Meaning

23 senses
  1. (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

  2. (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

  3. (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

  4. (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.

  5. (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

  6. (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

  7. (intransitive)To appear in a parade.

    Those who wish to walk in the parade this fall should sign up now.

  8. (transitive)To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.

    obtain a base on balls

  9. (intransitive)To reach base by being pitched four balls.

    give a base on balls to

  10. (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

  11. (transitive)To cause something to move in such a way.

    I carefully walked the ladder along the wall.

  12. (transitive)To full; to beat (cloth) to give it the consistency of felt.

    почувствоватьpočuvstvovatʹ

Examples

10252 sentences
  1. The man walked round the corner.

    Чоловік зайшов за ріг.

    deDer Mann ging um die Ecke.

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  2. The baby is able to walk.

    Дитина вже ходить.

    ruРебенок может ходить.

    deDas Baby kann laufen.

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  3. I like the way you walk.

    Мені подобається твоя хода.

    ruМне нравится твоя походка.

    deIch mag die Art, wie du läufst.

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  4. I suggested going for a walk.

    Я запропонував піти на прогулянку.

    ruЯ предложил отправиться на прогулку.

    deIch schlug vor, einen Spaziergang zu machen.

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  5. We walked slowly along the road.

    Ми повільно йшли шляхом.

    deWir gingen langsam die Straße entlang.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to move on the feet:
Русский
By meaning 8
to move on the feet:
colloquial: to avoid a criminal court case:
colloquial: to be stolen:
to travel a distance by walking:
to take for a walk or accompany:
to full cloth:
to traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement):
colloquial: to leave, resign:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
to move on the feet:
colloquial: to avoid a criminal court case:
colloquial: to be stolen:
to travel a distance by walking:
to take for a walk or accompany:

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, walked
Base formwalk · to walk
3rd person singularwalks
Present participlewalking
Past simplewalked
Past participlewalked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywalk
he, she, itwalks

Past simpleLesson

all personswalked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave walked
he, she, ithas walked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill walk

Phrasal verbs

12 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

14 synonyms
be stolen:beA1get stolenget nickget pinch
beat cloth:fullA1waulk
colloquial: go free:be acquit
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

63 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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