Word Meaning

walk definition and meaning

v. i. To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate, but without running, or lifting one foot entirely before the other touches the ground.
v. i. To move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement; to take one's exercise; to ramble.
v. i. To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; -- said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person; to go about as a somnambulist or a specter.
v. i. To be in motion; to act; to move; to wag.
v. i. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's self.
v. i. To move off; to depart.
v. t. To pass through, over, or upon; to traverse; to perambulate; as, to walk the streets.
v. t. To cause to walk; to lead, drive, or ride with a slow pace; as to walk one's horses.
v. t. To subject, as cloth or yarn, to the fulling process; to full.
n. The act of walking, or moving on the feet with a slow pace; advance without running or leaping.
n. The act of walking for recreation or exercise; as, a morning walk; an evening walk.
n. Manner of walking; gait; step; as, we often know a person at a distance by his walk.
n. That in or through which one walks; place or distance walked over; a place for walking; a path or avenue prepared for foot passengers, or for taking air and exercise; way; road; hence, a place or region in which animals may graze; place of wandering; range; as, a sheep walk.
n. A frequented track; habitual place of action; sphere; as, the walk of the historian.
n. Conduct; course of action; behavior.
n. The route or district regularly served by a vender; as, a milkman's walk.

Crossword clues for walk

- Escort
- March
- Move at a regular pace
- Perambulate
- Saunter
- Step
- Stroll