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Walk

verb

(past & past part. walked; pres. part. walking)

1.

Use one's feet to advance; advance by steps. "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.

3.

Obtain a base on balls.

4.

Traverse or cover by walking. "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.

7.

Be or act in association with. "Walk with God"

8.

Walk at a pace.

9.

Make walk. "Walk the dog twice a day"

10.

Take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure. Synonym: take the air. "We like to walk every Sunday"

noun

1.

The act of traveling by foot. Synonym: walking.

2.

(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls. Synonyms: base on balls, pass.

3.

Manner of walking. Synonym: manner of walking.

4.

The act of walking somewhere.

5.

A path set aside for walking. Synonyms: paseo, walkway.

6.

A slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground.

7.

Careers in general. Synonym: walk of life.

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"Walk" Quotes from Famous Books

... guerrillas captured two lessees, and tortured them most barbarously before putting them to death. They cut off the ears of one man, and broke his nose by a blow from a club. Thus mutilated, he was compelled to walk three or four miles. When he fell, fainting from loss of blood, he was tied to a tree, and the privilege of shooting him was sold at auction. They required his companion to witness these brutalities. Whenever he turned away his eyes, his captors ...

— Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field • Thomas W. Knox

... much," said Marjorie, trying to be brave; "if you'll help me, Carter, I think I can walk to the house." ...

— Marjorie's Vacation • Carolyn Wells

... said, "I missed you, and I'd have hated to go off without seeing you again. Walk ...

— The Friendly Road - New Adventures in Contentment • (AKA David Grayson) Ray Stannard Baker

... quite as much a showman as Barnum, but he is a pious showman. He is a perfect master of the vulgar art of attracting fools. Every day brings a fresh change in his "Walk up, Walk up." Tambourine girls, hallelujah lasses, converted clowns and fiddlers, sham Italian organ grinders, bands in which every man plays his own tune, officers in uniform, Davidic dances, and music-hall tunes, are all served up with ...

— Arrows of Freethought • George W. Foote

... God is too great to require our service? The answer is that God has shown a special kindness to men, as compared with other animals. Their upright walk, their possession of hands, their articulate voices, their superior minds, their powers of self-protection—and the adaptation of these powers and qualities to one another, constituting an altogether higher existence—all these show ...

— The Prayer Book Explained • Percival Jackson

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