Walking Meaning and Definition

Word: Walking

How to pronounce: ˈwɔːkɪŋ

How to pronounce: wɔːk

Verb

Definitions:

1. Move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn, never having both feet off the ground at once.

Example sentences: "I walked across the lawn"

2. Guide, accompany, or escort (someone) on foot.

Example sentences: "He walked her home to her door"

3. (of a thing) go missing or be stolen.

4. Abandon or suddenly withdraw from a job or commitment.

5. (of a batsman) leave the field without waiting to be given out by the umpire.

Example sentences: "Increasingly, it seems, such restraint, like a batsman walking when he nicks it, has gone the way of the dodo."

6. Reach first base automatically after not hitting at four balls pitched outside the strike zone.

7. (of a ghost) be visible; appear.

Example sentences: "The ghosts of Bannockburn walked abroad"

8. Live or behave in a particular way.

Example sentences: "Walk humbly with your God"

Noun

Definitions:

1. An act of travelling or an outing on foot.

Example sentences: "He was too restless to sleep, so he went out for a walk"

2. A route recommended or marked out for recreational walking.

Example sentences: "There are picnic places and waymarked walks"

3. An unhurried rate of movement on foot.

Example sentences: "They crossed the field at a leisurely walk"

4. A part of a forest under one keeper.

Example sentences: "Helen hitches a ride to Ashley Walk with New Forest Verderer Anthony Pasmore."

5. A farm where a hound puppy is trained.

6. An instance of reaching first base automatically after not hitting at four balls pitched outside the strike zone.

Example sentences: "It's still three strikes you're out and four balls for a walk but so much of the fun is gone."

7. A flock of snipe.

Example sentences: "A party of hunters could wipe out a walk of snipe in a morning."

Synonyms:

jaunt

promenade

ramble

gait

stroll

walkabout

strolling

hiking

going

ride

hike

Synonyms:

take a walk

saunter

stroll

walkabout

hike

stride

foot

jaunt

ramble

promenade

perambulate

roam

wander

traipse

wander about

go

pass

come

turn

strolling

hiking

trek

tour

footpath

path

alley

mall

perambulation

wandering

circle

sidewalk

pavement

amble

gait

tread

step

foot it

Antonyms:

stand

stand up

Derivations:

walk

walker

walked

walkway

walkover

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Walking in Other Languages...

Spanish: Caminar

German: Fuß

French: Marche

Italian: Camminare

Turkish: Yürüyüş