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walk

  • verb
  • wôk

To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.

Example

“To walk briskly for an hour every day is to keep fit.”

Other meanings

  1. To travel (a distance) by walking.

    “I walk two miles to school every day.”

  2. To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.

    “I walk the dog every morning.”

Example sentences

  • “Don't try to walk before you can crawl.”

    Tatoeba · deniko · CC0
  • “They walk through life with quiet determination.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
  • “A man walks into a bar...”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Old English "wealcian" (to curl, roll up, twist; to wrinkle).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “walk” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.