walk
verb
[ wɔːk ]
• move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn, never having both feet off the ground at once.
• "I walked across the lawn"
Similar:
stroll,
saunter,
amble,
wend one's way,
trudge,
plod,
hike,
tramp,
trek,
march,
stride,
troop,
patrol,
step out,
wander,
ramble,
tread,
prowl,
footslog,
promenade,
roam,
traipse,
stretch one's legs,
go for a walk,
take the air,
advance,
proceed,
move,
go,
make one's way,
mosey,
pootle,
yomp,
perambulate,
go by/on foot,
travel on foot,
foot it,
be a pedestrian,
go by/on Shanks's pony,
hoof it,
• guide, accompany, or escort (someone) on foot.
• "he walked her home to her door"
Similar:
accompany,
escort,
guide,
show,
see,
convoy,
conduct,
usher,
marshal,
lead,
take,
attend,
chaperone,
steer,
herd,
shepherd,
• (of a thing) go missing or be stolen.
• "customers have to leave a deposit to ensure the beer glasses don't walk"
• abandon or suddenly withdraw from a job or commitment.
• "he was in place as the male lead but walked at the eleventh hour"
• (of a batsman) leave the field without waiting to be given out by the umpire.
• reach first base automatically after not hitting at four balls pitched outside the strike zone.
• (of a ghost) be visible; appear.
• "the ghosts of Bannockburn walked abroad"
• live or behave in a particular way.
• "walk humbly with your God"
walk
noun
• an act of travelling or an outing on foot.
• "he was too restless to sleep, so he went out for a walk"
Similar:
stroll,
saunter,
amble,
promenade,
ramble,
hike,
tramp,
march,
constitutional,
turn,
airing,
excursion,
outing,
breather,
• a route recommended or marked out for recreational walking.
• "there are picnic places and waymarked walks"
• an unhurried rate of movement on foot.
• "they crossed the field at a leisurely walk"
• a part of a forest under one keeper.
• a farm where a hound puppy is trained.
• an instance of reaching first base automatically after not hitting at four balls pitched outside the strike zone.
• a flock of snipe.
Origin:
Old English wealcan ‘roll, toss’, also ‘wander’, of Germanic origin. The sense ‘move about’, and specifically ‘go about on foot’, arose in Middle English.
