walk
/wɔk/ verb A1- To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet: in the case of some non-human animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run. · To walk briskly for an hour every day is to keep fit.
- To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty. · If you can’t present a better case, that robber is going to walk.
- Of an object, to go missing or be stolen. · If you leave your wallet lying around, it’s going to walk.
- 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. · I walk two miles to school every day.· The museum’s not far from here – you can walk it.
- To take for a walk or accompany on a walk. · I walk the dog every morning.· Will you walk me home?
- To appear in a parade. · Those who wish to walk in the parade this fall should sign up now.
- To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
Plural walk · He/she/it walks · Past walked · Past participle walked · -ing form walking
Verb forms
- Base form
- walk
- He/she/it
- walks
- Past
- walked
- Past participle
- walked
- -ing form
- walking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- walk around To walk with no planned destination; to meander.
- walk away To withdraw from a problematic situation.
- walk back To withdraw or backpedal on a statement or promise.
- walk down To continually advance (on an opponent) and punch (the op...
- walk in To come without an appointment to a place that would norm...
- walk into To collide with by walking.
- walk off To recover from (a minor injury) or digest (a large meal)...
- walk on To come onstage.
- walk out To stage a walkout or strike.
- walk over Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to walk over.
- walk through To explain (something) to (someone), step by step.
From the library
Then she climbed down from the fence and walked up to it, while Toto ran around the pole and barked.
Dorothy was puzzled at this, for it sounded queer to hear a stuffed man speak, and to see him bow and walk along beside her.
She was surprised, as she walked along, to see how pretty the country was about her.
Toward evening, when Dorothy was tired with her long walk and began to wonder where she should pass the night, she came to a house rather larger than the rest.
Other matches
- walk A trip made by walking. A1
- WalK A particular histidine kinase C2
- walk around To walk with no planned destination
- walk away To withdraw from a problematic situation.
- walk back To withdraw or backpedal on a statement or prom...
- walk down To continually advance
- walk in To come without an appointment to a place that ...
- walk into To collide with by walking.
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