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    [Verb]  | "walk" | \ ˈwȯk \


    1: to move along on foot : advance by steps

    2: to come or go easily or readily

    3: to go at a walk

    Origin: 12th century ;

     Middle English walken "to roll, toss about (of the sea, waves), wander, journey, go, go on foot, stroll, move about on earth (of a dead person's spirit), be in motion, circulate, be present, live," going back to Old English wealcan (strong verb) and wealcian (weak verb) "to toss about, work with the hands, turn over (in the mind), (of waves or the sea) to roll, surge," going back to Germanic *walkan- (whence also Middle Dutch walken "to knead, full [cloth]," Old High German giwalchen "fulled, thickened," as weak verbs Old Icelandic válka "to roll, stamp," velkja "to toss about"), of uncertain origin;

      * Note : The Middle English verb experienced a remarkable degree of semantic diversification not paralleled in other Germanic languages, taking it far from its Old English sources, and leading to the usual modern meaning "to go by foot"; see: detailed discussion of forms and meanings in Oxford English Dictionary, third edition. — The Germanic verb *walkan- has been compared with Sanskrit válgati "(s/he) leaps, bounds, (it) surges," and, more remotely, Latvian val͂gs "rope." However, as pointed out by G. Kroonen (Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic, Brill, 2013), there is a parallel verb *walgōn- evident in Middle Dutch walghen (in mi walghet "I feel nauseous"), Middle Low German walgen "to wrestle, strive," Old High German walgōn "to roll." If this etymon goes back to Indo-European *u̯olgh-, it cannot be related to the Sanskrit verb. Both *walkan- and *walgōn- have been see:n as representing root extensions of Indo-European *u̯el- "roll"; see: {welter:1|welter:1}.;

    [Verb]  | "walk back" 


    1: to retreat from or distance oneself from (a previously stated opinion or position)

    Origin: 2000 ;

    [Verb]  | "walk out" 


    1: to leave suddenly often as an expression of disapproval

    2: to go on strike

    Origin: 1840 ;

    [Noun]  | "walk" 


    1: an act or instance of going on foot especially for exercise or pleasure

    2: space walk

    3: a place designed for walking:

    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English walk, walke, noun derivative of walken "to journey, {see: |walk:1|walk:1}";

    [Noun]  | "walk-in" 


    1: a walk-in refrigerator or cold storage room

    2: an easy election victory

    3: a person who walks in without an appointment

    Origin: 1924 ;

    [Noun]  | "walk-on" | \ ˈwȯk-ˌȯn \


    1: a minor part (as in a dramatic production); also : an actor having such a part

    2: a college athlete who tries out for an athletic team without having been recruited or offered a scholarship

    Origin: 1902 ;

    [Noun]  | "walk-through" | \ ˈwȯk-ˌthrü \


    1: a perfunctory performance of a play or acting part (as in an early stage of rehearsal)

    2: a television rehearsal without cameras

    Origin: 1940 ;

    [Adjective]  | "walk-in" | \ ˈwȯk-ˌin \


    1: large enough to be walked into

    2: arranged so as to be entered directly rather than through a lobby

    3: being a person who walks in without an appointment

    Origin: 1912 ;

    [Adjective]  | "walk-off" | \ ˈwȯk-ˌȯf \


    1: ending a baseball game immediately by causing the winning run to score for the home team in the bottom of the last inning; also : won by the home team in the bottom of the last inning

    Origin: 1990 ;

    [Idiomatic phrase]  | "walk the streets" 


    1: to walk in a city

    2: to find customers as a sex worker by walking around in the streets

    Origin: 1530 ;

    [Verb]  | "walk" 


    1: to go on foot;


      * e.g., " ... I walked slowly to school "



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    2: to refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet demands;


      * e.g., " ... workers threatened to walk unless management agreed to shoulder more of the cost of health insurance "



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    [Verb]  | "walk out" 


    1: to leave a place often for another;


      * e.g., " ... we simply walked out after waiting half an hour for someone to come and serve us "




    2: to refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet demands;


      * e.g., " ... the salesclerks walked out upon learning of the second pay cut in six months "



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    [Noun]  | "walk" 


    1: a relaxed journey on foot for exercise or pleasure;


      * e.g., " ... we went for a long walk outside because it was such a nice night "



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    2: a region of activity, knowledge, or influence;


      * e.g., " ... a nondenominational church that attracts worshippers from every walk of life "



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    3: a public place for strolling;


      * e.g., " ... San Antonio's famous River Walk ranks among the city's foremost attractions "



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    [Phrase]  | "walk away from" 


    1: to cause to remain behind;


      * e.g., " ... She decided to walk away from her job to go back to school. "




    [Phrase]  | "walk in the park" 


    1: something that is easy to do;


      * e.g., " ... That crossword puzzle was a walk in the park compared to others. "




    [Phrase]  | "walk off with" 


    1: to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep;


      * e.g., " ... That thief just walked off with my wallet! "



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    [Phrase]  | "walk on" 


    1: to take unfair advantage of;


      * e.g., " ... He dislikes people who are willing to walk on others to get ahead. "



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    [Phrase]  | "walk out on" 


    1: to cause to remain behind;


      * e.g., " ... He walked out on his partner without even leaving a note. "




    2: to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another;


      * e.g., " ... She had no intention of walking out on the nonprofit. "



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    [Phrase]  | "walk over" 


    1: to show contempt for;


      * e.g., " ... a conceited boss who constantly walks over employees "




    [Phrase]  | "walk through" 


    1: to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed;


      * e.g., " ... The manager walked the trainees through their new job duties. "



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     [ "walk" ]

    1: the process of moving your feet up and down while moving forward, in order to get to a specific destination.

      * e.g.,  ... The old man walked with his dog 

     [ "walk" ]

    1: A fly with its wings removed. It can only walk, hence the name.

      * e.g.,  ... I like to play with my pet walk 

     [ "walk" ]

    1: To Crip walk. The footwork originated by the Crips gang. While appearing to be a dance, it is not.

      * e.g.,  ... Xzibit: "Get your walk on!" 

     [ "walk" ]

    1: Literally means to walk across the stage during your high school graduation ceremony to receive your diploma. However, people use the word to mean finishing high school.

      * e.g.,  ... Senioritis is really getting to me - I got D's in classes that I used to get A's in. I don't care anymore though, as long as I'm able to walk. That's all that matters. 

     [ "walk" ]

    1: Paintball term meaning to use to fingers, most commonly index and middle, in a walking motion to fire a marker.

      * e.g.,  ... When I shoot, I walk the trigger 

     [ "walk" ]

    1: A code word used to describe the act of masturbation. which is when either a male or a female reinacts the movements of intercourse. customarilly used with a hand or the digits whether female or male.

      * e.g.,  ... how often do you walk 

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    1: to search through numbered files in an internet directory progressively by adding up or regressively by subtracting down from a starting point.

      * e.g.,  ... Every so often I'll walk through the nearly endless collection of vintage postcards archived at moviebillia.com 

     [ "walk" ]

    1: wanna grab some to eat later

      * e.g.,  ... or just walk don't worry about it 

     [ "walk" ]

    2: maybe watch or listen to something

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    1: (v.) The act of repetitively moving one or more limbs, that supports the rest of the human above the ground from the foot to the hip and is used for locomotion, back and forth swiftly to transverse distance at the rate of units of distance traveled per unit of time in n-dimensional space (where n is an element of integers and 0<n<4)

      * e.g.,  ... Bob walked to the boardwalk 

     [ "walk" ]

    1: To use the bathroom (urinate or deficate) and exit the bathroom WITHOUT washing one's hands. Essentially to "walk" out without washing your hands.

      * e.g.,  ... My boss is a confirmed shit-walker. 

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