- to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- to move about or travel on foot for exercise or pleasure: We can walk in the park after lunch.
- (of things) to move in a manner suggestive of walking, as through repeated vibrations or the effect of alternate expansion and contraction: If she keeps playing so hard, that vase will walk right off the piano.
- to receive a base on balls.
- Slang.
- to go on strike; stage a walkout: The miners will walk unless they get a pay raise.
- to be acquitted or to be released or fined rather than sentenced to jail: If the prosecutor doesn't present his case well, the murderer may walk.
- to go about on the earth, or appear to living persons, as a ghost: to believe that spirits walk at night.
- (of a tool, pointer, or pen of a recording device, etc.) to glide, slip, or move from a straight course, fixed position, or the like: A regular drill bit may walk on a plastic surface when you first try to make a hole.When the earthquake started, the pen on the seismograph walked all over the paper.
- to conduct oneself in a particular manner; pursue a particular course of life: to walk humbly with thy God.
- travel (def. 8).
- to be in motion or action.
- to proceed through, over, or upon at a moderate pace on foot: walking London streets by night;walking the floor all night.
- to cause to walk; lead, drive, or ride at a walk, as an animal: We walked our horses the last quarter of a mile.
- to force or help to walk, as a person: They were walking him around the room soon after his operation.
- to conduct or accompany on a walk: He walked them about the park.
- to move (a box, trunk, or other object) in a manner suggestive of walking, as by a rocking motion.
- (of a pitcher) to give a base on balls to (a batter).
- to spend or pass (time) in walking (often followed by away): We walked the morning away along the beach.
- to cause or accomplish by walking:We saw them walking guard over the chain gang.
- to examine, measure, etc., by traversing on foot: to walk a track; to walk the boundaries of the property.
- to send (a person who has a reservation at a hotel) to another hotel because of overbooking: It's exasperating to find yourself walked when you arrive at a hotel late in the evening.
- an act or instance of walking, or going on foot at a moderate pace.
- an act, instance, or period of going somewhere on foot at a moderate pace for exercise or pleasure: After lunch we went for a walk on one of the nearby trails.
- a distance covered or to be covered on foot, often in terms of the time required: My cottage is about ten minutes' walk from a little general store.
- the gait or pace of a person or an animal that walks, or moves along on foot at slow or moderate speed: The horse allowed itself to be led at a walk around the paddock.
- a characteristic or individual manner of moving along on foot: It was impossible to mistake her walk.
- a department or branch of activity, or a particular line of work: They found every walk of life closed against them.
- base on balls.
- a path or way for pedestrians at the side of a street or road; sidewalk.
- a place prepared or set apart for walking.
- a path in a garden or the like.
- a passage between rows of trees.
- an enclosed yard, pen, or the like where domestic animals are fed and left to exercise.
- race walking.
- a sheepwalk.
- a ropewalk.
- (in the West Indies) a plantation of trees, especially coffee trees.
- a group, company, or congregation, especially of snipes.
- British.
- the route of a street vendor, tradesman, or the like.
- the district or area in which such a route is located.
- a tract of forest land under the charge of one forester or keeper.
- manner of behavior; conduct; course of life.
- a haunt or resort.
- to get rid of by walking: to walk off a headache.
- walk off with,
- to remove illegally; steal.
- to win or attain, as in a competition: to walk off with the first prize for flower arrangements.
- to surpass one's competitors; win easily: to walk off with the fight.
- walk out,
- to go on strike.
- to leave in protest: to walk out of a committee meeting.
- to leave unceremoniously; desert; forsake: to walk out on one's family.
- to court or be courted by: Cook is walking out with the chauffeur.
- walk through, Theater, Television.
- to release (a play) by combining a reading aloud of the lines with the designated physical movements.
- to perform (a role, play, etc.) in a perfunctory manner.
- to make little or no effort in performing one's role: He didn't like the script and walked through his part.
- (of a hunter) to flush (game) by approaching noisily on foot and often with hunting dogs.
- to leave, especially abruptly and without any intention or prospect of returning (often used imperatively to indicate dismissal): If he doesn't get his way, he takes a walk.I don't need your advice, so take a walk.
- to guide or instruct carefully one step at a time: The teacher will walk the class through the entire testing procedure before the real test begins.
- walk Spanish,
- to be forced by another to walk on tiptoe.
- to walk cautiously.
- to be discharged or dismissed.
- to discharge or dismiss (someone).
- plank (def. 8).
- to move along or travel on foot at a moderate rate; advance in such a manner that at least one foot is always on the ground
- to pass through, on, or over on foot, esp habitually
- to cause, assist, or force to move along at a moderate rate
- to escort or conduct by walking
- (of ghosts, spirits, etc) to appear or move about in visible form
- (of inanimate objects) to move or cause to move in a manner that resembles walking
- to follow a certain course or way of life
- to bring into a certain condition by walking
- to measure, survey, or examine by walking
- to allow a batter to go to first base without batting by throwing four balls outside of the strike zone
- to take more than two steps without passing or dribbling the ball
- to disappear or be stolen
- (in a court of law) to be acquitted or given a noncustodial sentence
- to win easily
- walk the plank See plank 1 (def. 4)
- to be delighted or exhilarated
- to have self-respect or pride
- walk the streets
- to be a prostitute
- to wander round a town or city, esp when looking for work or having nowhere to stay
- to put theory into practice
- the act or an instance of walking
- the distance or extent walked
- a manner of walking; gait
- a place set aside for walking; promenade
- a chosen profession or sphere of activity (esp in the phrase walk of life)
- a foot race in which competitors walk
- an arrangement of trees or shrubs in widely separated rows
- the space between such rows
- an enclosed ground for the exercise or feeding of domestic animals, esp horses
- the route covered in the course of work, as by a tradesman or postman
- a procession; march
- the section of a forest controlled by a keeper