Walk
/wɔːk/
Walk is a verb with 2 senses listed below, each with examples where available, plus synonyms and a word game to make it stick.
Definition
verb
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To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.
“To walk briskly for an hour every day is to keep fit.”
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To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.
“If you can’t present a better case, that robber is going to walk.”
Definitions from the Free Dictionary API
Antonyms
run
Origin
From Middle English walken, from Old English wealcan.
Source: Etymological Wordnet (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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