walk

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.3 Translations 2 Middle English 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Verb 2.2.1 Alternative spellings 2.2.2 Related terms 2.2.3 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: wôk, IPA: /wɔːk/, SAMPA: /wO:k/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɔːk

[edit] Etymology

From Old English wealcan.

[edit] Verb

to walk (third-person singular simple present walks, present participle walking, simple past and past participle walked)

1. (intransitive) 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.
2. (intransitive, colloquial) (law) To go free, particularly when actually guilty.

   If you can’t present a better case, that robber is going to walk.

3. (intransitive, colloquial) (euphemism) Of an object, to be stolen.

   If you leave your wallet lying around, it’s going to walk.

4. (intransitive, cricket) (of a batsman) 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.
5. (transitive) To travel (a distance) by walking.

   I walk two miles to school every day.

   The museum’s not far from here – you can walk it.

6. (transitive) To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.

   I walk the dog every morning

   Will you walk me home?

7. (transitive, baseball) To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
8. (transitive) To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.

   I carefully walked the ladder along the wall.

9. (transitive) To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt.
10. (transitive) To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).

    I walked the streets aimlessly.

    Debugging this computer program involved walking the heap.

11. (intransitive, colloquial) To leave, resign.

    If we don't offer him more money he'll walk.

12. (transitive) To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.
    • 1994, John Forester, Bicycle Transportation: A Handbook for Cycling Transportation Engineers, MIT Press, page 245:

      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.

[edit] Synonyms

• (move upon two feet): - See Wikisaurus:walk
• (colloquial: go free): be acquitted, get off, go free
• (be stolen): be/get stolen; (British) be/get nicked, be/get pinched
• (beat cloth): full, waulk (obsolete)

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[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

walk (plural walks)

1. A trip made by walking.

   I take a walk every morning

2. A distance walked.

   It’s a long walk from my house to the library

3. A manner of walking.

   The Ministry of Silly Walks is underfunded this year

4. A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail.
5. (baseball) An instance of walking a batter.

   The pitcher now has two walks in this inning alone

[edit] Synonyms

• (trip made by walking): stroll (slow walk), hike (long walk), trek (long walk)
• (distance walked): hike (if long), trek (if long)
• (manner of walking): gait
• (path): footpath, path, (British) pavement, (US) sidewalk

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Middle English

[edit] Etymology

Probably cognate with watch and wake

[edit] Verb

walk

1. to watch

[edit] Alternative spellings

• valk
• vakk
• wakk

[edit] Related terms

• wake: a watch, vigil
• waken: to wake (from Old English wacan)
• wakien: to watch, awake (from Old English wacian)
• waknen: to be aroused from sleep (from Old English wacnian, wacnan)

[edit] See also

• walk