(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
When you ~, you move forward by putting one foot in front of the other in a regular way.
Rosanna and Forbes ~ed in silence for some while...
She turned and ~ed away...
They would stop the car and ~ a few steps...
When I was your age I ~ed five miles to school.
VERB: V, V prep/adv, V n, V n to n
2.
A ~ is a journey that you make by ~ing, usually for pleasure.
I went for a ~...
He often took long ~s in the hills.
N-COUNT
3.
A ~ of a particular distance is the distance which a person has to ~ to get somewhere.
It was only a three-mile ~ to Kabul from there...
The church is a short ~ from Piazza Dante.
N-SING: supp N, N of n
4.
A ~ is a route suitable for ~ing along for pleasure.
There is a 2 mile coastal ~ from Craster to Newton.
N-COUNT
5.
A ~ is the action of ~ing rather than running.
She slowed to a steady ~.
N-SING: a N
6.
Someone’s ~ is the way that they ~.
George, despite his great height and gangling ~, was a keen dancer.
N-SING: poss N
7.
If you ~ someone somewhere, you ~ there with them in order to show politeness or to make sure that they get there safely.
She ~ed me to my car...
= escort
VERB: V n prep/adv
8.
If you ~ your dog, you take it for a ~ in order to keep it healthy.
I ~ my dog each evening around my local streets.
VERB: V n
9.
to be ~ing on air: see air
to ~ tall: see tall