walk

walk1 [ wɔk ] verb ***

▸ 1 move with feet

▸ 2 go with someone on foot

▸ 3 give pet exercise

▸ 4 move heavy object

▸ 5 leave job permanently

▸ 6 disappear or be stolen

▸ 7 be freed in legal trial

▸ 8 in baseball

▸ 9 travel in basketball

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) intransitive to move forward by putting one foot in front of the other:

Has your little boy learned to walk yet?

I like to walk around the lake at sunset.

walk to: It takes me 25 minutes to walk to work.

walk toward: Greg walked slowly toward her, smiling.

walk in/into: Howard walked in with two men I'd never seen before.

walk along: As we walked along she talked about her plans.

walk across: I walked across the noisy playground to the main entrance.

walk around: Jamie often walks around the block to clear his head.

walk down/up: He walked slowly and unsteadily down the hall.

a ) transitive to go a particular distance by putting one foot in front of the other:

He had scarcely walked ten yards before he stopped.

She walked three miles each day.

walk it (=go somewhere by walking rather than in a vehicle): If the car's not working, I'll just have to walk it.

2. ) transitive to go somewhere with someone on foot in order to be sure they safely reach the place:

When Valerie worked late, Carl always walked her home.

3. ) transitive to walk with a pet so that it gets exercise:

Bob always walks the dog before he goes to bed.

4. ) transitive to move a heavy object such as a piece of furniture by moving one side and then the other

5. ) intransitive INFORMAL to leave your job permanently: QUIT

6. ) intransitive INFORMAL to disappear or be stolen

7. ) intransitive INFORMAL to be legally given your freedom after being on trial for a crime:

No one understands why Melissa's been allowed to walk.

8. ) intransitive or transitive AMERICAN in baseball if a PITCHER walks a BATTER, or the batter walks, the batter goes to FIRST BASE because the PITCHER has thrown the ball badly four times

9. ) intransitive AMERICAN to TRAVEL in the game of basketball

walk someone's feet off INFORMAL

to make someone tired with a lot of walking:

She's walked my feet off with all that shopping.

walk on eggshells/eggs

to be very careful how you behave around someone because you might easily make them angry or upset

walk on water

to do something that seems nearly impossible:

As an attorney, he's considered capable of walking on water.

walking on air

so happy that everything in life seems good:

Since their engagement, he's been walking on air.

=> TALL, TIGHTROPE

,walk a`round phrasal verb intransitive INFORMAL

to dress or behave in public in a particular way, especially when this makes you look or seem silly:

I can't walk around with my hair like this.

You're not walking around in that hat?

,walk a`way phrasal verb intransitive

to leave a place, situation, or person:

Spencer turned to walk away, then stopped.

,walk a`way with phrasal verb transitive walk away with something

1. ) to feel a particular emotion when you leave a situation:

We can all walk away with a clear conscience.

2. ) to win something easily:

The Bears could walk away with the championship.

3. ) to steal something:

Someone walked away with my purse!

,walk `in on phrasal verb transitive

walk in on someone to walk into a room where someone is doing something private or secret:

More than once, he walked in on them kissing.

`walk ,into phrasal verb transitive walk into something

1. ) to accidentally hit a part of your body against something when you are walking:

I walked into a table and got a nasty bruise.

2. ) to find a job easily

,walk `off phrasal verb

1. ) transitive to get rid of a bad feeling or condition by going for a walk:

He went to the beach to try to walk off his hangover.

2. ) intransitive to leave somewhere, usually without telling people that you are going to leave:

Don't walk off yet, I haven't finished my story!

,walk `off with phrasal verb transitive walk off with something

1. ) to steal something:

You can't just walk off with his jacket.

2. ) to win something easily:

Maybe she'll walk off with the first prize!

,walk `on phrasal verb intransitive

to continue walking in your intended direction:

She walked on without a backward glance.

,walk `out phrasal verb intransitive

1. ) to suddenly leave a person who needs you or a situation that depends on you:

Her husband had walked out on her a year before.

I was afraid you'd walk out of my life again.

2. ) to stop working as a way to protest something:

All of the workers walked out on Friday night.

,walk `over phrasal verb transitive

walk over someone to treat someone badly and make them do what you want without respect for their feelings:

walk all over someone: I'm not about to let them walk all over me.

,walk `through phrasal verb transitive

walk someone through something to practice or learn something in a slow patient way, or show someone how to do something:

She walked James through the basics of money management.

Can you walk us through your reasons for wanting the job.

walk

walk 2 [ wɔk ] noun count ***

1. ) a short trip that you make by walking:

It's an easy walk from our house to the post office.

a ) a distance or amount of time it takes to walk somewhere:

My office is a five-minute walk from the downtown bus station.

b ) the way that someone walks:

I can recognize Joan by her walk.

c ) go for/go on/take a walk to walk for pleasure rather than for practical reasons:

Let's go for a walk before it gets too hot.

Feel free to take a walk around the garden.

d ) take someone/something for a walk to walk with a person or animal:

Chris took the dog for a walk after work.

2. ) a road or path that people walk on, especially through a pleasant area:

The walk to the beach took them through a small forest.

a ) a path across someone's grass or garden that is often made of hard material for people to walk on:

He came up the walk, whistling and smelling the roses.

3. ) an event in which people walk a particular distance and ask friends to give them money for how far they walk. The money is given to CHARITY:

the breast cancer walk

4. ) AMERICAN in baseball, an occasion when a BATTER gets to walk to FIRST BASE because the PITCHER has thrown the ball badly four times

from all walks of life

used for saying that a group consists of all types of people with different backgrounds, jobs, etc.

take a walk

an insulting way to tell someone to leave a place or situation