Definition of walk in English English dictionary
- Of an object, to be stolen
If you leave your wallet lying around, it’s going to walk.
- To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking
I carefully walked the ladder along the wall.
- An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before the toe of the trailing foot leaves the ground
- To leave, resign
If we don't offer him more money he'll walk.
- To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls
- To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement)
Debugging this computer program involved walking the heap.
- To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pairs of feet, in the case of quadrupeds) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run
- A manner of walking; a person's style of walking
The Ministry of Silly Walks is underfunded this year.
- To travel (a distance) by walking
The museum’s not far from here – you can walk it.
- To take for a walk or accompany on a walk
Will you walk me home?.
- An award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher; known in the rules as a "base on balls"
The pitcher now has two walks in this inning alone.
- A distance walked
It’s a long walk from my house to the library.
- To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks
The county had a successful defense only because the judge kept telling the jury at every chance that the cyclist should have walked his bicycle like a pedestrian.
- To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt
- To go free, particularly when actually guilty
If you can’t present a better case, that robber is going to walk.
- To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side appeals and before the umpire has ruled; done as a matter of sportsmanship when the batsman knows he is out
- A trip made by walking
I take a walk every morning.
- A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail
- {v} to go by leisurely steps, to appear
- {n} the act of walking, gait, path to walk in, in W. Indies, a plantation
- caminar; ir a pie
- A walk is a route suitable for walking along for pleasure. There is a 2 mile coastal walk from Craster to Newton
- When you walk, you move forward by putting one foot in front of the other in a regular way. Rosanna and Forbes walked in silence for some while She turned and walked away They would stop the car and walk a few steps When I was your age I walked five miles to school
- to win a trick with a card that would normally be considered a loser
- If you walk your dog, you take it for a walk in order to keep it healthy. I walk my dog each evening around my local streets
- walk at a pace; "The horsese walked across the meadow"
- To cause to walk; to lead, drive, or ride with a slow pace; as to walk one's horses
- An inclosed area of some extent to which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting
- careers in general; "it happens in all walks of life"
- obtain a base on balls give a base on balls to take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure; "The lovers held hands while walking"; "We like to walk every Sunday"
- The horse's slowest gait, in which the legs move individually in a diagonal pattern
- take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure; "The lovers held hands while walking"; "We like to walk every Sunday"
- An award of first base to a batter who has received four pitches outside the strike zone without swinging at them All forced runners advance one base The same as a "base on balls "
- (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls"
- the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"
- To put or keep (a puppy) in a walk; to train (puppies) in a 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. She walked me to my car = escort
- traverse or cover by walking; "Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day"
- A walk is the action of walking rather than running. She slowed to a steady walk
- To beat (cloth) to give it the consistency of felt
- A 'free-pass' to first base for a player that has not received 3 strikes, and has received 4 balls not delivered in the strike zone
- live or behave in a specified manner; "walk in sadness
- Manner of walking; gait; step; as, we often know a person at a distance by his walk
- In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them
- To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's self
- To move off; to depart
- An instance of walking a batter
- A manner of walking
- Someone's walk is the way that they walk. George, despite his great height and gangling walk, was a keen dancer
- be or act in association with; "We must walk with our dispossessed brothers and sisters"; "Walk with God"
- {i} striding, strolling; journey on foot; path; passage; sidewalk; manner of walking; profession; lane
- To move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement; to take one's exercise; to ramble
- 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
- accompany or escort; "I'll walk you to your car"
- Conduct; course of action; behavior
- 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
- To move in a manner likened to walking
- To be in motion; to act; to move; to wag
- The act of walking, or moving on the feet with a slow pace; advance without running or leaping
- a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground a path set aside for walking; "after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk"
- a path set aside for walking; "after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk"
- To pass through, over, or upon; to traverse; to perambulate; as, to walk the streets
- use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"
- give a base on balls to
- a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground
- A walk is a journey that you make by walking, usually for pleasure. I went for a walk He often took long walks in the hills
- The act of walking for recreation or exercise; as, a morning walk; an evening walk
- A frequented track; habitual place of action; sphere; as, the walk of the historian
- What you do for a few hours after the game trying to locate where you parked the car
- the act of walking somewhere; "he took a walk after lunch"
- walk a tightrope
- To undertake a precarious course of action
The company constantly walked a tightrope between operating on little money and filling orders quickly.
- walk all over someone
- To easily beat a competitor in a contest; to win without much effort
- walk all over someone
- To dominate a person or a group; to have a person take a submissive or inferior role
- walk and chew gum at the same time
- To do something very easy
- walk around
- To walk with no real planned destination, but to just walk, to meander "around"
- walk away
- To survive a challenging or dangerous situation without harm
The football team walked away with a 1-0 victory.
- walk away
- To withdraw from a problematic situation
Company lawyers told him to walk away from the deal.
- walk away
- To defeat someone or achieve something
- walk away from
- To escape (a mishap, accident, etc.) with minimal or no injury
This fall's visitors have included a motorcyclist who flipped his bike at 150 m.p.h. and walked away from the wreck muttering: I thought I had stopped..
- walk away from
- To abandon or leave; to shun
He decided to walk away from his job after expressing much dissatisfaction with his boss.
- walk back
- To withdraw or back-pedal on a statement or promise; retract
Did Obama walk back his support of Cordoba House? As you know, the Internets are alive with the claim that Obama has now walked back his support of Cordoba House, and I've gotten tons of emails telling me that my earlier praise of the speech is no longer operative. But did he really walk back what he said last night?.
- walk in on
- To enter suddenly or unexpectedly while something is happening; to intrude or interrupt by entering
He accidentally walked in on me while I was undressing.
- walk in the park
- Something easy or pleasant, especially by comparison to something
High school was difficult, but it was a walk in the park compared to college engineering classes.
- walk in the snow
- suicide, assisted suicide, or muder by exposure
The mother-in-law Powtee is put out on the solid sea ice to die, only to be rescued soon after.
- walk in the snow
- An occasion when a momentous career decision is made, especially a decision to resign or retire
Even in defeat, Ignatieff could not shake even one more Trudeau comparison. Trudeau's historic long walk in the snow came in February 1984.
- walk into
- To collide with
Watch where you're going. You nearly walked into that man.
- walk into
- To fall into (a trap)
You really walked into that one, didn't you?.
- walk it off
- To deal with an negative emotional event without complaint; to take it like a man
After Emma broke up with him to date a football player, Steve made a valiant effort to just walk it off, but felt he was dying on the inside.
- walk it off
- To walk or pace in order to relieve a pain or cramp
After six miles into the marathon, I had a stabbing pain in my side, but I was able to walk it off and complete the race.
- walk of life
- An occupation, role, social class, or lifestyle
Folks in our neighborhood come from every walk of life, prince and pauper, investor and janitor.
- walk off
- To flee or abandon
- walk off
- To recover from (a minor injury) by walking around
- walk on eggshells
- To be careful and sensitive, in handling very sensitive matters
- walk on eggshells
- To be overly careful in dealing with a person or situation because they get angry or offended very easily; to try very hard not to upset someone or something
- walk out
- to stage a walkout or strike
- walk out
- to leave suddenly, especially as a form of protest
- walk out on
- to abandon or desert someone, especially a spouse
- walk over
- To easily defeat
- walk over
- To dominate, treat (someone) as inferior
- walk policies
- plural form of walk policy
- walk policy
- A pre-arranged list of compensation that will be offered to clients whose reserved room is not available at time of check-in
- walk tall
- Alternative form of stand tall
- walk the beat
- To patrol on the job, especially as an officer or guard
- walk the dog
- Take a dog for a walk
- walk the dog
- perform a trick where the yo-yo rolls on the ground, attached to the string
- walk the dog
- Perform a trick where the ball rolls down the shaft, and then is caught in the head of the lacrosse stick
- walk the line
- To mark or secure a boundary by walking along it
And set the wall between us once again.
- walk the line
- To participate in the procession at a graduation ceremony; to graduate
Montano's family, including her parents, sons and fiance, Thomas Gallegos, planned to be on hand to see her walk the line and be honored by the UNM-VC Advisory Board, faculty and staff and her fellow associate degree graduates.
- walk the line
- To behave in an authorized or socially accepted manner, especially as prescribed by law or morality; to exercise self-control
Because you're mine, I walk the line.
- walk the line
- To maintain an intermediate position between contrasting choices, opinions, etc
I began to walk the line between work and play.
- walk the plank
- On a pirate ship, to walk off a plank of wood into the ocean. Used as a method of killing
- walk the plank
- To be forced to resign from a position in an organization
After I was caught selling company secrets, I'm not surprised they made me walk the plank.
- walk the talk
- To do what one said one could do, or would do, not just making empty promises
- walk the walk
- Act competently, like an expert
When it comes to reducing nuclear emissions, he talks the talk, but it remains to be seen if he can walk the walk.
- walk through
- To rehearse
- walk through
- To perform something with ease
- walk through
- To explain someone something, step by step
- walk-in
- that people may enter without a prior appointment
- walk-in
- that walks into an embassy etc unannounced
- walk-in
- a walk-in defector etc
- walk-in
- not a drive-in
- walk-in
- A person whose original soul has departed the body and been replaced with another
- walk-in
- entered without an intervening passage
- walk-in
- a walk-in room or closet
- walk-in
- that gains access through unlocked doors
- walk-off
- That drives in a run that ends a game
Scott Podsednik hit the twelfth walk-off home run in World Series history on October 23rd, 2005.
- walk-off
- A walkout
- walk-off
- A prisoner who escapes custody without violence by taking advantage of the opportunity provided by negligence or distraction of guards
- walk-off
- Any event or action in the bottom of the last inning of a game that scores a run and thereby ends the game with a victory to the team at bat
- walk-on
- A student athlete that wants to try out for a college sports/athletic team without the benefit of a scholarship or having been recruited
- walk-on
- An actor of a small (or "bit") part in a theatrical production or film, often without speaking lines
- walk-on
- Such a part in a play or film. Usually as walk-on role or walk-on part, sometimes walking part
- walk-over
- A horserace in which only a single horse competes
- walk-over
- An uncontested or very easy victory
- walk-up
- an informal visit to a control tower by a pilot, typically used as part of pilot training
- walk-up
- reached by stairs rather than an elevator
- walk-up
- such an apartment or block
- walk-up
- containing such flats
- walk-up
- for which no appointment is necessary
- walk into
- If you walk into an unpleasant situation, you become involved in it without expecting to, especially because you have been careless. He's walking into a situation that he absolutely can't control
- walk into
- {f} reprimand, scold; beat, flog, whip
- walk into
- If you walk into a job, you manage to get it very easily. When I left school, I could walk into any job
- Walk of Fame
- The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a pavement along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, which is embedded with more than 2,000 five-pointed stars featuring the names of not only human celebrities but fictional characters honored by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce for their contributions to the entertainment industry. The first star, awarded on February 9, 1960, went to Joanne Woodward
- walk down
- Walk along, walk on. "We walked down the road to the lake. It was a nice day for a walk."
- walk down the aisle
- (deyim) Get married
- walk in on
- (deyim) Enter somewhere unexpectedly and see something
He WALKED IN ON them planning to sack him.
- walk matilda
- (deyim) Waltz (or walk) Matilda: carry such a bundle
- walk out on
- Desert, abandon, leave, betray, throw over
- walk out on someone
- Desert, abandon, leave, betray, throw over
- walk about
- tour around, take a trip
- walk about
- walk with no particular goal; "we were walking around in the garden"; "after breakfast, she walked about in the park"
- walk along
- stroll along (such as a river, etc.)
- walk around
- walk with no particular goal; "we were walking around in the garden"; "after breakfast, she walked about in the park"
- walk around
- behave in a certain manner or have certain properties; "He walks around with his nose in the air"; "She walks around with this strange boyfriend"
- walk away
- go away from; "The actor walked off before he got his cue"; "I got annoyed and just walked off"
- walk away with
- If you walk away with something such as a prize, you win it or get it very easily. Enter our competition and you could walk away with £10,000. = walk off with
- walk in
- enter by walking; "She walks in at all hours, as if she lived here
- walk of life
- The walk of life that you come from is the position that you have in society and the kind of job you have. One of the greatest pleasures of this job is meeting people from all walks of life. = background. An occupation, profession, or social class: People from all walks of life supported the cause. the position in society someone has, especially the type of job they have from every walk of life/from all walks of life
- walk of life
- careers in general; "it happens in all walks of life
- walk off
- go away from; "The actor walked off before he got his cue"; "I got annoyed and just walked off"
- walk off
- take without permission; "he walked off with my wife!"; "The thief walked off with my gold watch
- walk on air
- exult: feel extreme happiness or elation
- walk on eggs
- walk carefully, walk with very light steps
- walk out
- leave suddenly, often as an expression of disapproval; "She walked out on her husband and children"
- walk out
- go out with, go after; depart with resentment
- walk out on
- desert, abandon
- walk the street
- work as a prostitute
- walk through
- A skeletal, text-only version of a site that allows designers to test basic navigation Go to top of page
- walk through
- Rehearsals at which the actors go through entrances, moves and exits to make clear any changes or alterations that made be necessary
- walk with God
- go in the ways of God, live in peace with God
- walk-
- the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"
- walk-
- traverse or cover by walking; "Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day"
- walk-
- (verb) (B) bid gradually or incrementally rather than all at once or with a jump
- walk-
- A 'free-pass' to first base for a player that has not received 3 strikes, and has received 4 balls not delivered in the strike zone
- walk-
- An exterior pathway with a prepared surface intended for pedestrian use, including general pedestrian areas such as plazas and courts
- walk-
- walk at a pace; "The horsese walked across the meadow"
- walk-
- obtain a base on balls
- walk-
- base on balls: (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls"
- walk-
- The horse's slowest gait, in which the legs move individually in a diagonal pattern
- walk-
- This is the horse's slowest Gait, in which the legs move individually in a diagonal pattern
- walk-
- manner of walking; "he had a funny walk"
- walk-a-thon
- fund-raising event in which participants walk as much as they can and donations are pledged per lap (mile, kilometer, etc.)
- walk-in
- In a hotel, a guest who arrives without a reservation In a travel agency, a customer who arrives unannounced, especially a new customer
- walk-in
- an entity from fourth density or higher who makes an agreement with a third-density inhabitant to enter the inhabitant's physical body and take responsibility for the remainder of the third-density incarnation while the former third-density entity rests in the astral level appropriate to its level of consciousness of the light The walk-in also has an agenda of its own, in addition to fulfilling the original person's lifetime plan
- walk-in
- a small room large enough to admit entrance
- walk-in
- an operative who initiates his own defection (usually to a hostile country) for political asylum
- walk-in
- person who walks in without having an appointment; "the emergency room was overrun with walk-ins"
- walk-in
- an assured victory (especially in an election)
- walk-in
- A recipient of information that does not result in the development of a case file and practices applied to the land Walk-ins include people who visit or call the field office for information or assistance
- walk-in
- A term used by Ruth Montgomery for a highly aware entity from the spiritual dimension who, with permission, enters an unwanted adult human body in order to begin its humanitarian work at once by avoiding living the childhood years
- walk-in
- a small room large enough to admit entrance an assured victory (especially in an election) an operative who initiates his own defection (usually to a hostile country) for political asylum person who walks in without having an appointment; "the emergency room was overrun with walk-ins
- walk-in
- A defector who declares his intentions by walking into an official installation, or otherwise making contact with an opposition government, and asking for political asylum or volunteering to work in place Also known as a volunteer
- walk-in
- A term used for a highly developed entity from the spiritual dimension who, with permission of the channel or subject, enters an adult human body to either begin its humanitarian work at once by avoiding the childhood years or to teach humanity Universal Truths
- walk-in closet
- This is a bedroom closet that you can walk into (You don't need help with this one )
- walk-in closet
- large closet that is big enough for someone to walk into
- walk-in(a)
- of e
- walk-on
- small role in a theater performance
- walk-on
- Generally, a player who enrolls at a school and arranges to participate in a particular sport without first receiving an offer of financial aid -- though the NCAA applies a somewhat more stringent definition Under NCAA rules, capping the total number of players allowable for various sports teams, however, the number of walk-ons a team can accept has decreased in recent years Consequently, it's usually necessary to obtain advance permission from the coaching staff to try out as a walk-on
- walk-on
- a Diceless character who has a very minor, usually one-time, role in an Issue She is usually only minimally detailed, and has only a few Traits
- walk-through
- A final inspection of a home to check for problems that may need to be corrected before closing
- walk-through
- Final inspection of a property's condition by the buyer, usually to ensure that all conditions noted on the offer to purchase have been met
- walk-through
- the act of walking in order to view something; "the realtor took her on a walk-through of the apartment"
- walk-through
- A final inspection of a property before it changes ownership
- walk-through
- a pedestrian passageway through the ground floor of a building
- walk-through
- A final inspection of a home before title transfer to search for problems that need to be corrected before ownership changes
- walk-through
- A walk-through refers to the auditor selecting a particular economic event and tracing (or walking) it through the accounting information system from the time it was first captured and input as data to its final disposition in the financial statements The purpose of the walk-through may be either for the auditor to identify specific control procedures or to confirm an existing understanding of control procedures in the accounting information system The walk-through may be the tracing of an event, either part way through the system or entirely through the system, depending on the extent of the evidence or knowledge required by the auditor
- walk-to
- walk-to(a): close enough to be walked to; "walking distance"; "the factory with the big parking lot is more convenient than the walk-to factory"
- walk-to(a)
- is more convenient than the walk-to factory
- walk-up
- an apartment in a building without an elevator
- walk-up
- In the airline industry, a passenger who purchases a ticket shortly before flight time
- walk-up
- Bird is thrown while handler and dog are walking with the dog at heel, much like jump shooting
- walking
- Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness
- walking
- Incarnate as a human; living
Phil's mother is a walking miracle after surviving that accident.
- walking
- Gerund of walk
The walking helped her.
- walking
- Characterized by or suitable for walking
good walking shoes.
- walking
- {n} the act of moving by regular steps
- Walking
- ambulative
- walk around
- walk around something
- walk around
- stroll, take a walk, wander about
- walk around
- walk randomly; "We were walking around in the neighborhood to see whether we could find an open drugstore"