1. Use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
   "Walk, don't run!"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"
    
2. Take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure
   "The lovers held hands while walking"; "We like to walk every Sunday";
   - take the air
    
3. Make (someone or something) advance on foot; take on a walk (esp. for exercise)
   "Walk the dog twice a day"; "He walks the horse up the mountain"
    
4. Accompany or escort
   "I'll walk you to your car"
    
5. Traverse or cover by walking
   "Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day"
    
6. Walk at a pace
   "The horses walked across the meadow"
    
7. Live or behave in a specified manner
   "walk in sadness"
    
8. Be or act in association with
   "Walk with God"; "We must walk with our dispossessed brothers and sisters"
    
9. (baseball) obtain a base on balls
   "The batter walked on four pitches"
    
10. (baseball) give a base on balls to
    "The pitcher walked the batter"

1. The act of travelling by foot
   "Their morning walk became a daily ritual";
   - walking
    
2. The act of walking somewhere
   "he took a walk after lunch"
    
3. Manner of walking
   "he had a funny walk"
    
4. A path set aside for walking
   "after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk";
   - walkway, paseo
    
5. A slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground
   "The horse's gentle walk was perfect for beginners"
    
6. (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
   "he worked the pitcher for a walk";
   - base on balls, pass

Derived forms: walked, walking, walks

See also: walk around

Type of: accompany, accomplishment, achievement, associate, bearing, behave, carriage, compel, comport, consociate, cover, cross, cut across, cut through, gait, get across, get over, go, locomote, locomotion, move, obligate, oblige, pace, pass over, path, play, posture, rack up, score, tally, track, travel, traveling [US], travelling [Brit, Cdn], traverse

Antonym: ride

Encyclopedia: Walk, Idiot, Walk