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.
Definitions
- intransitive 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.
- intransitive verb. To move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement; to take one's exercise; to ramble.
- intransitive 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.
- intransitive verb. To be in motion; to act; to move; to wag.
- intransitive verb. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's self.
- intransitive verb. To move off; to depart.
- transitive verb. To pass through, over, or upon; to traverse; to perambulate; as, to walk the streets.
- transitive verb. To cause to walk; to lead, drive, or ride with a slow pace; as to walk one's horses.
- transitive verb. To subject, as cloth or yarn, to the fulling process; to full.
- noun. The act of walking, or moving on the feet with a slow pace; advance without running or leaping.
- noun. The act of walking for recreation or exercise; as, a morning walk; an evening walk.
- noun. Manner of walking; gait; step; as, we often know a person at a distance by his walk.
- noun. 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.
- noun. A frequented track; habitual place of action; sphere; as, the walk of the historian.
- noun. Conduct; course of action; behavior.
- noun. The route or district regularly served by a vender; as, a milkman's walk.
- noun. (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
"he worked the pitcher for a base on balls"
- noun. the act of traveling by foot
"walking is a healthy form of exercise"
- noun. the act of walking somewhere
"he took a walk after lunch"
- noun. a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground
- noun. careers in general
"it happens in all walks of life"
- noun. a path set aside for walking
"after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk"
- noun. manner of walking
"he had a funny walk"
- verb. obtain a base on balls
- verb. give a base on balls to
- verb. take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure
"The lovers held hands while walking"
"We like to walk every Sunday"
- verb. use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
"Walk, don't run!"
"We walked instead of driving"
- verb. make walk
"He walks the horse up the mountain"
"Walk the dog twice a day"
- verb. accompany or escort
"I'll walk you to your car"
- verb. traverse or cover by walking
"Walk the tightrope"
"Paul walked the streets of Damascus"
- verb. walk at a pace
"The horses walked across the meadow"
- verb. be or act in association with
"We must walk with our dispossessed brothers and sisters"
"Walk with God"
- verb. live or behave in a specified manner
"walk in sadness"
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Common word forms
walks, walked, walker, walking, walkable
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