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 walki…
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