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Walking

noun

The act of traveling by foot. Synonym: walk.

adjective

Close enough to be walked to. Synonym: walk-to. "The factory with the big parking lot...is more convenient than the walk-to factory"

Walk

verb

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

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" Antonym: ride.

Accompany or escort.

Obtain a base on balls.

Traverse or cover by walking. "Paul walked the streets of Damascus" , "She walks 3 miles every day"

Give a base on balls to.

Live or behave in a specified manner.

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

Walk at a pace.

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"

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"Walking" Quotes from Famous Books

... the attempt was to be made was visited and its military features were appraised in all their bearings; the events which would succeed each other in a few short hours could be predicted as surely as one could foretell the regular movements of a machine; the Roman general was walking into a trap from which there should be no escape but death. The framing of Jugurtha's scheme necessarily depended on his knowledge of Metellus's line of march. We do not know how soon the requisite data came to hand; but there is ...

— A History of Rome, Vol 1 - During the late Republic and early Principate • A H.J. Greenidge

... James M. Jr., now a boy of 18, for his companion. He prides himself upon his ability to cook a fish after it is caught, and to plunge in the lake as an evidence of his swimming ability. When in Columbus his form of exercise is walking, and younger men of sedentary pursuits find ...

— The Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox • Charles E. Morris

... walking erect and carrying a stick in one hand, advanced at a slow, lumbering gait. It walked directly toward the gryfs who moved aside, as though afraid. Tarzan watched intently. The Tor-o-don was now quite close to one of the triceratops. It swung its head and snapped at him viciously. Instantly the ...

— Tarzan the Terrible • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... refutation of others. And though I may appear ridiculous in venturing to advise you, I think that you may as well hear what was said to me by a man of very considerable pretensions—he was a professor of legal oratory—who came away from you while I was walking up and down. 'Crito,' said he to me, 'are you giving no attention to these wise men?' 'No, indeed,' I said to him; 'I could not get within hearing of them—there was such a crowd.' 'You would have heard something worth hearing if you had.' 'What ...

— Euthydemus • Plato

... mind, especially after this great God has manifested Himself to her mind. She will sometimes go about from place to place singing sweetly and seems to be always full of joy and pleasure, and no one knows for what. She loves to be alone, walking in the fields and groves, and seems to have some one invisible always ...

— Preaching and Paganism • Albert Parker Fitch

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