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walk
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- pronunciation:
- wawk
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
walks, walking, walked |
| definition 1: |
When you walk to a place, you use your feet and legs to go there, but you don't run. When you walk, you don't ride in anything.
On a nice day, my dad likes to walk to work.Most of the kids were so tired at the end of the race that they were just walking.The baby is just learning to walk.
- similar words:
- go, move, pace, step
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| definition 2: |
When you walk the dog, you take it outside and let it walk along with you for exercise. If you walk a person, you guide them or help them walk somewhere.
I like to go with my dad when he walks our dog by the river.The kind taxi driver walked the very elderly man to his front door.
- similar words:
- drive, move
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| related words: |
cross, exercise |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
When you take a walk, you go walking for exercise or fun.
My brother and I went for a walk in the woods and we found some mushrooms.- synonyms:
- hike
- similar words:
- march, turn
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| definition 2: |
Your walk is your way or speed of walking.
The patient's walk was very slow after her operation.Fashion models develop a confident walk.- synonyms:
- step
- similar words:
- carriage, pace
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| definition 3: |
If we say that the next house is a fifteen-minute walk away, we're talking about how far away the house is. We are saying that the distance is equal to the distance a person can cover in fifteen minutes of walking.
The cabin is up in the woods, and it's a half-hour walk from here.I live near the park. It's just a five-minute walk from my house.- similar words:
- march
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| definition 4: |
A walk is a path, sidewalk, or other area designed for walking.
While my mom and my brother shoveled the driveway, I shoveled the walk.The walk up to the door can be icy in the winter.- synonyms:
- path, sidewalk
- similar words:
- crosswalk, trail, way
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| related words: |
aisle, path, trip |
| derivation: |
walkable (adj.) |
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