walk

[[t]wɔ͟ːk[/t]]

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walks, walking, walked

1) VERB When you walk, you move forward by putting one foot in front of the other in a regular way.

Rosanna and Forbes walked in silence for some while...

[V prep/adv] We walked into the foyer...

[V prep/adv] She turned and walked away...

[V n] They would stop the car and walk a few steps...

[V n to n] When I was your age I walked five miles to school.

2) N-COUNT A walk is a journey that you make by walking, usually for pleasure.

I went for a walk...

He often took long walks in the hills.

3) N-SING: supp N, N of n A walk of a particular distance is the distance which a person has to walk to get somewhere.

It was only a three-mile walk to Kabul from there...

The church is a short walk from Piazza Dante.

4) N-COUNT A walk is a route suitable for walking along for pleasure.

There is a 2 mile coastal walk from Craster to Newton.

5) N-SING: a N A walk is the action of walking rather than running.

She slowed to a steady walk.

6) N-SING: poss N Someone's walk is the way that they walk.

George, despite his great height and gangling walk, was a keen dancer.

Syn:

gait

7) VERB If you walk someone somewhere, you walk there with them in order to show politeness or to make sure that they get there safely.

[V n prep/adv] She walked me to my car...

[V n prep/adv] `What a nice gentleman you are, to walk Hilary home,' her mother said.

Syn:

escort

8) VERB If you walk your dog, you take it for a walk in order to keep it healthy.

[V n] I walk my dog each evening around my local streets.

9) to be walking on air → see air

to walk tall → see tall

Phrasal Verbs:

- walk away

- walk away with

- walk in on

- walk into

- walk off with

- walk out

- walk over