Walk Definition

wôk

walked, walking, walks

verb

walked, walking, walks

To go along or move about on foot at a moderate pace.

Webster's New World

To go through, over, or along at a moderate pace on foot.

To walk the deck, the streets, etc.

Webster's New World

To go or travel on foot.

Walked to the store.

American Heritage

To cause (a horse, dog, etc.) to move at a walk; lead, ride, or drive at a walk.

Webster's New World

To advance or move in a manner suggestive of walking.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
issue an Annie Oakley
give a ticket to first
give free passage
let pass
take for a walk
accompany
escort
order a march
train
drive
lead
exercise
knock-around
knock about
file-off

Antonyms:

Antonyms:
ride
run

noun

walks

The gait of a quadruped in which at least two feet are always touching the ground, especially the gait of a horse in which the feet touch the ground in the four-beat sequence of near hind foot, near forefoot, off hind foot, off forefoot.

American Heritage

The self-controlled extravehicular movement in space of an astronaut.

American Heritage

A period or course of walking for pleasure or exercise; stroll or hike.

Webster's New World

The act of walking.

Webster's New World

A distance walked, often in terms of the time required.

An hour's walk from home.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

idiom

walk away from

To outdo, outrun, or defeat with little difficulty:
walked away from the competition.
To survive (an accident) with very little injury.

American Heritage

walk in the park

Something that is easy to do or accomplish.

American Heritage

walk off

To win easily or unexpectedly.
To steal.

American Heritage

walk on air

To feel elated.

American Heritage

walk out on

To desert or abandon.

American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Walk

Noun

Singular:

walk

Plural:

walks

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Walk

Origin of Walk

From Middle English walken (“to move, roll, turn, revolve, toss"), from Old English wealcan (“to move round, revolve, roll, turn, toss"), Ä¡ewealcan (“to go, traverse"); and Middle English walkien (“to roll, stamp, walk, wallow"), from Old English wealcian (“to curl, roll up"); both from Proto-Germanic *walkanÄ…, *walkōnÄ… (“to twist, turn, roll about, full"), from Proto-Indo-European *walg-, *walk- (“to twist, turn, move"). Cognate with Scots walk (“to walk"), West Frisian swalkje (“to wander, roam"), Dutch walken (“to full, work hair or felt"), Dutch zwalken (“to wander about"), German walken (“to flex, full, mill, drum"), Danish valke (“to waulk, full"), Latin valgus (“bandy-legged, bow-legged"). More at vagrant.

From Wiktionary
Middle English walken from Old English wealcan to roll wel-² in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition