walk

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To move along on foot, one step at a time.

   We walked to school together every morning.

2. 2
   noun

   A journey on foot, often for pleasure or exercise.

   We took a walk after lunch.

3. 3
   verb

   To take an animal or person somewhere on foot, or to lead them as they walk.

   He walks the dog every evening.

4. 4
   noun

   The way a person walks.

   You could recognise him by his unusual walk.

5. 5
   noun

   A path made for walking on.

   After the snowfall, we shovelled the front walk.

Common collocations

• a long walk Adjective + noun
• a short walk Adjective + noun
• take a walk Verb + noun
• walk the dog Verb + noun
• a brisk walk Adjective + noun
• a leisurely walk Adjective + noun

From Middle English walken (“to move, walk, roll, turn, revolve, toss”), a conflation of Old English wealcan (“to move round, revolve, roll, turn, toss”) (ġewealcan (“to go, traverse”)) and Old English wealcian (“to curl, roll up”); both from Proto-West Germanic *walkan, from Proto-Germanic *walkaną, *walkōną (“to twist, turn, roll about, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *walg- (“to twist, turn, move”). Cognate with Scots walk (“to walk”), Saterland Frisian walkje (“to full; drum; flex; mill”), West Frisian swalkje (“to wander, roam”), Dutch walken (“to full, work hair or felt”), Dutch zwalken…

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