Meaning

15 senses
  1. A trip made by walking.

    I take a walk every morning.

    go on a walk

    Spaziergang

    ходьба́xodʹbá, прогу́лкаprogúlka, похо́дpoxód

    прогуля́нкаprohuljánka, прогу́лькаprohúlʹka

    manner of walking

  2. A distance walked.

    It’s a long walk from my house to the library.

    The precinct is about ten minutes’ walk, straight ahead, so you can’t miss it.

    Weg

  3. An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before the toe of the trailing foot leaves the ground.

  4. A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.

    The Ministry of Silly Walks is underfunded this year.

    похо́дкаpoxódka

    the act of walking somewhere

  5. A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk.

  6. (figuratively)A person's conduct or course in life.

    people of different ages and walks

  7. A situation where all players fold to the big blind, as their first action (instead of calling or raising), once they get their cards.

  8. An award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher; known in the rules as a "base on balls".

    The pitcher now has two walks in this inning alone.

    (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls

  9. In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them.

  10. (Belize, Caribbean, Guyana, Jamaica)An area of an estate planted with fruit-bearing trees.

  11. (historical)A place for keeping and training puppies for dogfighting.

  12. (historical)An enclosed area in which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting.

Examples

10252 sentences
  1. The man walked round the corner.

    Чоловік зайшов за ріг. — brambury

    deDer Mann ging um die Ecke. — Tamy

  2. The baby is able to walk.

    Дитина вже ходить. — ascolto

    ruРебенок может ходить. — Gruzilkin

    deDas Baby kann laufen. — samueldora

  3. I like the way you walk.

    Мені подобається твоя хода. — deniko

    ruМне нравится твоя походка. — odexed

    deIch mag die Art, wie du läufst. — Esperantostern

  4. I suggested going for a walk.

    Я запропонував піти на прогулянку. — Anjy

    ruЯ предложил отправиться на прогулку. — Inego

    deIch schlug vor, einen Spaziergang zu machen. — dasbeispielholz

  5. We walked slowly along the road.

    Ми повільно йшли шляхом. — aandrusiak

    deWir gingen langsam die Straße entlang. — Alois

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
trip made by walking:
Русский
By meaning 3
trip made by walking:
manner of walking:
graph theory: a sequence of alternating vertices and edges:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
trip made by walking:
distance walked:
graph theory: a sequence of alternating vertices and edges:

Origin

From Middle English walc, walk, walke, from Old English *wealc (as in Old English wealcspi

From Middle English walc, walk, walke, from Old English *wealc (as in Old English wealcspinl) and ġewealc (“rolling, turning; motion, surging”), from Proto-Germanic *walką.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: walks
Singularwalk
Pluralwalks

regular

Synonyms

14 synonyms
trip made by walking:hikeA2trekB2stroll
manner of walking:gait
Close in meaning
  • the act of traveling by foot:walking
  • a path set aside for walking:walkwaypaseo
  • manner of walking:manner of walking
  • (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls:pass
  • careers in general:walk of life

Word family

58 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

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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