Dictionary

walk en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /wɔːk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• wäk (cot-caught-merger)
• /wɔk/ (Scotland)
• wôk without the cot–caught merger
• /woːk/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• audio SSB
• /wɔk/ without the cot–caught merger
• /woːk/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• (US) audio cot-caught
• /waːk/ (Northumbria)
• (Australia) audio
• /wɑk/ (cot-caught-merger)

Etymology

From Middle English walk, walke, walken, walkyn, wolken (“to roll, toss, or turn; to walk; to move; to be living; to beat or full; to perform”), a conflation of Old English wealcan (“to move around; to revolve; to roll; to fluctuate; to discuss”) (ġewealcan (“to go, traverse; to roll”)) and Old English wealcian (“to curl, roll up, twist; to wrinkle”); both from Proto-West Germanic *walkan, from Proto-Germanic *walkaną (“to roll, toss, turn, wind; to walk, wander, wend; to full, trample”), *walkōną (“to roll about; to full”), from Proto-Indo-European *walg- (“to twist, turn, move”). Cognates Cognate with Bavarian woikn (“to full, tan; to knead dough; to roll out dough”), Cimbrian balchan (“to beat, hit, strike”), Dutch zwalken (“to walk around”), German walken (“to full, tan, walk; to knead; to beat up”), Danish valke (“to full, walk, waulk”), Faroese válka (“make dirty; stir up dirt”), Swedish valka (“to full cloth, to waulk”); also Latin valgus (“bent out; bandy, bow-legged”). More at vagrant and whelk. Doublet of waulk.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) 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.
   • Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. […] His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn. He walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them. 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 16:
   • Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 257:
   • To walk briskly for an hour every day is to keep fit.
2. (colloquial, intransitive) To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.
   • If you can’t present a better case, that robber is going to walk.
3. (colloquial, euphemistic, intransitive) Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
   • If you leave your wallet lying around, it’s going to walk.
4. (intransitive, 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.
5. (transitive) To travel (a distance) by walking.
   • I walk two miles to school every day.
   • Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. […] His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn. He walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them. 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 16:
   • 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.
   • I will rather trust[…]a thief to walk my ambling gelding. c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 47:
   • Will you walk me home?
7. (intransitive, with in) To appear in a parade.
   • Those who wish to walk in the parade this fall should sign up now.
8. (transitive) To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
9. (intransitive, of a batter) To reach base by being pitched four balls.
10. (intransitive) Of an object or machine, to move by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.
    • If we don't bolt the washing machine down, it's going to walk across the room.
11. (transitive) To cause something to move in such a way.
    • I carefully walked the ladder along the wall.
12. (transitive) To full; to beat (cloth) to give it the consistency of felt.
13. (transitive) To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).
    • I walked the streets aimlessly.
    • Debugging this computer program involved walking the heap.
14. (transitive) To operate the left and right throttles of (an aircraft) in alternation.
    • Still keeping his tail in the air, Red coaxed the “Airknocker” ahead and as we grasped his struts he slowly retarded the throttle. We walked the plane between two tiedown blocks and not until we had tied the struts did Red cut the switch. 1950, Flying Magazine, volume 46, number 3, page 18:
15. (colloquial, intransitive) To leave, resign.
    • He will make their cowes and garrans to walk. 1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC, page 39:
    • If we don't offer him more money he'll walk.
16. (transitive) To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.
    • 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. 1994, John Forester, Bicycle Transportation: A Handbook for Cycling Transportation Engineers, MIT Press, page 245:
17. (intransitive) To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.
    • We walk perversely with God, and he will walk crookedly toward us. , page 35
18. (intransitive) 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.
    • There have been reports of cases where, in the event of a girl having died, a man was chosen to go through the marriage ceremony and even have intercourse with the body, before burial, so that she might not "walk". 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 32:
    • October 9, 1550, Hugh Latimer, sermon preached at Stamford, link I heard a pen walking in the chimney behind the cloth.
19. (obsolete) To be in motion; to act; to move.
    • Come, doe you thinke, I'ld walke in any plot 1611, Ben[jamin] Jonson, Catiline His Conspiracy, London: […] [William Stansby?] for Walter Burre, →OCLC, Act III:
    • I have heard, but not believed, the spirits of the dead / May walk again. c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 288:
    • her toung did walke / In fowle reproch. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 5, page 233:
20. (historical, transitive) To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.
21. (informal, transitive) To move (a guest) to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available on the day of check-in.
22. (intransitive, of a tool, qualifier:such as a drill bit or reamer) To tend to move radially while feeding axially, whether tending toward on-center or tending toward off-center. Walking may be desirable (e.g., when a reamer walks into concentricity) or undesirable (e.g., when a twist drill walks into eccentricity.)
23. To pull (a trigger) rapid-fire by alternating two fingers.

Forms

Antonyms

run

Deriveds

skinwalk · walk and chew gum at the same time · walk the hospitals · walkability · walk with · walk it like one talks it · walkist · walk turkey · frog-walk · skywalk · walkie · walk the cat back · walk-away · walk back · walk on eggshells · microwalk · racewalk · speedwalk · walkshed · walk the beat · walk in circles · walk the chalk mark · firewalk · walk on air · walk the floor · hotwalk · walkies · moonwalk · walk on broken glass · walk-over · walker · walktrap · perp-walk · walk softly and carry a big stick · walk the line · crabwalk · sleepwalk · walk-around money · walkway · walk on one's lower lip · walk on the wild side · walkathon · walk the dog · wallwalk · walk in someone's shoes · walk the streets · walk the plank · walk-off · walk-in · duckwalk · walk it · walk a tightrope · outwalk · walk all over · walkalator · rewalk · walkalong · knucklewalk · walk one's shots · dogwalk · powerwalk · walk-on · walk Spanish · walk out on · walk the chalk line · walk the gangplank · walk like an Egyptian · walk back the cat · walk the talk · walk down the aisle · walk a straight line · Walkman · walk away · Walklate · walk-up · Walker · walk on water · walk good · walkie-talkie · jack-walk · walk a mile in someone's shoes · miswalk · walkman · walkaround · walk in on · walk about · walkable · walk off with · management by walking about · walkup · walk one's chalks · walk around · walkthru · forewalk · walk the chalk · walk-on girl · walk-alone · beamwalk · walk the boards · management by walking around · walkboard · overwalk · walk it off · walk in straight lines · walk out with · walk off the job · walk on sunshine · walkover · walk around money · walk-through · bushwalk · walk the walk · jaywalk

Descendants

waka · waka · waka · wakka · waak · walkee · waak · waka

Hypernyms

move

Hyponyms

rush · flounce · walk over · scoot · hurry · stomp · sashay · walk into · swagger · canter · walk off · hike · shamble · skirr · tiptoe · walk on · dash · walk through · trudge · skedaddle · shin · hobble · forwalk · walk behind · perambulate · hoof it · march · creep · drag · limp · circumambulate · plod · meander · parade · dawdle · tred · walk alone · cruise · tread · make off · stroll · walk on by · slog · walk out · peregrinate · walk away from · promenade · trot · skip · mosey · strut · tightrope-walk · walk in · pussyfoot · wade · amble · walk away with · sidle · flee · inch · slink · jog · saunter · bolt · crawl · walk tall · walk down · toddle · gambol · skulk · hustle · poke · trek · ramble · wander · traipse

Relateds

way · journey · run · move slowly · gait

Synonyms

full (beat cloth) · get off · get stolen (be stolen) · navigate · be acquit (colloquial: go free) · get pinch (be stolen) · pedestrianize · go free · ambulate · raik · be (be stolen) · waulk (beat cloth) · be (be stolen) · get nick (be stolen)

Translations (490)

ca voltar (to traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement)) · ur جانا (to move on the feet) · sd هلڻ (to move on the feet) · fr promener (to take for a walk or accompany) · cs jít (to travel a distance by walking) · za byaij (to move on the feet) · enm walken (to travel a distance by walking) · zh 行 (to move on the feet) · wa pormoenner (to take for a walk or accompany) · fr ficher le camp (colloquial: to avoid a criminal court case) · fi kulkea (to be stirring) · de laufe (to move on the feet) · sv sluta (colloquial: to leave, resign) · stq loope (to move on the feet) · ckb پیاسە کردن (to move on the feet) · fy gean (to move on the feet) · su papah (to move on the feet) · fr battre (to full cloth) · ru ходи́ть (to travel a distance by walking) · gaa nyiɛmɔ (to move on the feet) · sl iti (to move on the feet) · ro merge (to move on the feet) · lo ດຸ່ງ (to move on the feet) · es andar (to move on the feet) · enm walken (to full cloth) · ru почувствовать (to full cloth) · be гуля́ць (to move on the feet) · sh ìći (to move on the feet) · zu -hamba (to move on the feet) · fr se barrer (colloquial: to be stolen) · hu gyalog megy (to move on the feet) · aii ܓ̰ܵܘܹܓ̰ (to move on the feet) · ky жүрүү (to move on the feet) · es pasear (to take for a walk or accompany) · rm chaminar (to move on the feet) · bg разхо́ждам (to take for a walk or accompany) · az aylanmaq (to travel a distance by walking) · gun guata (to move on the feet) · zh 步行 (to move on the feet) · it sodare (to full cloth) · aii ܪܵܓ݂ܹܠ (to move on the feet) · mk шета (to take for a walk or accompany) · fi käyttäytyä (to behave) · el περπατάω (to move on the feet) · et kõndima (to move on the feet) · fi kulkea jalan (to travel a distance by walking) · izh käyvvä (to move on the feet) · it stare rubato (colloquial: to be stolen) · jv mlaku (to move on the feet) · sh хо́дати (to move on the feet) · bg вървя́ (to behave) · ru проходить (to travel a distance by walking) · rap ha'ere (to move on the feet) · da gå (to travel a distance by walking) · wa roter (to travel a distance by walking) · gl andar (to move on the feet) · wa raconcoister (to take for a walk or accompany) · ru проходить (move something by shifting between two positions) · fi ulkoiluttaa (to take for a walk or accompany) · hu jár (to move on the feet) · mi haere-ā-waewae (to move on the feet) · sh хо̀дити (to move on the feet) · mk иде (to move on the feet) · sv få fötter (colloquial: to be stolen) · tet la'o (to move on the feet) · ru идти́ пешко́м (to move on the feet) · tr gezdirmek (to take for a walk or accompany) · sh šétati (to move on the feet) · mag 𑂥𑂳𑂪𑂪 (to move on the feet) · hak 行路 (to move on the feet) · zza çarnayen (to take for a walk or accompany) · ne हिँड्नु (to move on the feet) · lut ʔibəš (to move on the feet) · sv gå till fots (to move on the feet) · ia promenar (to move on the feet) · gd coisich (to travel a distance by walking) · haw hele wāwae (to move on the feet) · sv gå ut och gå (to take for a walk or accompany) · mi whakaraka (to move on the feet) · sh prošétati (to move on the feet) · nl uitlaten (to take for a walk or accompany) · got 𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌱𐍉𐌽 (to move on the feet) · be хадзі́ць (to move on the feet) · grc πεζεύω (to move on the feet) · kk жүру (to move on the feet) · so tegid (to move on the feet) · tsg panaw (to move on the feet) · yi שפּאַצירן (to move on the feet) · de gehen (to move on the feet) · gu જવું (to move on the feet) · grc πορεύομαι (to move on the feet) · ln tambola (to move on the feet) · ru вы́гулять (to take for a walk or accompany) · bg дви́жа се (to be in motion) · it essere rubato (colloquial: to be stolen) · bg разхо́ждам се (to travel a distance by walking) · sh ѝћи (to move on the feet) · be ісці́ пе́шшу (to move on the feet) · ta நட (to move on the feet) · de ausführen (to take for a walk or accompany) · sh че́пати (to move on the feet) · zh зу (to move on the feet) · fi liikkua (to be in motion) · sk ísť peši (to move on the feet) · sv promenera (to travel a distance by walking) · aii ܗܲܠܸܟ݂ (to move on the feet) · tpi wokabaut (to move on the feet) · ms berjalan (to move on the feet) · oc marchar (to travel a distance by walking) · ttj -rubata (to move on the feet) · hak 行 (to move on the feet) · de freikommen (colloquial: to avoid a criminal court case) · tl parada (to travel a distance by walking) · sv gå (to move on the feet) · he הָלַךְ (to travel a distance by walking) · nl lopen (to travel a distance by walking) · ssy gerhe (to move on the feet) · ru выйти сухи́м из воды́ (colloquial: to avoid a criminal court case) · egy h-A-D54 (to move on the feet) · zh 走 (to move on the feet) · sv vandra (to travel a distance by walking) · mww taug kev (to move on the feet) · tft tagi (to move on the feet) · pl wyprowadzać (to take for a walk or accompany) · bcl lakaw (to move on the feet) · km ដើរ (to move on the feet) · cic aya (baseball: to allow to advance after four balls) · stq treede (to move on the feet) · enm walken (to move on the feet) · fi lähteä kävelemään (colloquial: to be stolen) · ckb پیاسە کردن (to take for a walk or accompany) · is labba (to move on the feet) · os цӕуын (to move on the feet) · no gå på tur med (to take for a walk or accompany) · is ganga (to move on the feet) · ja 歩く (to move on the feet) · ko 걷다 (to move on the feet) · es caminar (to move on the feet) · gd coisich (to move on the feet) · hu levisz sétálni (to take for a walk or accompany) · ru идти́ (to travel a distance by walking) · sh ше́тати (to move on the feet) · fi lähteä (colloquial: to leave, resign) · fi kävelyttää (to take for a walk or accompany) · hi जाना (to move on the feet) · ca caminar (to travel a distance by walking) · it portare fuori (to take for a walk or accompany) · hi चलना (to move on the feet) · mk пешачи (to travel a distance by walking) · fi taluttaa (move something by shifting between two positions) · sv gå ut med hunden (to take for a walk or accompany) · mi wawake (to move on the feet) · zza luwen (to move on the feet) · ja 歩く (to travel a distance by walking) · eo promeni (to move on the feet) · sc caminare (to move on the feet) · wuu 走 (to move on the feet) · fr accompagner (to take for a walk or accompany) · fr parcourir (to traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement)) · pt caminhar (to move on the feet) · uli daerlaog (to move on the feet) · eo promeni (to travel a distance by walking) · ain アㇵカス (to move on the feet) · pa ਚਲਣਾ (to move on the feet) · fi vaeltaa (to be stirring) · lt vaikščioti (to move on the feet) · aii ܚܵܕܹܪ (to move on the feet) · to lue (to move on the feet) · es acompañar (to take for a walk or accompany) · kri waka (to move on the feet) · tr yürümek (to move on the feet) · fi kävellä (to travel a distance by walking) · hu sétál (to move on the feet) · ru уйти́ (colloquial: to leave, resign) · za yamq (to move on the feet) · wa mårtchî (to travel a distance by walking) · hu hazakísér (to take for a walk or accompany) · sk ísť (to move on the feet) · my လျှောက် (to move on the feet) · ckb ڕۆیشتن (to move on the feet) · bg вървя́ (to move on the feet) · ab ацара (to move on the feet) · lg okutambula (to move on the feet) · pt caminhar (to travel a distance by walking) · srn waka (to move on the feet) · la clepor (colloquial: to be stolen) · chy -amehné (to move on the feet) · ru шага́ть (to move on the feet) · xul yerrabi (to move on the feet) · it camminare (to travel a distance by walking) · ro plimba (to take for a walk or accompany) · ar مشى (to move on the feet) · ln kotambola (to move on the feet) · la vado (to travel a distance by walking) · lb trëppelen (to move on the feet) · pt andar (to travel a distance by walking) · he לָקַח לְטִיּוּל (to take for a walk or accompany) · mn явган явах (to move on the feet) · mt mexa (to move on the feet) · tk гезмек (to move on the feet) · ltg staiguot (to move on the feet) · kix làikēi (to move on the feet) · dsb chójźiś (to move on the feet) · lmo andà (to move on the feet) · sq eci (to move on the feet) · fi vanuttaa (to full cloth) · mnc ᡶᡝᠯᡳᠶᡝᠮᠪᡳ (to move on the feet) · uk іти́ кро́ком (to move on the feet) · enm walken (to behave) · pl chodzić (to move on the feet) · fi antaa vapaataival (baseball: to allow to advance after four balls) · tvo tagi (to move on the feet) · te నడుచుట (to move on the feet) · es estar robado (colloquial: to be stolen) · ko 거닐다 (to take for a walk or accompany) · scn jiri pedi pedi (to travel a distance by walking) · scn purtari a passijari (to take for a walk or accompany) · swb uendra (to move on the feet) · no vandre (to travel a distance by walking) · la ambulo (to take for a walk or accompany) · stq gunge (to move on the feet) · as খোজ কাঢ় (to move on the feet) · tl maglakad (to move on the feet) · khb ᦵᦤᦲᧃ (to move on the feet) · am ተራመደ (to move on the feet) · ko 가다 (to move on the feet) · az gəzdirmək (to take for a walk or accompany) · mk оди (to move on the feet) · sk chodiť (to move on the feet) · hu legyalogol (to travel a distance by walking) · sk ísť krokom (to move on the feet) · ca passejar (to take for a walk or accompany) · yue 行路 (to move on the feet) · akl eakaw (to move on the feet) · fi dallata (to move on the feet) · da gå (to move on the feet) · fi kävelyttää (move something by shifting between two positions) · lt eiti (to move on the feet) · chr ᎠᎢ (to move on the feet) · lv iet (to move on the feet) · ur چلنا (to move on the feet) · sh hódati (to move on the feet) · no gå (to travel a distance by walking) · izh lovata (to move on the feet) · sv gå (colloquial: to leave, resign) · vec caminar (to move on the feet) · ca fer (to travel a distance by walking) · tg гаштан (to move on the feet) · sa चलति (to move on the feet) · csb chòdzëc (to move on the feet) · grc πατέω (to move on the feet) · he הוֹלִיך (to take for a walk or accompany) · zh 行 (to move on the feet) · zh 走路 (to move on the feet) · scn jiri pedi pedi (to move on the feet) · ka სიარული (to move on the feet) · nrf marchi (to move on the feet) · hu gyalogol (to travel a distance by walking) · eo promenigi (to take for a walk or accompany) · he הָלַךְ (to move on the feet) · sg tambula (to move on the feet) · ml നടക്കുക (to move on the feet) · fa پیاده رفتن (to move on the feet) · mk шета (to move on the feet) · grc βαδίζω (to move on the feet) · lb goen (to move on the feet) · ja 散歩する (to take for a walk or accompany) · cs jít (to move on the feet) · mk пешачи (to move on the feet) · uk іти́ пі́шки (to move on the feet) · grc βαίνω (to move on the feet) · az gəzmək (to travel a distance by walking) · ppl nejnemi (to move on the feet) · mk прошетува (to take for a walk or accompany) · scn passijari (to travel a distance by walking) · ang gān (to move on the feet) · ga siúil (to move on the feet) · liv kǟdõ (to move on the feet) · fi olla liikkeellä (to be in motion) · io promenar (to move on the feet) · vi đi bộ (to move on the feet) · cs chodit (to move on the feet) · de laufen (to travel a distance by walking) · fa راه رفتن (to move on the feet) · oc caminar (to move on the feet) · fi taluttaa (to push vehicle alongside oneself) · mi haere mā raro (to move on the feet) · ast andar (to move on the feet) · pl iść (to move on the feet) · la ambulo (to travel a distance by walking) · da gå fri (colloquial: to avoid a criminal court case) · eo piediri (to move on the feet) · ar مَشَى (to move on the feet) · scn purtari fora (to take for a walk or accompany) · nah nenemi (to move on the feet) · war lakat (to move on the feet) · no spasere (to move on the feet) · no slippe løs (colloquial: to avoid a criminal court case) · vi đi (to move on the feet) · no gå (to move on the feet) · grc περιπατέω (to move on the feet) · sh hòditi (to move on the feet) · hu sétáltat (to take for a walk or accompany) · izh männä (to move on the feet) · pt andar (to move on the feet) · ru пойти́ (to travel a distance by walking) · pt passear (to take for a walk or accompany) · dsb pśechójźowaś se (to move on the feet) · ia ambular (to move on the feet) · my လမ်းလျှောက် (to move on the feet) · sm e savali (to move on the feet) · la gradior (to move on the feet) · fi saattaa (to take for a walk or accompany) · tr yürüyüşe çıkarmak (to take for a walk or accompany) · ro umbla (to move on the feet) · ki thiĩ (to move on the feet) · pt estar robado (colloquial: to be stolen) · az gəzmək (to move on the feet) · tk ýöremek (to move on the feet) · vi đi dạo (to take for a walk or accompany) · fi käydä (to move on the feet) · enm walken (to be stirring) · bg хо́дя (to traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement)) · bo གོམ་པ་རྒྱག (to move on the feet) · ltg īt (to move on the feet) · vec caminare (to move on the feet) · kea anda (to move on the feet) · fr s'envoler (colloquial: to be stolen) · war lakaw (to move on the feet) · grc στείχω (to move on the feet) · ka სვლა (to move on the feet) · hu meglép (colloquial: to avoid a criminal court case) · de wegkommen (colloquial: to be stolen) · tt йөрергә (to move on the feet) · ru бы́ли вы́несенны (colloquial: to be stolen) · ru ходить (to traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement)) · sl hoditi (to move on the feet) · ve tshimbila (to move on the feet) · arn xekan (to move on the feet) · scn firrijari (to travel a distance by walking) · ar تَمَشَّى (to move on the feet) · be ісці́ (to move on the feet) · yue 行 (to move on the feet) · bg разхо́дя (to take for a walk or accompany) · aa gexe (to move on the feet) · sa एति (to move on the feet) · no gå (colloquial: to leave, resign) · az yerimək (to move on the feet) · lg okulamaga (to travel a distance by walking) · ko 걸어가다 (to travel a distance by walking) · bn হাঁটা (to move on the feet) · la gradior (to travel a distance by walking) · hu gyalog tesz meg (to travel a distance by walking) · ibg lakad (to move on the feet) · wuu 跑 (to move on the feet) · ar يِمشي (to move on the feet) · wa roter (to move on the feet) · nl lopen (to move on the feet) · bg разхо́дя се (to travel a distance by walking) · uk гуля́ти (to move on the feet) · ky басуу (to move on the feet) · hy քայլել (to move on the feet) · de freigelassen werden (colloquial: to avoid a criminal court case) · cmg ᠶᠠᠪᠤᠮᠤᠢ (to move on the feet) · fr faire [distance] à pied (to travel a distance by walking) · ngh dyaqn (to move on the feet) · knj b'ey (to move on the feet) · eo piediri (to travel a distance by walking) · bn চলা (to move on the feet) · zza pay şiyen (to move on the feet) · la ambulō (to move on the feet) · gl camiñar (to move on the feet) · zh 遛 (to take for a walk or accompany) · kea andá (to move on the feet) · yi גיין (to move on the feet) · pdt gonen (to move on the feet) · hu gyalogol (to move on the feet) · njo-jgl jaja (to move on the feet) · lo ຍ່າງ (to move on the feet) · ca estar robado (colloquial: to be stolen) · da vandre (to travel a distance by walking) · hi टहलना (to move on the feet) · nl wandelen (to move on the feet) · arc ܗܠܟ (to move on the feet) · scn nèsciri (to take for a walk or accompany) · zh 行路 (to move on the feet) · bg прехо́ждам (to traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement)) · hu megsétáltat (to take for a walk or accompany) · eo marŝi (to move on the feet) · qu riy (to move on the feet) · fr se barrer (colloquial: to leave, resign) · hu megy (to move on the feet) · syl ꠀꠐꠣ (to move on the feet) · fr raccompagner (to take for a walk or accompany) · eu ibili (to move on the feet) · wa racpagnter (to take for a walk or accompany) · es pasear (to travel a distance by walking) · mnc ᠶᠠᠪᡠᠮᠪᡳ (to move on the feet) · tl lakarin (to take for a walk or accompany) · it camminare (to move on the feet) · nl stappen (to move on the feet) · sq Gaj (gheg) (to move on the feet) · xh -hamba (to move on the feet) · pl wyprowadzić (to take for a walk or accompany) · yur hegook' (to move on the feet) · am መራመድ (to move on the feet) · ppl nehnemi (to move on the feet) · ru пройти (to travel a distance by walking) · no gå ut med hunden (to take for a walk or accompany) · th เดิน (to move on the feet) · sw kutembea (to move on the feet) · rom phirel (to move on the feet) · hu elmenekül (colloquial: to avoid a criminal court case) · ce лела (to move on the feet) · ar مِشي (to move on the feet) · bg хо́дя (to move on the feet) · id jalan (to move on the feet) · sl prehoditi (to travel a distance by walking) · ug ماڭماق (to move on the feet) · sh čépati (to move on the feet) · fr se promener (to move on the feet) · ca caminar (to move on the feet) · fi kulkea (to be in motion) · clt cakuo (to move on the feet) · fi huovuttaa (to full cloth) · grc ὁδοιπορέω (to move on the feet) · ja 歩き回る (to traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement)) · sl sprehoditi (to take for a walk or accompany) · no spasere (to travel a distance by walking) · ru ходи́ть (to move on the feet) · nl wandelen (to travel a distance by walking) · or ଆସିବା (to move on the feet) · da gå tur med (to take for a walk or accompany) · tl ilakad (to take for a walk or accompany) · ru испари́ться (colloquial: to be stolen) · ru уходить (colloquial: to leave, resign) · uk ходи́ти (to move on the feet) · nl vrijuit gaan (colloquial: to avoid a criminal court case) · scn caminari (to move on the feet) · om deemuu (to move on the feet) · lv staigāt (to move on the feet) · ko 무두질하다 (to full cloth) · zea loôpe (to move on the feet) · fa راه بردن (to take for a walk or accompany) · uk іти́ (to move on the feet) · sv slippa lös (colloquial: to avoid a criminal court case) · scn passijari (to move on the feet) · la inambulo (to take for a walk or accompany) · cop ⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ (to move on the feet) · sh проше́тати (to move on the feet) · la vadō (to move on the feet) · es caminar (to travel a distance by walking) · sv gå (to travel a distance by walking) · az dolanmaq (to travel a distance by walking) · ru гуля́ть (to move on the feet) · ru идти́ (to move on the feet) · fi kävellä (to move on the feet) · as বুল (to move on the feet) · nay noppun (to move on the feet) · hu kísér (to take for a walk or accompany) · fr se casser (colloquial: to leave, resign) · de begleiten (to take for a walk or accompany) · ood him (to move on the feet) · hu elkísér (to take for a walk or accompany) · fi kävellä (to traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement)) · ltg veižuot (to move on the feet) · fr marcher (to move on the feet) · alt јӱрер (to move on the feet) · sv leda (to push vehicle alongside oneself) · cy cerdded (to move on the feet) · it andare a piedi (to move on the feet) · ty haere (to move on the feet) · ur ٹہلنا (to move on the feet) · fr marcher (to travel a distance by walking) · lb spadséieren (to move on the feet) · ain アㇷ゚カス (to move on the feet) · hu megússza (colloquial: to avoid a criminal court case) · af loop (to move on the feet) · ar تمشّى (to take for a walk or accompany) · gd coisich (to traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement)) · uz yurmoq (to move on the feet) · ko 걸어가다 (to move on the feet) · fr se tirer (colloquial: to leave, resign) · az dolaşmaq (to travel a distance by walking) · fi taluttaa (to take for a walk or accompany) · ru выгу́ливать (to take for a walk or accompany) · bo ཞབས་གོམ་བཀྱོན (to move on the feet) · tyv кылаштаар (to move on the feet) · zh 行走 (to move on the feet) · enm walken (to be in motion)

walk en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /wɔːk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• wäk (cot-caught-merger)
• /wɔk/ (Scotland)
• wôk without the cot–caught merger
• /woːk/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• audio SSB
• /wɔk/ without the cot–caught merger
• /woːk/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• (US) audio cot-caught
• /waːk/ (Northumbria)
• (Australia) audio
• /wɑk/ (cot-caught-merger)

Etymology

From Middle English walc, walk, walke, from Old English *wealc (as in Old English wealcspinl) and ġewealc (“rolling, turning; motion, surging”), from Proto-Germanic *walką. Cognate with Icelandic volk (“difficulty, hardship, trouble”).

Meanings

1. A trip made by walking.
   • I take a walk every morning.
   • go on a walk
   • FOUR BAPTISMS IN YING-SHAN We had looked forward to four or five days' work in Ying-shan similar to that in Yün-mung,but at the end of our two days' walk from the one city to the other (they lie more than fifty miles apart), Mr. Terrell had a touch of fever, so we judged it best to remain in Ying-shan only for a day and then travel as quickly as possible by chair to Teh-ngan to consult our good friend, Dr. Morley, of the Wesleyan Mission Hospital in that city, and from thence take boat for Hankow. 1894, “From Month to Month”, in The Chronicle of the London Missionary Society, number 33, Readers Union, →OCLC, page 220:
2. A distance walked.
   • It’s a long walk from my house to the library.
   • The precinct is about ten minutes’ walk, straight ahead, so you can’t miss it.
3. 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.
4. A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.
   • The Ministry of Silly Walks is underfunded this year.
5. A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk.
   • And then it appeared to the young man that he was walking his love up the grass walk of Heriotside, with the house close by him. 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
6. (figuratively) A person's conduct or course in life.
   • people of different ages and walks
   • Men like Stuart who had no desire to extol Coleridge's virtues, and other witnesses quite as hostile, to whom a moral dereliction could hardly be a mortal offence, were loud in praise of the purity of his walk in life. 1887, Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine, Sir Hall Caine, John Parker Anderson, Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, page 136:
7. A situation where all players fold to the big blind, as their first action (instead of calling or raising), once they get their cards.
8. An award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher; known in the rules as a "base on balls".
   • The pitcher now has two walks in this inning alone.
9. In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them.
10. (Belize, Caribbean, Guyana, Jamaica) An area of an estate planted with fruit-bearing trees.
    • 1961, Wilson Harris, The Far Journey of Oudin, Book 2, Chapter 6, in The Guyana Quartet, London: Faber and Faber, 1985, p. 150, One day he knew he would build this identical palace for himself. Not next to the road like now—where the present cottage was—but half a mile inside the coconut walk.
    • For half a mile from Vaughansfield the road, now a mere track, leads through pastures and a coffee-walk to the foot of a very steep hill […] 1803, Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, Letter 4, page 80:
    • He couldn’t sleep and took to walking outside at night, to look at the stars, to feel the cool air, and for a long time wasn’t even conscious that he always ended up standing in the darkness of the cocoa walk staring at the shutters of Bridget’s room. 1995, Olive Senior, “Window”, in Discerner of Hearts, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, page 66:
    • Twenty Acres of Land well kept in a Plantain Walk, will afford a very considerable Support, as Plantains are as hearty a Food as Eddoes, and the Plantain Walk may be a Nursery for declining Slaves, as well as to fatten old Cattle when they are past Labour. 1755, William Belgrove, A Treatise upon Husbandry or Planting, Boston, page 14:
11. (historical) A place for keeping and training puppies for dogfighting.
12. (historical) An enclosed area in which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting.
13. A sequence of alternating vertices and edges, where each edge's endpoints are the preceding and following vertices in the sequence. Compare path, trail.
14. (colloquial) Something very easily accomplished; a walk in the park.
    • And for the strongroom itself, he can tell us where to find the combination of the day. We had allowed four hours, Joe, but with this help, once you get us inside, it's a walk! I've been timing it. 1980, Robert Barr, The Coming Out Present (episode of Detective, BBC radio drama; around 16 min 20 sec)
15. (UK, dated, slang) 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).

Forms

Coordinates

path (Terms related to walk (noun)) · trail (Terms related to walk (noun)) · trail

Deriveds

gravel-walk · crawl before one can walk · fart walk · captain's walk · footwalk · walk of shame · cock of the walk · crosswalk · bug-walk · power walk · monkey walk · speedwalk · sheepwalk · Jericho walk · fieldwalk · learn to walk before one can run · firewalk · spacewalk · autowalk · moonwalk · drunkard's walk · Spanish walk · honor walk · walk policy · know how to walk before one can run · daywalk · tightrope walk · crabwalk · riverwalk · walk on the wild side · privilege walk · walk of life · cradle walk · walk of fame · directed walk · take a walk · front walk · duckwalk · take a long walk off a short pier · birdwalk · RP walk · photowalk · do you think you can walk · crankwalk · walkless · walk in the park · C-walk · elephant walk · race-walk · run-walk · Crip walk · ropewalk · take a walk on the wild side · cake walk · walk cycle · walk shorts · random walk · wiki walk · Lévy walk · bywalk · walk after lunch · soundwalk · widow's walk · slow-walk · forewalk · boardwalk · duck walk · awe walk · wall walk · plug walk · public walk · sidewalk · overwalk · take a long walk on a short pier · xwalk · sheep walk · coin walk · walk in the snow · ecowalk · airwalk · slutwalk · zombie walk · walkthrough · bushwalk · in a walk

Hyponyms

race walk (Hyponyms of walk (noun)) · spacewalk (Hyponyms of walk (noun)) · perp walk (Hyponyms of walk (noun)) · farmer's walk (Hyponyms of walk (noun)) · intentional walk (Hyponyms of walk (noun)) · space walk (Hyponyms of walk (noun)) · catwalk (Hyponyms of walk (noun)) · cakewalk (Hyponyms of walk (noun)) · whistle walk (Hyponyms of walk (noun)) · sidewalk (Hyponyms of walk (noun))

Synonyms

sidewalk (path) · pavement (path) · gait (manner of walking) · hike (trip made by walking) · hike (distance walked) · trek (distance walked) · path (path) · trek (trip made by walking) · footpath (path) · stroll (trip made by walking)

Translations (188)

af pad (maintained place on which to walk) · ko 포볼 (baseball: instance of walking a batter) · da gåtur (trip made by walking) · kk сейіл (trip made by walking) · eo marŝo (trip made by walking) · ckb ڕۆیشتن (distance walked) · mk патека (maintained place on which to walk) · ar تَجَوُّل (trip made by walking) · cs procházka (trip made by walking) · de Spaziergang (trip made by walking) · ja 四球 (baseball: instance of walking a batter) · enm walk (maintained place on which to walk) · la ambulacrum (maintained place on which to walk) · hi सैर (trip made by walking) · ja 散歩 (trip made by walking) · pt caminho (maintained place on which to walk) · bg вървеж (manner of walking) · nb spasertur (trip made by walking) · ru прогу́лка (trip made by walking) · srn waka (trip made by walking) · af stap (distance walked) · sq shëtitje (trip made by walking) · ro drum (maintained place on which to walk) · fr promenade (trip made by walking) · ru похо́дка (manner of walking) · pl przechadzka (trip made by walking) · ro pas (manner of walking) · ja 徒歩 (distance walked) · sv vandring (trip made by walking) · hu séta (trip made by walking) · ro plimbare (trip made by walking) · ky сейил (trip made by walking) · ka სეირნობა (trip made by walking) · gl camiñada (trip made by walking) · lt pasivaikščiojimas (trip made by walking) · es andares (manner of walking) · ca passeig (trip made by walking) · ko 산책 (trip made by walking) · fa-ira پِیادِهرَوی (trip made by walking) · nl wandeling (trip made by walking) · es caminata (trip made by walking) · es andar (manner of walking) · uz sayr (trip made by walking) · grc περίπατος (maintained place on which to walk) · bg похо́дка (manner of walking) · ko 볼넷 (baseball: instance of walking a batter) · sk prechádzka (trip made by walking) · es paseo (trip made by walking) · fr démarche (manner of walking) · lb Promenad (trip made by walking) · ckb پیاسھ (trip made by walking) · oc passejada (distance walked) · mk врвица (maintained place on which to walk) · fr but-sur-balles (baseball: instance of walking a batter) · gl andada (trip made by walking) · ar تَنَزُّه (trip made by walking) · pt andar (manner of walking) · sh šétnja (trip made by walking) · lb Spadséiergang (trip made by walking) · nb gåtur (trip made by walking) · ga siúl (trip made by walking) · be шпа́цыр (trip made by walking) · el περίπατος (trip made by walking) · pt andadura (manner of walking) · ca passeig (maintained place on which to walk) · mk од (manner of walking) · ro drum (distance walked) · ja フォアボール (baseball: instance of walking a batter) · gd coiseachd (manner of walking) · fi kävelyretki (trip made by walking) · yue 行下 (trip made by walking) · tg сайру гашт (trip made by walking) · ga siúlán (maintained place on which to walk) · twf cìaʼáne (trip made by walking) · it passeggiata (trip made by walking) · he צורת הליכה (manner of walking) · lv pastaiga (trip made by walking) · he הילוך (graph theory: a sequence of alternating vertices and edges) · oc passejada (trip made by walking) · ru похо́д (trip made by walking) · fa-ira گَرْدِش (trip made by walking) · tl lakad (trip made by walking) · ka გასეირნება (trip made by walking) · tr gezme (trip made by walking) · ro alee (maintained place on which to walk) · izh lovine (trip made by walking) · tr gezinti (trip made by walking) · sq Shëtitore (maintained place on which to walk) · es trecho (distance walked) · pt caminhada (trip made by walking) · be прагу́лка (trip made by walking) · sh ше́тња (trip made by walking) · nn gåtur (trip made by walking) · da gangart (manner of walking) · la perigrinatio (trip made by walking) · nl loopje (manner of walking) · kk қыдыру (trip made by walking) · enm walk (trip made by walking) · tg сайр (trip made by walking) · af loop (trip made by walking) · tl nilakad (distance walked) · ga siúl (manner of walking) · sv promenad (trip made by walking) · bg разхо́дка (trip made by walking) · be пагуля́нка (trip made by walking) · ro potecă (maintained place on which to walk) · cmn 漫步 (trip made by walking) · ro mers (manner of walking) · sc caminada (trip made by walking) · uk прогуля́нка (trip made by walking) · ar سِيرَة (trip made by walking) · da gåtur (distance walked) · la via (trip made by walking) · et jalutuskäik (trip made by walking) · ar مِشْيَة (manner of walking) · fi kävelymatka (distance walked) · ro cărare (maintained place on which to walk) · tr yürüyüş (trip made by walking) · it camminata (trip made by walking) · ro plimbare (distance walked) · te నడక (trip made by walking) · he טִיּוּל (trip made by walking) · nl wandeling (distance walked) · sl sprehod (trip made by walking) · da fodsti (maintained place on which to walk) · fi kävely (trip made by walking) · fa-ira سِیر (trip made by walking) · cy tro (trip made by walking) · nn spasertur (trip made by walking) · fi kävely (distance walked) · tl paglakad (manner of walking) · pl spacer (trip made by walking) · tl lakaran (maintained place on which to walk) · ar مَسِير (trip made by walking) · pt caminhada (distance walked) · fi kävelytie (maintained place on which to walk) · ko 사구 (baseball: instance of walking a batter) · be спа́цыр (trip made by walking) · da vandretur (distance walked) · fr marche (trip made by walking) · lb Gang (manner of walking) · he הָלִיכָה (trip made by walking) · is gönguferð (trip made by walking) · mk прошетка (trip made by walking) · nl pad (maintained place on which to walk) · cmn 散步 (trip made by walking) · ko 걸음새 (manner of walking) · vi sự đi dạo (trip made by walking) · es trayecto (distance walked) · ru ходьба́ (trip made by walking) · is ganga (trip made by walking) · kk серуен (trip made by walking) · sh хо̑д (manner of walking) · da gang (manner of walking) · de Weg (distance walked) · fr allée (maintained place on which to walk) · sv promenad (distance walked) · sh hȏd (manner of walking) · ckb ڕۆیشتن (trip made by walking) · la iter (trip made by walking) · uk прогу́лька (trip made by walking) · yue 散步 (trip made by walking) · fr balade (trip made by walking) · es paseo (maintained place on which to walk) · ja 歩道 (maintained place on which to walk) · ca passejada (trip made by walking) · sv gång (manner of walking) · tg гардиш (trip made by walking) · fi vapaataival (baseball: instance of walking a batter) · bg алея за разходка (maintained place on which to walk) · eo promeno (maintained place on which to walk) · sv vandring (distance walked) · fi kulku (graph theory: a sequence of alternating vertices and edges) · fi kävelytyyli (manner of walking) · te కాలి బాట (maintained place on which to walk) · zlw-ocs chod (trip made by walking) · grc βάδισμα (manner of walking) · hy զբոսանք (trip made by walking) · de Kantenzug (graph theory: a sequence of alternating vertices and edges) · da vandretur (trip made by walking) · ca passejada (distance walked) · tg сайругашт (trip made by walking) · ru прохо́д (graph theory: a sequence of alternating vertices and edges) · lv ceļš (distance walked) · ur سَیر (trip made by walking) · sv gång (maintained place on which to walk) · la incessus (manner of walking) · is rölt (trip made by walking)