| Walk (walk) |
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| Walk |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Walked (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Walking.] [OE. walken, probably from AS. wealcan to
roll, turn, revolve, akin to D. walken to felt hats, to work a hat,
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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.
To move or go on the feet for exercise or
amusement; to take one's exercise; to ramble.
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.
To be in motion; to act; to move; to wag.
To behave; to pursue a course of life; to
conduct one's self.
To move off; to depart.
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To pass
through, over, or upon; to traverse; to perambulate; as, to walk the
streets.
To cause to walk; to lead, drive, or ride with a
slow pace; as to walk one's horses.
To subject, as cloth or yarn, to the fulling process; to
full.
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The act of
walking, or moving on the feet with a slow pace; advance without running or
leaping.
The act of walking for recreation or exercise;
as, a morning walk; an evening walk.
Manner of walking; gait; step; as, we often know
a person at a distance by his walk.
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.
A frequented track; habitual place of action;
sphere; as, the walk of the historian.
Conduct; course of action; behavior.
The route or district regularly served by a
vender; as, a milkman's walk.
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In
coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between
them.
A
place for keeping and training puppies.
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To put or keep (a puppy) in a walk; to train
(puppies) in a walk.
To move in a manner likened to
walking.
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