walking
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- adjective Able to walk despite injury or illness.
- adjective Regarded as having the capabilities or qualities of a specified object: a teacher who is a walking dictionary.
- adjective Used, intended, or suitable for walking: walking clothes; a walking trail; walking distance.
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- This walking is a strange remedy: Mr. Prior walks, to make himself fat, and I to bring myself down; he has generally a cough, which he only calls a cold; we often walk round the Park together. — The Journal to Stella
- More dangerous than walking, and walking is not safe. ' — Smokescreen
- However, he turned curiously instead of - walking from the chamber. — The End of the Matter
- Miss Jessica in walking-out costume was an unlikely sight in any circumstances, but this opportune arrival, coupled with the utter fantasy of her array, was actively disconcerting. — More Work for the Undertaker
- “This walking is ridiculous.” — Ilium
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- from Middle English walkynge; verbal noun of walk, v.
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Pronunciations
/ (wôˈkĭng)/
ahd pronounces "walking"
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