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English

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Pronunciation
AHD|wôk, IPA|/w��k/, SAMPA|/wO:k/
audio|en-us-walk.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��k|-��k

Etymology
Old English wealcan

Intransitive verb
rfc-trverb|Intransitive verb
en-verb

1. To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pairs of feet, in the case of quadrupeds) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.
2. colloquial law To go free, particularly when actually guilty.

#: If you can�t present a better case, that robber is going to walk.

1. colloquial euphemistic Of an object, to be stolen.

#: If you leave your wallet lying around, it�s going to walk.

1. cricket (of a batsman) To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side appeals and before the umpire has ruled; done as a matter of sportsmanship when the batsman knows he is out.

Synonyms
(move upon two feet): ambulate (technical)
(colloquial: go free): be acquitted, get off, go free
(be stolen): be/get steal|stolen; UK be/get nicked, be/get pinched

Hebrew: he-translation|���ת|lalékhet
Hungarian: járni, menni
Ido: promenar
Interlingua: promenar, ambular
Irish: siúil
Italian: camminare, andare a piedi
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Japanese: 歩� (arúku)
Korean: 걷� (geotta)
Kurdish: KUchar|���شت�, KUchar|پ�اس�� کرد�
Latin: ambulare
Norwegian: gå
Occitan: marchar
Polish: i��, chodzi�
Portuguese: andar#Portuguese|andar
Russian: �оди��, ид�и (khodít�, idtí)
Slovene: hoditi
Spanish: caminar, andar#Spanish|andar
Swahili: kutembea
Swedish: gå
Thai: THchar|��ิ� (dern)
Turkish: yürümek
Welsh: cerdded
Zulu: ukuhamba (nc 15)
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trans-top|law: colloquial: to go free
Danish: gå fri
Dutch: vrijuit gaan
German: freilassen|freigelassen werden, freikommen
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Norwegian: slippe løs
Swedish: slippa lös
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trans-top|colloquial: be stolen
Finnish: kävellä
German: wegkommen
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Swedish: få fötter
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trans-top|in cricket
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ttbc|Indonesian: jalan|berjalan
ttbc|Latin: ambulo (1)
ttbc|Twi: nantew
ttbc|Vietnamese: �i b� (1), mang#Vietnamese|mang (2), dẫn|dẫn direct object �i (2, when the direct object is a person or an animal), b�|b� �i (3)

Transitive verb
en-verb

1. To travel (a distance) by walking.

#: I walk two miles to school every day.
#: The museum�s not far from here &ndash; you can walk it.

1. To take for a walk.

#: I walk the dog every morning

1. baseball To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
2. To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.

#: I carefully walked the ladder along the wall.

1. To waulk
2. To beat (cloth) to give it the consistency of felt.

Synonyms
(beat cloth)
full
waulk (obsolete)

Translations
trans-top|travel (a distance) by walking
Catalan: caminar, passejar
Danish: gå, vandre (long distances)
Dutch: lopen, wandelen
Finnish: kävellä
French: marcher#French|marcher
German: laufen
Hebrew: he-translation|���ת|lalékhet
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Italian: camminare
Japanese: 歩� (aruku)
Norwegian: gå, vandre, spasere
Occitan: marchar
Portuguese: andar,caminhar
Russian: по�оди�� / пой�и (pokhodít� / pojtí)
Slovene: prehoditi
Spanish: caminar, pasear
Swedish: gå, promenera (in a relaxed manner), vandra (long distances)
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trans-top|take for a walk
Catalan: passejar
Danish: gå tur med
* gå tur med hunden: walk the dog
Dutch: uitlaten
Finnish: kävelyttää
Hebrew: he-translation|������|leholíkh (to make someone walk), he-translation|�ק�ת �����|lakákhat letiyúl (to take for a stroll)
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Japanese: �歩�� (sanpo-suru)
Kurdish: KUchar|پ�اس�� کرد�
Norwegian: gå på tur med, gå ut med hunden (walk the dog)
Portuguese: passear
Slovene: sprehoditi
Spanish: pasear
Swedish: gå ut och gå, gå ut med hunden (walk the dog)
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trans-top|baseball: allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls
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trans-top|move something by shifting between two positions
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trans-top|waulk
Italian: sodare
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Korean: 무���� (mudujil-hada)
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ttbc|Vietnamese: dẫn + direct object + �i từng bư�c m�t (2; <!--this belongs on the corresponding Vietnamese page literally "to lead ... every one step"-->)

Noun
en-noun

1. A trip made by walking.

#: I take a walk every morning

1. A distance walked.

#: It�s a long walk from my house to the library

1. A manner of walking.

#: The Ministry of Silly Walks is underfunded this year

1. A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail.
2. baseball An instance of walking a batter.

#: The pitcher now has two walks in this inning alone

Synonyms
(trip made by walking): stroll (slow walk), hike (long walk), trek (long walk)
(distance walked): hike (if long), trek (if long)
(manner of walking): gait
(path): footpath, path, UK pavement, US sidewalk

Translations
trans-top|trip made by walking
Afrikaans: loop
Catalan: passejada m
Danish: gåtur c, vandretur c (a longer distance)
Dutch: wandeling f
Esperanto: mar�o
Estonian: jalutuskäik
Finnish: kävely, kävelyretki
French: promenade#French|promenade f
German: Spaziergang m
Hebrew: he-translation|����|tiyúl m, he-translation|�����|halikhá|wv=�ָ�ִ��ָ� f
Italian: camminata f
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Japanese: �歩 (sanpo)
Kurdish: KUchar|پ�اس�, KUchar|���شت�
Occitan: passejada f
Portuguese: caminhada
Russian: п�ог�лка (progúlka) f
Slovene: sprehod m
Spanish: paseo m
Swedish: promenad c, vandring c (a longer distance)
Telugu: నడ� (naDaka)
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trans-top|distance walked
Afrikaans stap
Danish: gåtur c, vandretur c (a longer distance)
Catalan: passejada f
Dutch: wandeling f
Finnish: kävely, vaellus
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German: Weg m
Japanese: �歩 (toho)
Kurdish: KUchar|���شت�
Occitan: passejada f
Spanish: trecho m, trayecto m
Swedish: promenad c, vandring c (a long distance)
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trans-top|manner of walking
Danish: gang c, gangart c
Dutch: loopje n
Hebrew: he-translation|צ�רת �����|tsurát halikhá f
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Spanish: andar m, andares m
Swedish: gång c
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trans-top|path on which to walk
Afrikaans: pad
Catalan: passeig m
Danish: fodsti c
Dutch: pad#Dutch|pad n
Finnish: jalkakäytävä
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Spanish: paseo m
Swedish: gång
Telugu: �ాలి బా� (kaali baaTa)
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trans-top|pavement/sidewalk on which to walk. See pavement/sidewalk
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trans-top|baseball: instance of walking a batter
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ttbc|Latin: ambulatio (1,3)
ttbc|Vietnamese: �ư�ng �i (1,3), cách bư�c �i (2)

Derived terms
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cakewalk
race walk
sidewalk
space walk, spacewalk
sponsored walk
walkathon
walker
Walker
walkies
walk away from
walk away with
walk in
walk into
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walk it
walk it off
walk off
walk off with
walk out
walk through
walkie-talkie
walkman
Walkman&reg;
walkover
walk tall
walk the beat
walk the walk
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Category:English intransitive verbs
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Category:Horse gaits

Middle English

Etymology
Probably cognate with watch, wake, walk#English|walk

Verb
walk

1. to watch

Alternative spellings
valk
vakk
wakk

Related terms
wake: a watch, vigil
waken: to wake (from Old English wacan)
wakien: to watch, awake (from Old English wacian)
waknen: to be aroused from sleep (from Old English wacnian, wacnan)

See also
walk

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