walking

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The activity of travelling on foot, often as exercise.

   Walking is a healthy form of exercise.

2. 2
   adj

   Used for or suitable for walking.

   They went on a walking tour of the hills.

3. 3
   adj

   Used informally to say a person seems to be a living example of some quality.

   My grandmother is a walking dictionary.

Common collocations

• gentle walking Adjective + noun
• regular walking Adjective + noun
• do some walking Verb + noun
• enjoy walking Verb + noun
• go walking Verb + noun
• brisk walking Adjective + noun
• take up walking Verb + noun

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.

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