walking

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of traveling by foot

   walking is a healthy form of exercise

2. 2
   adj

   Incarnate as a human; living.

   Elizabeth knows so many words that they call her the walking dictionary.

3. 3
   adj

   Characterized by or suitable for walking.

   a walking tour

4. 4
   adj

   Heavily characterized by some given quality.

   Today, she is a walking miracle from God. She is vibrant, healthy and happy as she continues to battle AIDS.

5. 5
   adj

   Being a style of bass accompaniment or line, common in Baroque music (1600–1750) and 20th century jazz, blues and rockabilly, which creates a feeling of regular quarter note movement, akin to the regular alternation of feet while walking.

   a walking bass, or walking bassline

6. 6
   noun

   verbal noun of walk.

   Mrs Dosett, aware that daintiness was no longer within the reach of her and hers, did assent to these walkings in Kensington Gardens.

7. 7
   adj

   close enough to be walked to

8. 8
   verb

   present participle and gerund of walk

Etymology

From Middle English walkynge, walkinge, walkinde, walkende, walkand, walkande, from Old English wealcende (attested as Old English wealcendes), from Proto-Germanic *walkandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *walkaną (“to roll, trample, walk”), equivalent to walk + -ing.