Definition of: walk

(wôk) v.i.
1. To advance on foot in such a manner that one part of a foot is always on the ground; of quadrupeds, to advance in such a manner that two or more feet are always on the ground.
2. To move or go on foot for exercise or amusement.
3. To proceed or advance slowly.
4. To move in a manner suggestive of walking, as a piece of masonry subjected to wind pressure.
5. To act or live in some manner: to walk in peace.
6. To return to earth and appear, as a ghost.
7. In baseball, to advance to first base on balls.
8. In basketball, to take more than two steps while holding the ball.
9. Obs. To be in continual motion.
—v.t.
10. To pass through, over, or across at a walk: to walk the floor.
11. To cause to go at a walk; lead, ride, or drive at a walk: to walk a horse.
12. To force or help to walk.
13. To accompany on a walk.
14. To bring to a specified condition by walking.
15. To measure or survey by traversing on foot: to walk a boundary.
16. To cause to move with a motion resembling a walk: to walk a trunk on its corners.
17. In baseball, to allow to advance to first base on balls.
18. In basketball, to take more than two steps while holding (the ball).
—to walk off
1. To depart, especially abruptly or without warning.
2. To get rid of (fat, drunkenness, etc.) by walking.
—to walk off with
1. To win.
2. To steal.
—to walk out Colloq.
1. To go out on strike.
2. To keep company: with with or together.
—to walk out on Colloq. To forsake; desert.
—to walk over
1. In certain sports, to walk over the course without a competitor so as to perform the technicality of winning; hence, to gain an easy victory.
2. To defeat easily; overwhelm.
—noun
1. The act of walking, as for enjoyment or recreation; a stroll.
2. Manner of walking; gait; specifically, the gait of a horse in which two or more feet are always on the ground.
3. Method or way of living; behavior.
4. Chosen profession or habitual sphere of action: the different walks of life.
5. Distance as measured by the time taken by one who walks: It's an hour's walk to my house.
6. A place laid out or set apart for walking or resorted to by those who walk; a path, avenue, promenade, or sidewalk for pedestrians.
7. A ropewalk.
8. The formation of, or space between, two lines or rows of plants or trees, as in a coffee plantation.
9. A piece of ground set apart for the feeding and exercise of domestic animals; range; pasture: a sheepwalk.
10. A hawker's or vender's district or route; a beat.
11. A contest of speed in walking.
12. In baseball slang, a base on balls. [OE wealcan roll, toss]
—walk′ing adjective & noun