Walk
Definition of Walk
Pronunciation: wạk v. i. | 1. | | | 1. | To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate, but without running, or lifting one foot entirely before the other touches the ground. | | 2. | To move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement; to take one's exercise; to ramble. | | 3. | To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; - said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person; to go about as a somnambulist or a specter.When was it she last walked? - Shak. | | 4. | To be in motion; to act; to move; to wag.Do you think I'd walk in any plot? - B. Jonson. | | 5. | To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's self. | | 6. | To move off; to depart. | v. t. | 1. | To pass through, over, or upon; to traverse; to perambulate; as, to walk the streets. | | 2. | To cause to walk; to lead, drive, or ride with a slow pace; as, to walk one's horses; to walk the dog. | | 3. | To subject, as cloth or yarn, to the fulling process; to full. | | 4. | (Sporting) To put or keep (a puppy) in a walk; to train (puppies) in a walk. | | 5. | To move in a manner likened to walking. | n. | 1. | The act of walking, or moving on the feet with a slow pace; advance without running or leaping. | | 2. | The act of walking for recreation or exercise; as, a morning walk; an evening walk. | | 3. | Manner of walking; gait; step; as, we often know a person at a distance by his walk. | | 4. | That in or through which one walks; place or distance walked over; a place for walking; a path or avenue prepared for foot passengers, or for taking air and exercise; way; road; hence, a place or region in which animals may graze; place of wandering; range; as, a sheep walk. | | 5. | A frequented track; habitual place of action; sphere; as, the walk of the historian. | | 6. | Conduct; course of action; behavior. | | 7. | The route or district regularly served by a vender; as, a milkman's walk. | | 8. | In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them. | | 9. | (Sporting) A place for keeping and training puppies. |
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