walk

Pronunciation

• enPR: wôk, IPA ^(key): /wɔːk/
• SAMPA: /wO:k/

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• Homophone: wok

Verb

Plain form walk

Third-person singular walks

Past tense walked

Past participle walked

Present participle walking

Walking

1. (intransitive) If you walk, you go on foot, step by step. Walking is slower than running.

   No train goes to that town, so people need to walk to go there.

2. (intransitive) (informal) To walk free; to escape punishment.
3. (intransitive) (informal) If an object walks, it goes missing or is stolen.
4. (transitive) If you walk, you travel some distance by walking.

   I walk two miles to school every day.

5. (transitive) If you walk someone, you go for a walk with them.

   Please walk the dog.

   Will you walk me home?

Noun

Singular walk

Plural walks

1. (countable) A walk is what we do when we go on foot.

   Are you taking the dog for a walk?

   The walk to work gives me time to think.

Related words

• walkabout
• walker
• walkies
• walkie-talkie
• walking-stick
• walkover
• walkway