WALK

I. verb Etymology: partly from Middle English ~en (past welk, past participle ~en), from Old English wealcan to roll, toss, journey about (past weolc, past participle wealcen) and partly from Middle English ~ien (past ~ed, past participle ~ed), from Old English wealcian to roll up, muffle up; akin to Middle Dutch ~en to knead, press, full Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. roam , wander , to move about in visible form ; appear , to make headway, 2. to move along on foot ; advance by steps, to come or go easily or readily, to go on foot for exercise or pleasure, to go at a ~, 3. to pursue a course of action or way of life ; conduct oneself ; behave , to be or act in association ; continue in union , ~ out , to go to first base as a result of a base on balls, 5. of an inanimate object to move in a manner that is suggestive of ~ing, to stand with an appearance suggestive of strides , to move about in space outside a spacecraft, to avoid criminal prosecution or conviction , transitive verb 1. to pass on foot or as if on foot through, along, over, or upon ; traverse , perambulate , to perform or accomplish by going on foot , 2. to cause (an animal) to go at a ~ ; take for a ~ , b. to cause to move by ~ing , to haul (as an anchor) by ~ing round the capstan, to follow on foot for the purpose of measuring, surveying, or inspecting , 4. to accompany on foot ; ~ with , to compel to ~ (as by a command), to bring to a specified condition by ~ing , to move (an object) in a manner suggestive of ~ing, to perform (a dance) at a ~ing pace , to give a base on balls to, II. noun Date: 14th century 1. an act or instance of going on foot especially for exercise or pleasure , space ~ , an accustomed place of ~ing ; haunt , a place designed for ~ing:, a railed platform above the roof of a dwelling house, b. a path specially arranged or paved for ~ing, side~ , a public avenue for promenading ; promenade , rope~ , a place or area of land in which animals feed and exercise with minimal restraint, distance to be ~ed , a ceremonial procession, manner of living ; conduct , behavior , 8. the gait of a biped in which the feet are lifted alternately with one foot not clear of the ground before the other touches, the gait of a quadruped in which there are always at least two feet on the ground, a low rate of speed , a route regularly traversed by a person in the performance of a particular activity (as patrolling, begging, or vending), characteristic manner of ~ing , 11. social or economic status , b. range or sphere of action ; field , province , vocation , base on balls , an easy victory