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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]  | "power walk" 


    1: to walk quickly for exercise especially while carrying or wearing weights


    Origin: 1984 ;

    [Verb]  | "slow-walk" | \ ˈslō-ˌwȯk \


    1: to delay or prevent the progress of (something) by acting in a deliberately slow manner


    Origin: 1965 ;

    [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]  | "aisle" | \ ˈī(-ə)l \


    1: a passage (as in a theater or railroad passenger car) separating sections of seats

    2: such a passage regarded as separating opposing parties in a legislature

    3: a point or line of usually political division or disagreement : divide


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English ele, eill, ile, ilde "lateral division of a church on either side of the nave, usually divided from the nave by pillars," borrowed from Anglo-French ele, esle, aile, ile "wing, wing of a building, lateral division of a nave" (continental Old French ele "wing, wing of a building"), going back to Latin āla "wing" ;

      * Note : The Middle English forms ile, ilde show assimilation to ile, ilde "island" (see: {isle:1|isle:1})—the rows on either side of the nave perhaps being thought of as isolated from the rest of the church—and effectively supplant ele, eill, etc. in the sixteenth century. The in ilde is a secondary extrusion (compare {mold:3|mold:3}). In early Modern English ile competes orthographically with a variety of other spellings, as ayle/aile, which appears to have regressed to the sense "wing" and adopted the Middle French spelling aile, an etymologizing variant of earlier ele; and isle, which copies the spelling of {isle:1|isle:1}. The now standard spelling aisle looks like a merger of aile and isle. Samuel Johnson enters aisle in his dictionary (1755) with some reluctance: "Thus the word is written by [Joseph] Addison, but perhaps improperly; since it see:ms deducible only from either aile, a wing, or allée, a path; and is therefore to be written aile." As Johnson was likely aware, aisle had developed a broadened sense "passage between pews in the middle of a church" that copies a now out-of-use sense of {alley:1|alley:1}. The still broader extensions "passage between seats in a train, bus or airplane" and "space between rows of items in a department store or supermarket" first appeared in American English.;

    [Noun]  | "buzz saw" 


    1: a power saw with a circular cutting blade : circular saw

    2: someone or something that presents overwhelming opposition —usually used in the phrase run/walk into a buzz saw


    Origin: 1837 ;

    [Noun]  | "perp walk" 


    1: the public escorting of an arrested individual (as from a courthouse to a police car) by law enforcement officials


    Origin: 1986 ;

    [Noun]  | "random walk" 


    1: a process (such as Brownian motion or genetic drift) consisting of a sequence of steps (such as movements or changes in gene frequency) each of whose characteristics (such as magnitude and direction) is determined by chance


    Origin: 1905 ;

    [Idiom]  | "all walks of life" 


    1: —used to refer to people who have many different jobs or positions in society—usually used with from —sometimes used with of or in in U.S. English

    [Idiom]  | "worship the ground someone walks on" 


    1: to admire/love someone very much

    [Verb]  | "walks" 


    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" 


    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]  | "walks 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]  | "walks" 


    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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    [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]  | "walks 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]  | "walks away from" 


    1: to cause to remain behind;


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





    [Phrase]  | "walks 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]  | "walks 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]  | "walks 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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     [ "walks" ]

    1: Footwear i.e. shoes, boots, sandals. aka "kicks"

      * e.g.,  ... Let me just slip my walks on before we go and steal a bike. 

     [ "Walk the Walk" ]

    1: Walk the Walk means to show others about something by your own footsteps, your own example of the way to do it. You yourself are walking the way for them to follow by your own life.

      * e.g.,  ... She told them at the meeting "You need to Walk the Walk 

     [ "walk that walk" ]

    1: when a girl walks differently than most cause she has a big butt,and big hip,and or big thighs

      * e.g.,  ... she can walk that walk 

     [ "The Walk" ]

    1: A time where the elite cousins go outside during thanksgiving to get high.

      * e.g.,  ... Can I go on the walk with you guys? Sorry Will, this special walk is only for the big kids. 

     [ "walked in on" ]

    1: to go into a room and see what someone is doing, when they did not want to be seen

      * e.g.,  ... Mom just walked in on me when I nutted all over Rachel's face .... awks 

     [ "walkative" ]

    1: The urge to walk a lot, especially after a long period of convalescence.

      * e.g.,  ... Xaviera is extremely walkative since her knee stopped hurting. 

     [ "walk in on" ]

    1: To open a door only to find that one is interupting a romantic and possibly sexual scene

      * e.g.,  ... Mary: "Hey Sharlene, didn't you walk in on your parents boning one time?" 

     [ "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 on" ]

    1: an athelete who was not offered to play for a university or an nfl team but tried out and made the team.

      * e.g.,  ... trying out for a team and making it... u would be considered a walk on 

     [ "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 

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