WALK


Meaning of WALK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ wɔ:k ]

( walks, walking, walked)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.

When you walk , you move forward by putting one foot in front of the other in a regular way.

Rosanna and Forbes walked in silence for some while...

She turned and walked away...

They would stop the car and walk a few steps...

When I was your age I walked five miles to school.

VERB : V , V prep / adv , V n , V n to n

2.

A walk is a journey that you make by walking, usually for pleasure.

I went for a walk...

He often took long walks in the hills.

N-COUNT

3.

A walk of a particular distance is the distance which a person has to walk to get somewhere.

It was only a three-mile walk to Kabul from there...

The church is a short walk from Piazza Dante.

N-SING : supp N , N of n

4.

A walk is a route suitable for walking along for pleasure.

There is a 2 mile coastal walk from Craster to Newton.

N-COUNT

5.

A walk is the action of walking rather than running.

She slowed to a steady walk.

N-SING : a N

6.

Someone’s walk is the way that they walk.

George, despite his great height and gangling walk, was a keen dancer.

N-SING : poss N

7.

If you walk someone somewhere, you walk there with them in order to show politeness or to make sure that they get there safely.

She walked me to my car...

= escort

VERB : V n prep / adv

8.

If you walk your dog, you take it for a walk in order to keep it healthy.

I walk my dog each evening around my local streets.

VERB : V n

9.

to be walking on air: see air

to walk tall: see tall

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне.