramble
saunter
act of walking
step by step
limping
tour
speed
carry
pass by
able
go across
running
stiff
go with the wind
travel
trip
run
by foot
Bigfoot
be able
Frequency
Hyphenated as
walk‧ing
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈwɔːkɪŋ/
Etymology
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.
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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