walk
the act of traveling by foot
How often you will meet it
Rank 590 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 33,012 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.016% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the act of traveling by foot also: walking walking is a healthy form of exercise
- (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls also: base on balls, pass he worked the pitcher for a base on balls
- manner of walking also: manner of walking he had a funny walk
- the act of walking somewhere he took a walk after lunch
- a path set aside for walking also: walkway, paseo after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk
- a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground
verb
- use one's feet to advance; advance by steps Walk, don't run!We walked instead of driving
walk in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The man bowed and went up the walk.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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A gentleman of his acquaintance called on him one evening to take him out for a walk.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete · George Meredith · Chapter 1
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As he passed around the turn he slowed down to a walk, and reached for his tr---- too late again.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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Caesar never offered to walk with him: and he refused John's timid invitation to have food at the "Tudor Creameries."
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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Walk by her a' th' nobleman's fashion, and tell her you will lie with her at the end of the progress.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1