walk
To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot forward, with at least one foot…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.
» The man walked round the corner.
Der Mann ging um die Ecke.
Чоловік зайшов за ріг.
Meaning
23 senses(intransitive)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.
To walk briskly for an hour every day is to keep fit.
gehen, laufe
ходи́тьxodítʹ, идти́idtí, шага́тьšagátʹ
ходи́тиxodýty, іти́itý, іти́ кро́комitý krókom
(colloquial, intransitive)To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.
If you can’t present a better case, that robber is going to walk.
freigelassen werden, freikommen
выйти сухи́м из воды́vyjti suxím iz vodý
(colloquial, euphemistic, intransitive)Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
If you leave your wallet lying around, it’s going to walk.
wegkommen
испари́тьсяisparítʹsja, бы́ли вы́несенныbýli výnesenny
(intransitive)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 believes he is out.
(transitive)To travel (a distance) by walking.
I walk two miles to school every day.
The museum’s not far from here – you can walk it.
laufen
ходи́тьxodítʹ, идти́idtí, пойти́pojtí
traverse or cover by walking
(transitive)To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.
I walk the dog every morning.
Will you walk me home?
ausführen, begleiten
выгу́ливатьvygúlivatʹ, вы́гулятьvýguljatʹ
take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure
(intransitive)To appear in a parade.
Those who wish to walk in the parade this fall should sign up now.
(transitive)To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
obtain a base on balls
(intransitive)To reach base by being pitched four balls.
give a base on balls to
(intransitive)Of an object or machine, to move by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.
If we don't bolt the washing machine down, it's going to walk across the room.
проходитьproxoditʹ
(transitive)To cause something to move in such a way.
I carefully walked the ladder along the wall.
(transitive)To full; to beat (cloth) to give it the consistency of felt.
почувствоватьpočuvstvovatʹ
Examples
10252 sentencesThe man walked round the corner.
Чоловік зайшов за ріг.
deDer Mann ging um die Ecke.
The baby is able to walk.
Дитина вже ходить.
ruРебенок может ходить.
deDas Baby kann laufen.
I like the way you walk.
Мені подобається твоя хода.
ruМне нравится твоя походка.
deIch mag die Art, wie du läufst.
I suggested going for a walk.
Я запропонував піти на прогулянку.
ruЯ предложил отправиться на прогулку.
deIch schlug vor, einen Spaziergang zu machen.
We walked slowly along the road.
Ми повільно йшли шляхом.
deWir gingen langsam die Straße entlang.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 8
By meaning 5
Origin
From Middle English walk, walke, walken, walkyn, wolken (“to roll, toss, or turn; to walk;From Middle English walk, walke, walken, walkyn, wolken (“to roll, toss, or turn; to walk; to move; to be living; to beat or full; to perform”), a conflation of Old English wealcan (“to move around; to revolve; to roll; to fluctuate; to discuss”) (ġewealcan (“to go, traverse; to roll”)) and Old English wealcian (“to curl, roll up, twist; to wrinkle”); both from Proto-West Germanic *walkan, from Proto-Germanic *walkaną (“to roll, toss, turn, wind; to walk, wander, wend; to full, trample”), *walkōną (“to roll about; to full”), from Proto-Indo-European *walg- (“to twist, turn, move”).
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Forms
walks, walking, walked, walkedPhrasal verbs
12 phrasal verbs- walk outзрозуміти, розумітиTo stage a walkout or strike.
- walk offTo recover from (a minor injury) or digest (a large meal) by walking around.
- walk onTo come onstage.
- walk inTo come without an appointment to a place that would normally require one.
- walk downTo continually advance (on an opponent) and punch (the opponent) in order to control the fight and dominate the opponent, while shrugging off the opponent's punches.
- walk backTo withdraw or backpedal on a statement or promise.
- walk overUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: to walk over.
- walk awayTo withdraw from a problematic situation.
Synonyms
14 synonyms- take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure:take the air
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
63 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- for a walk
- take a walk
- walk home
- to walk home
- walk to school
- walked into the
- walked down the
- walk in the
- walk through the
- walk home by
- walked away
- walks his dog