I. verb
Etymology: partly from Middle English walken (past welk, past participle walken), from Old English wealcan to roll, toss, journey about (past weolc, past participle wealcen) and partly from Middle English walkien (past walked, past participle walked), from Old English wealcian to roll up, muffle up; akin to Middle Dutch walken to knead, press, full Date: before 12th century intransitive verb
1. roam , wander , to move about in visible form ; appear , to make headway,
2. to move along on foot ; advance by steps, to come or go easily or readily, to go on foot for exercise or pleasure, to go at a walk,
3. to pursue a course of action or way of life ; conduct oneself ; behave , to be or act in association ; continue in union , walk out , to go to first base as a result of a base on balls,
5. of an inanimate object to move in a manner that is suggestive of walking, to stand with an appearance suggestive of strides , to move about in space outside a spacecraft, to avoid criminal prosecution or conviction , transitive verb
1. to pass on foot or as if on foot through, along, over, or upon ; traverse , perambulate , to perform or accomplish by going on foot ,
2. to cause (an animal) to go at a walk ; take for a walk , b. to cause to move by walking , to haul (as an anchor) by walking round the capstan, to follow on foot for the purpose of measuring, surveying, or inspecting ,
4. to accompany on foot ; walk with , to compel to walk (as by a command), to bring to a specified condition by walking , to move (an object) in a manner suggestive of walking, to perform (a dance) at a walking pace , to give a base on balls to,
II. noun
Date: 14th century
1. an act or instance of going on foot especially for exercise or pleasure , space walk , an accustomed place of walking ; haunt , a place designed for walking:, a railed platform above the roof of a dwelling house, b. a path specially arranged or paved for walking, sidewalk , a public avenue for promenading ; promenade , ropewalk , a place or area of land in which animals feed and exercise with minimal restraint, distance to be walked , a ceremonial procession, manner of living ; conduct , behavior ,
8. the gait of a biped in which the feet are lifted alternately with one foot not clear of the ground before the other touches, the gait of a quadruped in which there are always at least two feet on the ground, a low rate of speed , a route regularly traversed by a person in the performance of a particular activity (as patrolling, begging, or vending), characteristic manner of walking , 1
1. social or economic status , b. range or sphere of action ; field , province , vocation , base on balls , an easy victory