1. Close enough to be walked to
   "walking distance";
   - walk-to

1. The act of travelling by foot
   "walking is a healthy form of exercise";
   - walk
    
2. [Brit] Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport
   "They enjoyed walking through the picturesque countryside on weekends";
   - rambling [Brit], hiking, bushwalking [Austral, NZ]

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"

Derived forms: walkings

See also: close, walk around

Type of: accompany, associate, behave, compel, comport, consociate, cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, go, locomote, locomotion, move, obligate, oblige, pace, pass over, play, rack up, score, tally, track, travel, traverse

Antonym: ride

Encyclopedia: Walking, Walking