To move on the feet by alternatelysetting 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.
To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actuallyguilty.
To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.
To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt.
To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).
To operate the left and right throttles of (an aircraft) in alternation.
To leave, resign.
To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.
To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.
To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, such as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person.
To be in motion; to act; to move.
To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.
To move a guest to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available on day of check-in.
Noun
A trip made by walking.
A distance walked.
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.
A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.
A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk.
A cheque drawn on a bank that was not a member of the London Clearing and whose sort code was allocated on a one-off basis; they had to be "walked" (hand-delivered by messengers).
From Middle English walken, from Old English wealcan, ġewealcan; and Middle English walkien, from Old English wealcian; both from Proto-Germanic *walkaną, *walkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *walg-. Cognate with Scots walk, Saterland Frisian walkje, West Frisian swalkje, Dutch walken, Dutch zwalken, German walken, Danish valke, Latin valgus, Sanskrit वल्गति ("amble, bound, leap, dance"). More at vagrant and whelk. Doublet of waulk.
From Middle English walk, walke, walc, from Old English *wealc (as in Old English wealcspinl) and ġewealc, from Proto-Germanic *walką. Cognate with Icelandic válk.
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