Word Finder - walking

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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.

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Incarnate as a human; living.

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Elizabeth knows so many words that they call her the walking dictionary.

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Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness.

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Characterized by or suitable for walking.

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a walking tour

She started walking without responding.

Her father was walking toward them.

He turned and started walking down the hill.

I was walking from the opposite direction so everything looked backwards at first glance.

She was walking behind him, trying unsuccessfully to keep up with his long strides.

It's so much cooler than, like, walking somewhere.

Walking tomorrow would be excruciating.

Cora was walking away already, leaving Deidre to her internal war.

Most of the boys she dated would never have thought of practicing the age-old custom of walking around the car to open her door, or guiding her through the crowd with a gentle hand on one elbow.

Roxanne's house was within walking distance and the night was balmy.

I dreamed that I was walking in the dark and was suddenly surrounded by dogs, but I went on undismayed.

Things are nice as it is, she said to herself, and she began walking up and down the room, not stepping simply on the resounding parquet but treading with each step from the heel to the toe (she had on a new and favorite pair of shoes) and listening to the regular tap of the heel and creak of the toe as gladly as she had to the sounds of her own voice.

Balashev did not do so at once, but continued to advance along the road at a walking pace.

As she was walking down the hall, she heard her name mentioned.

A couple of vacationers picked her up walking along the beach near La Jolla.

The prince had a list of things to be bought in Smolensk and, walking up and down the room past Alpatych who stood by the door, he gave his instructions.

Pierre looked over the wall of the trench and was particularly struck by a pale young officer who, letting his sword hang down, was walking backwards and kept glancing uneasily around.

There were four units in the building that faced the waterway and walking paths that wound along the banks of the river.

And then they were walking out the door, still talking about the mare.

Apparently he did a lot of walking.

Try walking in my shoes for a day.

All I know is... all of the sudden you were walking away from me - right when I needed you the most.

I'd planned to wait until Betsy and Molly returned from walking Bumpus but I decided if I had to drive back into downtown Keene, I might as well swing by Wheelock Park Campground as it was on the way, at least sort-of.

Suddenly I remember Betsy and Molly were out walking Bumpus when I left the house!

The woman turned away and began walking down the street, leaving Faust with a disappointed look on his face.

Childhood excursions had taught her that the country was rough, but was she up to ten miles of walking?

She glanced around for some kind of weapon as they walked, and soon came up with a walking stick.

He didn't respond, and she thought it best to direct her energy to walking rather than talking.

You'd see less wildlife if you were walking - making more frightening noises to the animals.

And he fell back into that artificial realm of imaginary greatness, and again--as a horse walking a treadmill thinks it is doing something for itself--he submissively fulfilled the cruel, sad, gloomy, and inhuman role predestined for him.

See how much better this is than walking?

Now put that energy into walking.

Now, with only a few hours sleep, he was walking while she rode.

It was a weird sensation; I was moving like walking in water but I had no sense of my own body.

Walking around for a bit.

It was very difficult to walk over, the ties were wide apart and so narrow that one felt as if one were walking on knives.

One day, while she was out walking with her mother and Mr. Anagnos, a boy threw a torpedo, which startled Mrs. Keller.

Men in military uniforms and Hessian boots could be seen through the windows, laughing and walking through the rooms.

It was like walking in water and I almost lost my balance but after a few steps, I could control my motion pretty well.

She is a mother to the beautiful young girl I saw walking the family dog.

I was sure it was he who talked to her when she was walking Bumpus.

Dusty spun again and continued walking, aware of the anxious young man at his heels.

Sensing him, the large vamp stopped walking to the fortress built into the mountain and faced him.

Past-Death began walking again.

Soon, she wasn't going to have the option of walking.

She went to him, unable to see through the darkness even while walking through it.

When Dean pulled in the drive at Maid Marian Lane, Randy was walking a bike into the open garage.

Fred managed to get the license number by walking around the block and returning to the house from the rear.

For centuries the townsfolk used to celebrate his day (July 1st) by walking in procession bearing green boughs.

In 1872 "by walking, begging rides both in wagons, and in the cars" he travelled 500 m.