walk

Pronunciation

 * UK

Etymology 1
From, a conflation of  and ; both from , from , , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More at and. Doublet of.

Verb

 * 1)  To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.
 * 2)  To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.
 * 3)  Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
 * 4)  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.
 * 5)  To travel (a distance) by walking.
 * 6)  To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.
 * 7)  To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
 * 8)  Of an object or machine, to move by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.
 * 9)  To cause something to move in such a way.
 * 10)  To full; to beat (cloth) to give it the consistency of felt.
 * 11)  To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).
 * 12)  To operate the left and right throttles of (an aircraft) in alternation.
 * 13)  To leave, resign.
 * 14)  To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.
 * 15)  To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.
 * , page 35
 * We walk perversely with God, and he will walk crookedly toward us.
 * 1)  To go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, such as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person.
 * 2) * October 9, 1550,, sermon preached at Stamford, link
 * I heard a pen walking in the chimney behind the cloth.
 * 1)  To be in motion; to act; to move.
 * 2)  To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.
 * 3)  To move (a guest) to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available on day of check-in.
 * 1)  To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).
 * 2)  To operate the left and right throttles of (an aircraft) in alternation.
 * 3)  To leave, resign.
 * 4)  To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.
 * 5)  To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.
 * , page 35
 * We walk perversely with God, and he will walk crookedly toward us.
 * 1)  To go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, such as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person.
 * 2) * October 9, 1550,, sermon preached at Stamford, link
 * I heard a pen walking in the chimney behind the cloth.
 * 1)  To be in motion; to act; to move.
 * 2)  To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.
 * 3)  To move (a guest) to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available on day of check-in.
 * 1)  To go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, such as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person.
 * 2) * October 9, 1550,, sermon preached at Stamford, link
 * I heard a pen walking in the chimney behind the cloth.
 * 1)  To be in motion; to act; to move.
 * 2)  To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.
 * 3)  To move (a guest) to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available on day of check-in.
 * 1)  To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.
 * 2)  To move (a guest) to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available on day of check-in.
 * 1)  To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.
 * 2)  To move (a guest) to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available on day of check-in.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:walk
 * be acquitted, get off, go free
 * be/get stolen; be/get nicked, be/get pinched

Antonyms

 * run

Translations

 * Akan:
 * Vietnamese: (1),  (2),  (2, when the direct object is a person or an animal),  (3),  + direct object +  từng bước một (2; )

Etymology 2
From, , , from (as in 🇨🇬) and , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A trip made by walking.
 * 2) A distance walked.
 * 3)  An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before the toe of the trailing foot leaves the ground.
 * 4) A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.
 * 5) A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk.
 * 6)  A person's conduct or course in life.
 * 7)  A situation where all players fold to the big blind, as their first action (instead of calling or raising), once they get their cards.
 * 8)   An award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher; known in the rules as a "base on balls".
 * 9) In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them.
 * 10)  An area of an estate planted with fruit-bearing trees.
 * 11) * 1961,, The Far Journey of Oudin, Book 2, Chapter 6, in The Guyana Quartet, London: Faber and Faber, 1985, p.150,
 * One day he knew he would build this identical palace for himself. Not next to the road like now—where the present cottage was—but half a mile inside the coconut walk.
 * 1)  A place for keeping and training puppies for dogfighting.
 * 2)  An enclosed area in which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting.
 * 3)  A sequence of alternating vertices and edges, where each edge's endpoints are the preceding and following vertices in the sequence. Compare path, trail.
 * 4)  Something very easily accomplished; a walk in the park.
 * 5) * 1980, Robert Barr, The Coming Out Present (episode of Detective, BBC radio drama; around 16 min 20 sec)
 * And for the strongroom itself, he can tell us where to find the combination of the day. We had allowed four hours, Joe, but with this help, once you get us inside, it's a walk! I've been timing it.
 * 1)  A cheque drawn on a bank that was not a member of the London Clearing and whose sort code was allocated on a one-off basis; they had to be "walked" (hand-delivered by messengers).
 * 1) * 1961,, The Far Journey of Oudin, Book 2, Chapter 6, in The Guyana Quartet, London: Faber and Faber, 1985, p.150,
 * One day he knew he would build this identical palace for himself. Not next to the road like now—where the present cottage was—but half a mile inside the coconut walk.
 * 1)  A place for keeping and training puppies for dogfighting.
 * 2)  An enclosed area in which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting.
 * 3)  A sequence of alternating vertices and edges, where each edge's endpoints are the preceding and following vertices in the sequence. Compare path, trail.
 * 4)  Something very easily accomplished; a walk in the park.
 * 5) * 1980, Robert Barr, The Coming Out Present (episode of Detective, BBC radio drama; around 16 min 20 sec)
 * And for the strongroom itself, he can tell us where to find the combination of the day. We had allowed four hours, Joe, but with this help, once you get us inside, it's a walk! I've been timing it.
 * 1)  A cheque drawn on a bank that was not a member of the London Clearing and whose sort code was allocated on a one-off basis; they had to be "walked" (hand-delivered by messengers).
 * 1)  A cheque drawn on a bank that was not a member of the London Clearing and whose sort code was allocated on a one-off basis; they had to be "walked" (hand-delivered by messengers).

Synonyms

 * , hike, trek
 * , trek
 * ,, pavement,  sidewalk
 * ,, pavement,  sidewalk

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: مَسِير
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: пагуля́нка, прагу́лка, спа́цыр
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, vandretur
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: marŝo
 * Estonian: jalutuskäik
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician: camiñada, andada
 * German:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi: सैर
 * Hungarian:
 * Ingrian: lovine
 * Irish: siúl
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: پیاسھ,
 * Latin:, , perigrinatio
 * Luxembourgish:, Promenad
 * Macedonian: прошетка
 * Middle English: walk
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: gåtur,
 * Nynorsk: gåtur, spasertur
 * Occitan:
 * Old Czech: chod
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sardinian: caminada
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ше́тња
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: prechádzka
 * Slovene: sprehod
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog:
 * Taos: cìaʼáne
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: прогуля́нка, прогу́лька
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:


 * Afrikaans: stap
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:, vandretur
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Latvian:
 * Occitan:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: nilakad


 * Arabic: مِشْيَة
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Danish:, gangart
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kävelytyyli
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: βάδισμα
 * Hebrew: צורת הליכה
 * Irish: siúl
 * Korean: 걸음새
 * Latin: incessus
 * Luxembourgish: Gang
 * Macedonian: од
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: coiseachd
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: хо̑д
 * Roman:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: paglakad


 * Afrikaans:
 * Bulgarian: алея за разходка
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: fodsti
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: promeno
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: περίπατος
 * Irish: siúlán
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: ambulacrum
 * Macedonian: патека, врвица
 * Middle English: walk
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, , ;
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: lakaran
 * Telugu: కాలి బాట


 * Finnish: vapaataival
 * French:
 * Japanese:


 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew:
 * Russian:


 * Latin:
 * Vietnamese:  ,

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Verb

 * 1) to full, waulk, tuck

Etymology 1
From, from , , from.

Noun

 * 1) turning, tossing
 * , journey
 * 1) walking, movement
 * 2) pathway, trail