walk

verb

• 1 [no object] move at a regular and fairly slow pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn, never having both feet off the ground at once:I walked across the lawn she turned and walked a few paces
• use movements similar to walking but with a different part of one’s body or a support:he could walk on his hands, carrying a plate on one foot
• go on foot for recreation and exercise:you can walk in 21,000 acres of mountain and moorland
• [with object] travel along or over (a route or area) on foot:the police department has encouraged officers to walk the beat
• (of a quadruped) proceed with the slowest gait, always having at least two feet on the ground at once.
• [with object] ride (a horse) at its slowest gait:he walked his horse toward her
• North American informal abandon or suddenly withdraw from a job, commitment, or situation:they can walk away from the deal we were expecting the merger with Bell to go through—we didn’t expect Bell to walk on the deal
• informal be released from suspicion or from a charge:had any of the others come clean during the trial, he might have walked
• used to suggest that someone has achieved a state or position easily or undeservedly:no one has the right to walk straight into a well-paid job for life
• (of a ghost) be present and visible:the ghosts of Bannockburn walked abroad
• archaic used to describe the way in which someone lives or behaves:walk humbly with your God
• Baseball be awarded first base after not swinging at four balls pitched outside the strike zone.
• [with object] Baseball allow or enable (a batter) to do this.
• Baseball (of a pitcher) give a walk with the bases loaded so as to force in (a run).
• Basketballanother term for travel (sense 2 of the verb).

• 2 [with object] cause or enable (someone or something) to walk or move as though walking:she walked her fingers over the dresses
• guide, accompany, or escort (someone) on foot:he walked her home to her door
• take (a domestic animal, typically a dog) out for exercise:a man walking his retriever
• push (a bicycle or motorcycle) while walking alongside it.

noun

• 1an act of traveling or an excursion on foot:he was too restless to sleep, so he went out for a walk
• [in singular] used to indicate the time that it will take someone to reach a place on foot or the distance that they must travel:the library is within five minutes' walk
• a route recommended or marked out for recreational walking.
• a sidewalk or path.
• a part of a forest under one keeper.
• chiefly British the round followed by a mail carrier.

• 2 [in singular] an unhurried rate of movement on foot:they crossed the field at a leisurely walk
• the slowest gait of an animal.
• a person’s manner of walking:the spring was back in his walk

• 3 Baseball an instance of being awarded (or allowing a batter to reach) first base after not swinging at four balls pitched outside the strike zone.