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  1. intransitive verb To move over a surface by taking steps with the feet at a pace slower than a run: a baby learning to walk; a horse walking around a riding ring.
  2. intransitive verb To go or travel on foot: walked to the store.
  3. intransitive verb To go on foot for pleasure or exercise; stroll: walked along the beach looking for shells.
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  • Oh, and every stick you find along your walk is a keeper. —  This Vintage Chica
  • "But you were going for a walk, and I am detaining you The object of my walk has been accomplished," said John Oh?" —  My Friend Prospero
  • She says the walk is a special day that resonates through out the community. —  KGET: Local News
  • "The memory of him (Andrew) gets pushed back in our minds sometimes, but this walk is a way to think about him. —  pjstar.com Home RSS
  • Registration for the walk is at 10 a.m. —  Norwich Bulletin Home RSS
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ride ·  run ·  drive ·  path ·  march ·  road ·  dance ·  step ·  garden ·  talk ·  one ·  go

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walk:   walking ·  walked ·  walks
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English walken, from Old English wealcan, to roll; see wel-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Under this form are merged two verbs, one strong, the other weak: (a) from Middle English walken (preterit welk, plural weolken, welken, past participle walke, iwalken), from Anglo-Saxon wealcan (preterit weolc, past participle wealcen), move, roll, turn, revolve, = Middle Dutch walcken, cause to move, press, squeeze, strain, Dutch walken. felt (hats), = Old High German walchan, full (cloth), roll oneself, wallow, Middle High German walken (later Italian gualcare, prepare by stamping) = German walken, full (cloth), felt (hats). (b) from Middle English walkien (preterit walkede, walkide, past participle walked) = Icelandic vālka, volka, roll, stamp, roll oneself, wallow, = Swedish valka, roll, full (cloth), = Danish valke, full (cloth); prob. akin to L. valgus, bent, vergere, bend, turn, incline: see verge.
  2. from Middle English walc, walk, from Anglo-Saxon gewealc, a rolling, moving, = Middle High German walc = Icelandic vālk, a tossing; from the verb.
 

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