Word Finder - walk

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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.

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

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To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.

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

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Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.

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

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(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 believes he is out.

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To travel (a distance) by walking.

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I walk two miles to school every day.  The museum’s not far from here – you can walk it.

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To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.

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I walk the dog every morning.  Will you walk me home?

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To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.

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To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.

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I carefully walked the ladder along the wall.

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To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt.

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To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).

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I walked the streets aimlessly.   Debugging this computer program involved walking the heap.

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To operate the left and right throttles of (an aircraft) in alternation.

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To leave, resign.

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

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To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.

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To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.

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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.

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To be in motion; to act; to move.

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To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.

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(hotel) To move a guest to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available on day of check-in.

My sister can walk and run.

I hurt my ankle and I can't walk on it.

His brisk walk was stiff.

I guess a walk in the cool evening isn't worth the risk of being eaten up by beasts is it?

Teacher and I went to walk in the yard, and I learned about how flowers and trees grow.

I'm going for a walk.

You sure walk fast.

He gave the horse enough room to walk away from the wagon and then tied the rope to the wagon.

I wonder why it is that we can walk so easily in the air.

He could hardly be blamed if he chose to make her walk home.

Do you want me to walk you home?

They went for a walk after lunch.

The smoke proved to be too much for Adrienne and two other girls, so they decided to walk each other home.

If you want to walk this late in the evening, you need to make sure I'm with you.

The travellers now resumed their walk toward the cottage, which they presently reached.

Cousin Leila thinks he will walk in a little while.

Going for a walk – in the woods.

A walk through the woods thither was often my recreation.

The city was far away, and the slaves must walk the whole distance.

Kind of late for a walk, isn't it?

He walked shyly and awkwardly over the parquet floor of the reception room, not knowing what to do with his hands; he was more accustomed to walk over a plowed field under fire, as he had done at the head of the Kursk regiment at Schon Grabern--and he would have found that easier.

A short walk up the road uncovered another mailbox.

Maybe he didn't like to walk, but he was certainly good at it – and capable of stealth.

When I saw you standing there in the road, so beautiful, your hair flowing around you like morning mist, I couldn't let you walk away.

We'll have to walk the rest.

I can now tell her to bring me a large book or a small plate, to go upstairs slowly, to run fast and to walk quickly.

It was a stupid move to walk blindly through such wild country.

He could not walk well on tiptoe and his whole body jerked at each step.

All who could walk went together, and after the third stage Pierre had rejoined Karataev and the gray-blue bandy-legged dog that had chosen Karataev for its master.

He rose and tried to walk, but staggered and would have fallen had not a soldier standing by held him up.

If you tell me every little thing you know or even suspect, I'll just drive away and let you walk down the lane to one of those farm houses we passed.

Damian turned to walk away.

I used to walk up on the hill by myself all the time.

I hoped we could go for a walk.

You're just going to open a can of worms and walk away?

She forced herself to walk, not run, back to the house.

I can hardly walk let alone lift a weapon.

If you can do it, I'll do as you ask and walk away.

Jenn cupped Darian's face with her hands then rose to kiss him lightly again on the lips and walk away.

Tell Xander you're going to walk around for about half an hour and you'll meet him back at the food court.

Gardiner (Cromwell, p. 315), that "what makes Cromwell's biography so interesting in his perpetual effort to walk in the paths of legality - an effort always frustrated by the necessities of the situation.

We'll have to walk from here.

You're going to be too sore to walk tomorrow.

Bumpus sensed a walk and joined the two.

I couldn't imagine you'd take that long for a dog walk.

I'm the only Immortal who can walk into Hell.

I saw a painting I may walk off with.

You want me … to walk away from everything I know, my family … I knew it was possible, but I didn't think I'd have a chance to go home at all … but still, I couldn't leave a whole planet to die!

No, I can walk.

You two want to stay here or walk with us?