I.
noun
1 trip on foot
ADJECTIVE
▪ brief , little , short
▪
We took a brief ~ around the old quarter.
▪ good , long , long-distance ( BrE ), marathon ( BrE )
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It's a good (= fairly long) ~ to the beach.
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We went for a long ~ after breakfast.
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He's done several long-distance ~s for charity.
▪ three-minute , five minutes' , etc.
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It's a five-minute ~ from the hotel to the restaurant.
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We live just a few minutes' ~ from the station.
▪ brisk
▪
The doctor advised a brisk ~ every day.
▪ easy , gentle ( esp. BrE ), leisurely
▪ strenuous
▪ lovely , pleasant
▪ two-mile , etc.
▪ daily
▪ after-dinner , afternoon , evening , etc.
▪ solitary
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She used to enjoy solitary ~s along the cliffs.
▪ romantic
▪ guided ( esp. BrE )
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We went on a guided ~ of the city in the afternoon.
▪ charity , sponsored
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She's doing a 200-mile charity ~ to raise money for cancer research.
▪ circular ( BrE )
▪ coastal , country , forest , hill , lakeside , riverside , woodland (all esp. BrE )
▪ nature
▪ space , tightrope
▪
the anniversary of the first space ~
VERB + WALK
▪ do , go for , go on , have , take
▪
The book contains ~s you can do in half a day.
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We'll go for a ~ before lunch.
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We went on a ten-mile ~ along the coast.
▪ take sb/sth for
▪
She takes her dog for a ~ every evening.
▪ continue , resume
WALK + VERB
▪ take sb/sth
▪
The ~ takes two hours.
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The ~ takes you past a lot of interesting buildings.
PREPOSITION
▪ on a/the ~
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He met her on one of his Sunday afternoon ~s.
▪ within (a) ~
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All amenities are within an easy ~ of the hotel.
▪ ~ from , ~ to
PHRASES
▪ a ~ around ( esp. BrE )
▪
I had a little ~ around to calm my nerves.
2 style of walking
ADJECTIVE
▪ funny , silly
▪ jaunty ( esp. BrE )
▪ ungainly
▪ fast
▪ sedate , slow , stately
VERB + WALK
▪ do , have
▪
She did a silly ~ to amuse her friends.
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He has an ungainly ~, fast with short steps.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ briskly , fast , quickly , swiftly
▪ slowly
▪ calmly , quietly
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I got up and ~ed calmly out into the early evening.
▪ cautiously
▪ barefoot
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She had no sandals and ~ed barefoot.
▪ upright
▪
humans' ability to ~ upright
▪ arm in arm , hand in hand
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The couple ~ed hand in hand along the beach.
▪ with a limp
▪ unaided
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Due to his illness, he can no longer ~ unaided.
▪ with a cane ( esp. AmE ), with a stick ( esp. BrE )
▪ home
▪
He ~ed home from school.
▪ downstairs , upstairs
▪ offstage , onstage
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When she ~ed onstage, the audience started screaming.
▪ ahead , around , away , back , backwards/backward , forward , in , off , on , out , together
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Jake was ~ing some way ahead.
PREPOSITION
▪ along , down , into , out of , to , towards/toward , up , etc.
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She ~ed up the drive towards/toward the door.
PHRASES
▪ go ~ing ( esp. BrE )
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We went ~ing by the waterfront.
Walk is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ baby , ↑ dog , ↑ footstep , ↑ ghost , ↑ horse
Walk is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ batter , ↑ beat , ↑ bike , ↑ corridor , ↑ distance , ↑ dog , ↑ earth , ↑ floor , ↑ ground , ↑ length , ↑ mile , ↑ pace , ↑ path , ↑ perimeter , ↑ precinct , ↑ road , ↑ room , ↑ sidewalk , ↑ street , ↑ trail , ↑ way