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walking

adjective · noun US /ˈwɔːkɪŋ/

close enough to be walked to

How often you will meet it

Rank 1,003 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 18,196 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.009% of every word in the library.

What it means

adjective

  1. close enough to be walked to also: walk-to walking distancethe factory with the big parking lot...is more convenient than the walk-to factory

noun

  1. the act of traveling by foot also: walk walking is a healthy form of exercise

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

walking 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.

  • The horse was walking leisurely along the road.

    Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1

  • She helped Emily to remove her walking dress, and neatly folded away her gloves and veil.

    Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1

  • This possibility festered, till one morning John saw his idol walking up and down the School Yard with Scaife.

    The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1

  • One bright morning in May, a portly gentleman, leaning heavily on a gold-headed cane, was walking up the narrow city street.

    Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1

  • When Angelique partook of her first Communion, it seemed as if she were walking, like the saints, a little above the earth.

    The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1

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