walking
/ˈwɔ.kɪŋ/ adjective A2- Incarnate as a human; living. · Elizabeth knows so many words that they call her the walking dictionary.· Phil's mother is a walking miracle after surviving that accident.
- Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness.
- Characterized by or suitable for walking. · a walking tour· good walking shoes
- Heavily characterized by some given quality.
- Being a style of bass accompaniment or line, common in Baroque music (1600–1750) and 20th century jazz, blues and rockabilly, which creates a feeling of regular quarter note movement, akin to the regular alternation of feet while walking. · a walking bass, or walking bassline
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“Go to the strangers and sting them to death!” commanded the Witch, and the bees turned and flew rapidly until they came to where Dorothy and her friends were walking.
Within a short time she was walking briskly toward the Emerald City, her silver shoes tinkling merrily on the hard, yellow road-bed.
After a few hours the road began to be rough, and the walking grew so difficult that the Scarecrow often stumbled over the yellow bricks, which were here very uneven.
“If you see any house, or any place where we can pass the night,” she said, “you must tell me; for it is very uncomfortable walking in the dark.”
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