Walk

Verb

 * 1) To go on foot.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)   To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.
 * 4)   Of an object, to be stolen.
 * 5)  (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 knows he is out.
 * 6)  To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.
 * 7)  To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
 * 8)  To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).
 * 9)  To leave, resign.

Noun

 * 1) A trip made by walking.
 * 2) A distance walked.
 * 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.
 * 5) A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk.  Compare trail.
 * 6)  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".

Adjectives for Walk
solar; winding; strenuous; long; sunken; gravel; aimless; sanguine; flagged; exhilarating; cheerful; moderate; cloistered; lumbering; obscure; sunny; rough; windy; fatiguing; leisurely;  lingering;  tangling; cultured; mincing; haphazard; laurel; solitary; hedge-lined; contemplative; rampart willowy; shady; slow; undulating; rhythmic moonlight; enrapturing; roaming; royal humble; swarming; tremendous; silent visionary; smart; mind-clearing; dark night; restless; glorious; opposite; spacious sequestered; imposing; tangling; lazy; murmuring; substantial; oval; umbrageous.

Verbs for Walk

 * (path) beautify—; Border—; block—; bound—; circle—; designate—; elevate—; enclose—; fence in—; flank—; intersect—; occupy—; parallel—; pave—; plank—; promenade—; repair—; run up—; seclude—; shade—; skirt—.

Adverbs for Walk
bipedally; cavalierly; gingerly; sprightly; blindly; spirally; deliberately; defiantly; meekly; humbly; unsteadily; characteristically; mutely; monotonously; untiringly; tempestuously; stealthily; strenuously; musingly; restlessly; languidly; foppishly; aimlessly; wantonly; reflectively; defiantly; jauntily;  calmly; briskly; warily; abstractedly; sedately; haphazardly; contemplatively; lazily.

Synonyms for Walk

 * ambulate
 * be acquitted, get off, go free
 * be/get stolen; be/get nicked, be/get pinched
 * full, waulk
 * (trip made by walking): stroll (slow walk), hike (long walk), trek (long walk)
 * (distance walked): hike (if long), trek (if long)
 * (manner of walking): gait
 * (path): footpath, path, pavement, 🇺🇸 sidewalk
 * (path): footpath, path, pavement, 🇺🇸 sidewalk

Derived terms
walkathon; walker; Walker; walkies; walk away from; walk away with; walk in; walk in circles; walk into; walk it; walk it off; walk off; walk off with; walk on; walk out; walk over; walk through; walkie-talkie; walkman; Walkman&reg;; walkover; walk tall; walk the beat; walk the walk; cakewalk; catwalk; farmer's walk; intentional walk; perp walk; race walk; random walk; sidewalk; space walk; spacewalk; sponsored walk; walk in the park; walk policy; whistle walk.

Thesaurus
ambit, amble, ambulate, amphitheater, andante, ankle, area, arena, art, athletic field, auditorium, automobile race, background, bailiwick, bear garden, beat, beaten path, beaten track, berm, bicycle path, bicycle race, boardwalk, boat race, border, borderland, bowl, boxing ring, bridle path, bull ring, business, calling, campus, canvas, career, career building, careerism, catwalk, champaign, circle, circuit, circumambulate, circus, claudicate, claudication, cockpit, coliseum, colosseum, constitutional, contest of speed, course, craft, crawl, creep, cross-country race, cycle, dash, dead march, demesne, department, derby, discipline, dog race, dogtrot, domain, dominion, drag, drag along, drag out, drag race, droop, endurance race, esplanade, fastwalk, field, flight path, floor, flounce, foot, foot it, foot pavement, footpace, footpath, footrace, footway, forced march, forum, full circle, funeral march, gait, gallop, game, garden path, go dead slow, go slow, groove, ground, gym, gymnasium, hall, handicraft, heat, hemisphere, hike, hiking trail, hippodrome, hitch, hobble, hoof, hoof it, hurdle race, idle, inch, inch along, itinerary, jaunt, jaywalk, jog, jog on, jog trot, jog-trot, judicial circuit, jurisdiction, lap, laze, leg, leg it, leisurely gait, lifework, limp, line, line of business, line of work, lists, locale, lock step, loop, lumber, lumbering pace, lurch, mall, marathon, marathon race, march, marketplace, mat, match race, metier, milieu, mince, mincing steps, mission, mosey, motorcycle race, mush, mystery, number, obstacle race, occupation, open forum, orb, orbit, pace, pad, paddle, palaestra, pale, parade, parade ground, path, pathway, pedestrianize, perambulate, peripatetic journey, peripateticate, peripateticism, piaffer, pit, place, platform, plod, poke, poke along, potato race, practice, prado, prance, precinct, primrose path, prize ring, profession, promenade, province, public square, public walk, purlieu, pursuit, race, rack, racket, ramble, range, realm, regatta, relay, relay race, revolution, ring, road, road race, roll, round, round trip, rounds, route, run, runway, rut, sack race, saunter, scene, scene of action, scenery, schlep, scuttle, sea lane, setting, shamble, shortcut, shuffle, shuffle along, sidewalk, sidle, single-foot, site, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slow march, slow motion, slowness, specialization, specialty, speedway race, sphere, sprint, sprint race, squared circle, stadium, stage, stage set, stage setting, stagger, stagger along, stalk, step, stock-car race, stretch, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, stump, stump it, subdiscipline, swagger, swing, terrain, territory, theater, three-legged race, tilting ground, tiltyard, toddle, toddle along, torch race, totter, totter along, tour, towing path, towpath, track, track race, trade, trade route, trail, traipse, traject, trajectory, trajet, tramp, tread, troop, trot, trottoir, trudge, turn, velocity, vocation, waddle, walk of life, walking tour, walkway, work, worm, worm along, wrestling ring, yacht race

Etymology
From walken:, from  wealcan:, gewealcan:; and  walkien:, from  wealcian:; both from, from. Cognate with walk:,  swalkje:,  walken:,  zwalken:,  walken:,  valke:,  valgus:. More at.

Verb

 * Albanian:
 * Amharic: ተራመደ, መራመድ
 * Arabic:, تمشى
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: ісці, хадзиць,  гуляць,  ісці пешшу
 * Bulgarian: ходя,
 * Catalan: caminar
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  ,  行走
 * Coptic:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Ga: nyiɛmɔ
 * Galician: camiñar,
 * Georgian:
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient Greek:
 * Hawaiian:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: टहलना, ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: promenar
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: promenar, ambular
 * Irish:
 * Italian:, andare a piedi
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: (dar)
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish: ,
 * Lao:
 * Latgalian:, ,
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: iet, staigāt
 * Khmer: (dar)
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish: ,
 * Lao:
 * Latgalian:, ,
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: iet, staigāt


 * Lithuanian: eiti, vaikščioti
 * Macedonian:, пешачи,  шета (to go for a walk)
 * Malay:
 * Maori: haere-a-waewae
 * Mapudungun:
 * Marathi: chalane
 * Mongolian: явган явах
 * Nahuatl:
 * Ngarrindjeri:
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan: marchar
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, caminhar
 * Punjabi: ਚਲਣਾ (calṇā)
 * Romanian: ,
 * Romansch: chaminar
 * Russian:, , шагать,  идти пешком,
 * Samoan: e savali
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak:, ísť krokom,  ísť peši
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Tajik:
 * Tamil: வாக்
 * Thai:
 * Tok Pisin:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, іти, іти кроком,  гуляти,  іти пішки
 * Urdu: ٹہلنا, ,
 * Vietnamese:, đi dạo
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: גיין, שפּאַצירן
 * Zulu: ukuhamba (nc 15)
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, іти, іти кроком,  гуляти,  іти пішки
 * Urdu: ٹہلنا, ,
 * Vietnamese:, đi dạo
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: גיין, שפּאַצירן
 * Zulu: ukuhamba (nc 15)


 * Danish: gå fri
 * Dutch: vrijuit gaan
 * French:


 * German:, freikommen
 * Norwegian: slippe løs
 * Swedish: slippa lös


 * Finnish:
 * French: ,


 * German:
 * Swedish: få fötter


 * Danish:, (long distances)
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:, [distance]
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 歩く (aruku)
 * Macedonian: пешачи
 * Norwegian:, , spasere


 * Occitan: marchar
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene: prehoditi
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: gå, promenera (in a relaxed manner), vandra (long distances)
 * Tagalog:


 * Arabic: تمشى
 * Danish: gå tur med
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ;
 * French: (someone),   (someone, back to their starting point, usually home),   (dog)
 * Hebrew: הוליך, לקח לטיול
 * Japanese: 散歩する (sanpo-suru)


 * Kurdish:
 * Macedonian: шета, прошетува
 * Norwegian: gå på tur med, gå ut med hunden (walk the dog)
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovene: sprehoditi
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: gå ut och gå, gå ut med hunden (walk the dog)
 * Tagalog: lakarin, ilakad


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: ,


 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Italian:
 * Korean: 무두질하다 (mudujil-hada)


 * Finnish: kävelä
 * French:


 * Japanese: 歩き回る
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,


 * Swedish: ,


 * Finnish:


 * Swedish:

Noun

 * Afrikaans: loop
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: прагулка
 * Catalan: passejada
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: gåtur, vandretur (a longer distance)
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: marŝo
 * Estonian: jalutuskäik
 * Finnish: kävely, kävelyretki
 * French:, ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew:, הליכה
 * Irish:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish: ,
 * Macedonian: прошетка
 * Occitan: passejada
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: sprehod
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: promenad, vandring (a longer distance)
 * Tagalog:
 * Taos: cìa’áne
 * Telugu: నడక (naDaka)
 * Turkish: yürüyüş
 * Ukrainian: прогулянка


 * Afrikaans: stap
 * Catalan: passejada
 * Danish: gåtur, vandretur (a longer distance)
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, kävelymatka
 * German:


 * Japanese: 徒歩 (toho)
 * Kurdish:
 * Occitan: passejada
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: promenad, vandring (a long distance)
 * Tagalog: nilakad


 * Arabic: مشي
 * Danish: gang, gangart
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kävelytyyli
 * French:
 * Hebrew: צורת הליכה


 * Irish:
 * Macedonian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: coiseachd
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: paglakad


 * Afrikaans: pad
 * Catalan: passeig
 * Danish: fodsti
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: kävelytie
 * French:


 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: патека, врвица
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: lakaran
 * Telugu: కాలి బాట (kaali baaTa)


 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Japanese: 四球,

Verb
walk


 * 1) to watch

Etymology
Probably cognate with watch and wake

Alternative forms

 * valk
 * vakk
 * wakk

Related terms

 * wake: a watch, vigil
 * waken: to wake (from Old English wacan)
 * wakien: to watch, awake (from Old English wacian)
 * waknen: to be aroused from sleep (from Old English wacnian, wacnan)