ALL meanings of walk
walk
W w - verb without object walk 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. 1
- verb without object walk to move about or travel on foot for exercise or pleasure: We can walk in the park after lunch. 1
- verb without object walk (of things) to move in a manner suggestive of walking, as through repeated vibrations or the effect of alternate expansion and contraction: He typed so hard that the lamp walked right off the desk. 1
- verb without object walk Baseball. to receive a base on balls. 1
- verb without object walk 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. 1
- verb without object walk to go about on the earth, or appear to living persons, as a ghost: to believe that spirits walk at night. 1
- verb without object walk (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. 1
- verb without object walk to conduct oneself in a particular manner; pursue a particular course of life: to walk humbly with thy God. 1
- verb without object walk Basketball. (of a player in possession of the ball) to take more than two steps without dribbling or passing the ball. 1
- verb without object walk Obsolete. to be in motion or action. 1
- verb with object walk to proceed through, over, or upon at a moderate pace on foot: walking London streets by night; walking the floor all night. 1
- verb with object walk to cause to walk; lead, drive, or ride at a walk, as an animal: We walked our horses the last quarter of a mile. 1
- verb with object walk to force or help to walk, as a person: They were walking him around the room soon after his operation. 1
- verb with object walk to conduct or accompany on a walk: He walked them about the park. 1
- verb with object walk to move (a box, trunk, or other object) in a manner suggestive of walking, as by a rocking motion. 1
- noun walk An act of traveling or an excursion on foot. 1
- verb with object walk Baseball. (of a pitcher) to give a base on balls to (a batter). 1
- verb with object walk to spend or pass (time) in walking (often followed by away): We walked the morning away along the beach. 1
- verb with object walk to cause or accomplish by walking: We saw them walking guard over the chain gang. 1
- verb with object walk to examine, measure, etc., by traversing on foot: to walk a track; to walk the boundaries of the property. 1
- verb with object walk Basketball. to advance (the ball) by taking more than two steps without dribbling or passing. 1
- verb with object walk Informal. 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. 1
- noun walk the sport of rapid, continuous-foot-contact walking, requiring that the trailing foot not be lifted until the other meets the ground and the knee locks momentarily, and executed in an upright, rhythmic stride with the arms usually held bent and high and pumped close to the body. 1
- idioms walk take a walk, Informal. 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. 1
- idioms walk walk (someone) through, 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. 1
- idioms walk walk Spanish, to be forced by another to walk on tiptoe. to walk cautiously. to be discharged or dismissed. to discharge or dismiss (someone). 1
- idioms walk walk the plank. plank (def 8). 1
- intransitive verb walk travel on foot 1
- transitive verb walk dog: take for a walk 1
- noun walk activity, stroll 1
- intransitive verb walk appear alive 1
- intransitive verb walk go, conduct yourself 1
- intransitive verb walk baseball: go to first base on balls 1
- intransitive verb walk basketball: move illegally 1
- transitive verb walk pace 1
- transitive verb walk help sb to walk 1
- transitive verb walk accompany on foot 1
- transitive verb walk move by rocking 1
- verb walk When you walk, you move forward by putting one foot in front of the other in a regular way. 0
- countable noun walk A walk is a journey that you make by walking, usually for pleasure. 0
- singular noun walk A walk of a particular distance is the distance which a person has to walk to get somewhere. 0
- countable noun walk A walk is a route suitable for walking along for pleasure. 0
- singular noun walk A walk is the action of walking rather than running. 0
- singular noun walk Someone's walk is the way that they walk. 0
- verb walk If you walk someone somewhere, you walk there with them in order to show politeness or to make sure that they get there safely. 0
- verb walk If you walk your dog, you take it for a walk in order to keep it healthy. 0
- verb walk 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 0
- verb walk to pass through, on, or over on foot, esp habitually 0
- verb walk to cause, assist, or force to move along at a moderate rate 0
- verb walk to escort or conduct by walking 0