walk
♦♦♦ walk /w'ɔːk/ (walks walking walked)
1 [VERB] V, V prep/adv, V n, V n to n
When you walk, you move forward by putting one foot in front of the other in a regular way.
Rosanna and Forbes walked in silence for some while...
She turned and walked away...
They would stop the car and walk a few steps...
When I was your age I walked five miles to school.
2 [N-COUNT]
A walk is a journey that you make by walking, usually for pleasure.
I went for a walk...
He often took long walks in the hills.
3 [N-SING] supp N, N of n
A walk of a particular distance is the distance which a person has to walk to get somewhere.
It was only a three-mile walk to Kabul from there...
The church is a short walk from Piazza Dante.
4 [N-COUNT]
A walk is a route suitable for walking along for pleasure.
There is a 2 mile coastal walk from Craster to Newton.
5 [N-SING] a N
A walk is the action of walking rather than running.
She slowed to a steady walk.
6 [N-SING] poss N
Someone's walk is the way that they walk.
George, despite his great height and gangling walk, was a keen dancer.
7 [VERB] V n prep/adv
If you walk someone somewhere, you walk there with them in order to show politeness or to make sure that they get there safely.
She walked me to my car...
= escort
8 [VERB] V n
If you walk your dog, you take it for a walk in order to keep it healthy.
I walk my dog each evening around my local streets.
9
to be walking on air: see air
to walk tall: see tallspace walk (space walks)
[N-COUNT]
When an astronaut goes on a space walk, he or she leaves the spacecraft and works outside it while floating in space.walk away
[PHRASAL VERB] V P from n, V P
If you walk away from a problem or a difficult situation, you do nothing about it or do not face any bad consequences from it.
The most appropriate strategy may simply be to walk away from the problem...
No one knows you're a part of this. You can just walk away.walk into
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If you walk into an unpleasant situation, you become involved in it without expecting to, especially because you have been careless.
He's walking into a situation that he absolutely can't control.
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If you walk into a job, you manage to get it very easily. (INFORMAL)
When I left school, I could walk into any job.walk of life (walks of life)
[N-COUNT] usu pl
The walk of life that you come from is the position that you have in society and the kind of job you have.
One of the greatest pleasures of this job is meeting people from all walks of life.
= backgroundwalk out
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P of n, V P
If you walk out of a meeting, a performance, or an unpleasant situation, you leave it suddenly, usually in order to show that you are angry or bored.
Several dozen councillors walked out of the meeting in protest...
Mr. Mason walked out during the performance.
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P on n
If someone walks out on their family or their partner, they leave them suddenly and go to live somewhere else.
Her husband walked out on her...
3 [PHRASAL VERB] V P
If workers walk out, they stop doing their work for a period of time, usually in order to try to get better pay or conditions for themselves.
Nationwide industrial action began earlier this week, when staff at most banks walked out.walk over
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If someone walks over you, they treat you very badly. (INFORMAL)
Do you think you can walk over me? Well, you won't, ever!
1 [VERB] V, V prep/adv, V n, V n to n
When you walk, you move forward by putting one foot in front of the other in a regular way.
Rosanna and Forbes walked in silence for some while...
She turned and walked away...
They would stop the car and walk a few steps...
When I was your age I walked five miles to school.
2 [N-COUNT]
A walk is a journey that you make by walking, usually for pleasure.
I went for a walk...
He often took long walks in the hills.
3 [N-SING] supp N, N of n
A walk of a particular distance is the distance which a person has to walk to get somewhere.
It was only a three-mile walk to Kabul from there...
The church is a short walk from Piazza Dante.
4 [N-COUNT]
A walk is a route suitable for walking along for pleasure.
There is a 2 mile coastal walk from Craster to Newton.
5 [N-SING] a N
A walk is the action of walking rather than running.
She slowed to a steady walk.
6 [N-SING] poss N
Someone's walk is the way that they walk.
George, despite his great height and gangling walk, was a keen dancer.
7 [VERB] V n prep/adv
If you walk someone somewhere, you walk there with them in order to show politeness or to make sure that they get there safely.
She walked me to my car...
= escort
8 [VERB] V n
If you walk your dog, you take it for a walk in order to keep it healthy.
I walk my dog each evening around my local streets.
9
to be walking on air: see air
to walk tall: see tallspace walk (space walks)
[N-COUNT]
When an astronaut goes on a space walk, he or she leaves the spacecraft and works outside it while floating in space.walk away
[PHRASAL VERB] V P from n, V P
If you walk away from a problem or a difficult situation, you do nothing about it or do not face any bad consequences from it.
The most appropriate strategy may simply be to walk away from the problem...
No one knows you're a part of this. You can just walk away.walk into
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If you walk into an unpleasant situation, you become involved in it without expecting to, especially because you have been careless.
He's walking into a situation that he absolutely can't control.
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If you walk into a job, you manage to get it very easily. (INFORMAL)
When I left school, I could walk into any job.walk of life (walks of life)
[N-COUNT] usu pl
The walk of life that you come from is the position that you have in society and the kind of job you have.
One of the greatest pleasures of this job is meeting people from all walks of life.
= backgroundwalk out
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P of n, V P
If you walk out of a meeting, a performance, or an unpleasant situation, you leave it suddenly, usually in order to show that you are angry or bored.
Several dozen councillors walked out of the meeting in protest...
Mr. Mason walked out during the performance.
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P on n
If someone walks out on their family or their partner, they leave them suddenly and go to live somewhere else.
Her husband walked out on her...
3 [PHRASAL VERB] V P
If workers walk out, they stop doing their work for a period of time, usually in order to try to get better pay or conditions for themselves.
Nationwide industrial action began earlier this week, when staff at most banks walked out.walk over
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If someone walks over you, they treat you very badly. (INFORMAL)
Do you think you can walk over me? Well, you won't, ever!