English
Verb
to walk (walking, walked) intransitive
- To move upon two feet by alternately setting each foot forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.
- (law; colloquial) To go free, particularly when actually guilty.
- If you can't present a better case, that robber is going to walk.
- (colloquial) Of an object, to be stolen.
- If you leave your wallet lying around, it's going to walk.
- (of a batsamn) 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
to walk transitive
- To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.
- I carefully walked the ladder along the wall.
Synonyms
Translations
move upon two feet
move something by shifting between two positions
law: colloquial: to go free
- German: freigelassen werden
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colloquial: be stolen
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- Danish: gå (1); slippe fri (3)
- Dutch: lopen (1), wandelen (1), verplaatsen (2)
- Finnish: kävellä (1), liikuttaa (2)
- Ga: nyiemo
- German: gehen, wandern , spazieren gehen
- Hebrew: הָלַךְ, (lalechet)
- Indonesian: berjalan
- Japanese: 歩く (aruku) (1)
- Korean: 걷다 (geod-da) (1), 가다 (ga-da) (1), 움직이다 (um-jig-i-da) (2)
- Kyerepon : nna
- Latin: ambulo (1)
- Portuguese: caminhar (1)
- Spanish: caminar (1)
- Twi : nantew
- Vietnamese: đi bộ (1), mang (2), dẫn direct object đi (2, when the direct object is a person or an animal), bỏ đi (3)
Transitive verb
to walk (walking, walked)
- To travel (a distance) by walking.
- I walk two miles to school every day.
- The museum's not far from here - you can walk it.
- To take for a walk.
- I walk the dog every morning
- (baseball) To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
Translations
travel (a distance) by walking
take for a walk
baseball: allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls
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- Danish: gå tur med (2)
- Dutch: uitlaten (2)
- Finnish: kävelyttää (2)
- Spanish: pasear (2)
- Vietnamese: dẫn + direct object + đi từng bước một (2; )
Noun
walk (plural walks)
- A trip made by walking.
- I take a walk every morning
- A distance walked.
- It's a long walk from my house to the library
- A manner of walking.
- The Ministry of Silly Walks is underfunded this year
- A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail.
- (baseball) An instance of walking a batter.
- The pitcher now has two walks in this inning alone
Synonyms
Translations
trip made by walking
distance walked
manner of walking
path on which to walk
baseball: instance of walking a batter
Translations to be checked
The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above. The numbering is unreliable.
- Danish: gåtur (1); gang (2); fodsti (3)
- Dutch: wandeling (1), loopje (2), pad (3)
- Finnish: kävely (1, 2), kävelyretki (1), kävelyalue (3), kävelykatu (3)
- Hebrew: (halicha)
- Latin: ambulatio (1, 3)
- Spanish: paseo (1)
- Vietnamese: đường đi (1, 3), cách bước đi (2)
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