walk
English
/wɔːk/, /wɔk/, /wɑk/
verb
Definitions
- (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.
- (intransitive) To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.
- (intransitive) Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
- (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.
- (transitive) To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.
- (transitive) To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
- (transitive) To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.
- (transitive) To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt.
- (transitive) To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).
- (transitive) To operate the left and right throttles of (an aircraft) in alternation.
- (intransitive) To leave, resign.
- (transitive) To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.
- To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.
- To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, such as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person.
- (obsolete) To be in motion; to act; to move.
- (transitive) To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.
- (transitive) To move a guest to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available on day of check-in.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English walken (toss, roll, turn, move, revolve) inherited from Old English wealcan (roll, toss, move round, revolve, turn, move around) inherited from Middle English walkien (roll, walk, wallow, stamp) inherited from Old English wealcian (roll up, curl, muffle up) inherited from Proto-Germanic *walkaną (roll, trample, walk, turn, full, roll up, toss) derived from Proto-Indo-European *walg- (turn, twist, move).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*walg-
Gloss
turn, twist, move
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
🙃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Moon English
- Walkman English
- air English
- airwalk English
- along English
- around English
- away English
- barwalking English
- beam English
- beamwalk English
- beamwalking English
- bird English
- birdwalk English
- board English
- boardwalk English
- boxwalker English
- bush English
- bushwalk English
- bushwalker English
- bushwalking English
- bywalk English
- cat English
- catwalk English
- catwalker English
- catwalklike English
- cowalker English
- crab English
- crabwalk English
- cross English
- crosswalk English
- daywalker English
- dogwalker English
- duck English
- duckwalk English
- ecowalk English
- fastwalker English
- fellwalker English
- fellwalking English
- field English
- fieldwalk English
- fieldwalker English
- fieldwalking English
- fire English
- firewalk English
- floor-walker English
- floorwalking English
- foot English
- footwalk English
- forwalk English
- gauche English
- gauchely English
- gaucheness English
- goatwalking English
- handwalker English
- hillwalker English
- hillwalking English
- hot English
- hotwalk English
- jaywalker English
- knuckle English
- knucklewalk English
- knucklewalker English
- man English
- microwalk English
- moonwalk English
- nanowalker English
- nightwalker English
- nonwalking English
- out English
- outwalk English
- over English
- overwalk English
- power English
- powerwalk English
- race English
- racewalk English
- racewalker English
- racewalking English
- rewalk English
- ridgewalking English
- river English
- riverwalk English
- rope English
- ropewalk English
- ropewalker English
- ropewalking English
- sheep English
- sheepwalk English
- side English
- sidewalk English
- skinwalker English
- skinwalking English
- sky English
- skywalk English
- skywalker English
- sleep English
- sleepwalk English
- sleepwalker English
- slept English
- sleptwalk English
- slut English
- slutwalk English
- sound English
- soundwalk English
- space English
- spacewalk English
- spacewalker English
- speed English
- speedwalk English
- speedwalking English
- stiltwalker English
- streetwalker English
- streetwalking English
- through English
- thru English
- trackwalker English
- trap English
- unwalkable English
- unwalking English
- up English
- valgus English
- walkability English
- walkable English
- walkably English
- walkalong English
- walkaround English
- walkathon English
- walkaway English
- walkboard English
- walker English
- walkest English
- walketh English
- walkie English
- walkie-talkie English
- walking English
- walkingway English
- walkless English
- walkout English
- walkover English
- walkthrough English
- walkthru English
- walktrap English
- walkup English
- walkway English
- warwalking English
- waulk English
- way English
- wirewalker English
- wirewalking English
- Valgius Latin
- valgus Latin
- Walker German
- walken German
- moonwalk Dutch, Flemish
- gauchard French
- gauche French
- gauchement French
- gaucher French
- gauchir French
- gauchisme French
- gauchiste French
- ultragauche French
- *walg- Proto-Indo-European
- *welH- Proto-Indo-European
- catwalk Norwegian Bokmål
- *walkandz Proto-Germanic
- *walkaną Proto-Germanic
- *walką Proto-Germanic
- *walkōną Proto-Germanic
- *welk- Proto-Germanic
- valka Swedish
- valkare Swedish
- valkning Swedish
- walkower Polish
- catwalk Norwegian Nynorsk
- gewealcan Old English
- wealcan Old English
- wealcian Old English
- wealcol Old English
- forwalken Middle English
- walken Middle English
- walkere Middle English
- walkien Middle English
- walkynge Middle English
- válcaeir Irish
- valka Old Norse
- valke Danish
- gaucher Old French
- gauchier Old French
- saydwok Cebuano
- walker Cebuano
- walchan Old High German
- walchen Middle High German
- *walkan Old Dutch
- balchan Cimbrian
- valka Old Swedish
- waulk Scots
- *walkan Frankish
- walkee Chinese Pidgin English
- up
- sky
- air
- out
- way
- cat
- hot
- man
- rope
- foot
- away
- over
- bird
- slut
- beam
- Moon
- fire
- trap
- thru
- duck
- bush
- crab
- side
- race
- along
- sleep
- slept
- cross
- power
- speed
- space
- field
- waulk
- board
- river
- sheep
- sound
- bywalk
- rewalk
- walkie
- around
- walkup
- gauche
- walker
- valgus
- through
- knuckle
- Walkman
- outwalk
- forwalk
- skywalk
- walkout
- walkway
- airwalk
- hotwalk
- walking
- catwalk
- walkest
- ecowalk
- walketh
- cowalker
- slutwalk
- racewalk
- gauchely
- crabwalk
- walktrap
- ropewalk
- walkless
- walkable
- sidewalk
- walkaway
- bushwalk
- footwalk
- beamwalk
- overwalk
- duckwalk
- moonwalk
- walkably
- walkthru
- birdwalk
- firewalk
- walkover
- sleptwalk
- powerwalk
- jaywalker
- dogwalker
- boardwalk
- skywalker
- riverwalk
- daywalker
- crosswalk
- fieldwalk
- soundwalk
- catwalker
- unwalking
- microwalk
- walkboard
- sleepwalk
- sheepwalk
- walkalong
- speedwalk
- walkathon
- spacewalk
- boxwalker
- handwalker
- fellwalker
- bushwalker
- racewalker
- gaucheness
- fastwalker
- nanowalker
- warwalking
- nonwalking
- hillwalker
- unwalkable
- ropewalker
- barwalking
- walkaround
- walkingway
- wirewalker
- skinwalker
- walkthrough
- nightwalker
- sleepwalker
- skinwalking
- trackwalker
- wirewalking
- racewalking
- fieldwalker
- bushwalking
- ropewalking
- spacewalker
- knucklewalk
- beamwalking
- catwalklike
- goatwalking
- stiltwalker
- walkability
- fellwalking
- hillwalking
- floorwalking
- fieldwalking
- speedwalking
- ridgewalking
- streetwalker
- floor-walker
- streetwalking
- walkie-talkie
- knucklewalker