Dictionary Entry
walk
walk is a 4-letter English word with 33 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 33 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
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.
- 2intransitive verb
To move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement; to take one's exercise; to ramble.
- 3intransitive verb
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.
- 4intransitive verb
To be in motion; to act; to move; to wag.
- 5intransitive verb
To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's self.
- 6intransitive verb
To move off; to depart.
- 7transitive verb
To pass through, over, or upon; to traverse; to perambulate; as, to walk the streets.
- 8transitive verb
To cause to walk; to lead, drive, or ride with a slow pace; as to walk one's horses.
- 9transitive verb
To subject, as cloth or yarn, to the fulling process; to full.
- 10noun
The act of walking, or moving on the feet with a slow pace; advance without running or leaping.
- 11noun
The act of walking for recreation or exercise; as, a morning walk; an evening walk.
- 12noun
Manner of walking; gait; step; as, we often know a person at a distance by his walk.
- 13noun
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.
- 14noun
A frequented track; habitual place of action; sphere; as, the walk of the historian.
- 15noun
Conduct; course of action; behavior.
- 16noun
The route or district regularly served by a vender; as, a milkman's walk.
- 17noun
(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
"he worked the pitcher for a base on balls"
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- 18noun
the act of traveling by foot
"walking is a healthy form of exercise"
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- 19noun
the act of walking somewhere
"he took a walk after lunch"
- 20noun
a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground
- 21noun
careers in general
"it happens in all walks of life"
- 22noun
a path set aside for walking
"after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk"
- 23noun
manner of walking
"he had a funny walk"
- 24verb
obtain a base on balls
- 25verb
give a base on balls to
- 26verb
take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure
"The lovers held hands while walking"
"We like to walk every Sunday"
- 27verb
use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
"Walk, don't run!"
"We walked instead of driving"
- 28verb
make walk
"He walks the horse up the mountain"
"Walk the dog twice a day"
- 29verb
accompany or escort
"I'll walk you to your car"
- 30verb
traverse or cover by walking
"Walk the tightrope"
"Paul walked the streets of Damascus"
- 31verb
walk at a pace
"The horses walked across the meadow"
- 32verb
be or act in association with
"We must walk with our dispossessed brothers and sisters"
"Walk with God"
- 33verb
live or behave in a specified manner
"walk in sadness"
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