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Noun walk has 7 senses

walk, walking - the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"
--₁ is a kind of locomotion, travel
--₁ has parts: pace, stride, tread
--₁ has particulars:
ambulation; sleepwalking, somnambulism, somnambulation, noctambulism, noctambulation; gait; march, marching; plodding; prowl; shamble, shambling, shuffle, shuffling; wading

Derived forms: verb walk₉, verb walk₆, verb walk₂, verb walk₁
base on balls, walk, pass - (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls"
--₂ is a kind of accomplishment, achievement

Derived forms: verb walk₇, verb walk₄
walk, manner of walking - manner of walking; "he had a funny walk"
--₃ is a kind of carriage, bearing, posture

Derived forms: verb walk₉, verb walk₆, verb walk₂, verb walk₁
walk - the act of walking somewhere; "he took a walk after lunch"
--₄ is a kind of travel, traveling, travelling
--₄ has particulars:
amble, promenade, ramble, saunter, stroll, perambulation; constitutional; foot; hike, tramp; last mile; moonwalk; perambulation; turn; walkabout; walk-through

Derived forms: verb walk₆, verb walk₂, verb walk₁
walk, walkway, paseo - a path set aside for walking; "after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk"
--₅ is a kind of path
--₅ has particulars:
boardwalk; catwalk; promenade, mall; sidewalk, pavement; skywalk

Derived forms: verb walk₆, verb walk₂, verb walk₁
walk - a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground
--₆ is a kind of gait

Derived form: verb walk₁₀
walk of life, walk - careers in general; "it happens in all walks of life"
--₇ is a kind of career, calling, vocation

Verb walk has 10 senses

walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"
--₁ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Antonyms: ride

Derived forms: noun walk₃, noun walk₅, noun walk₄, noun walk₁, noun walker₃, noun walking₁
Sample sentences:
Sam and Sue walk
The children walk to the playground
walk - traverse or cover by walking; "Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day"
--₂ is one way to traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across

Derived forms: noun walker₃, noun walker₄, noun walker₅, noun walker₆, noun walk₃, noun walk₅, noun walk₄, noun walk₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
walk - accompany or escort; "I'll walk you to your car"
--₃ is one way to accompany
Sample sentence:
The men walk the horses across the field
walk - obtain a base on balls
--₄ is one way to score, hit, tally, rack up

Derived form: noun walk₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
walk - live or behave in a specified manner; "walk in sadness"
--₅ is one way to behave, comport
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
walk, take the air - take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure; "The lovers held hands while walking"; "We like to walk every Sunday"
--₆ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote

Derived forms: noun walk₃, noun walk₅, noun walk₄, noun walk₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
walk - give a base on balls to
--₇ is one way to play

Derived form: noun walk₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
walk - be or act in association with; "We must walk with our dispossessed brothers and sisters"; "Walk with God"
--₈ is one way to consociate, associate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
walk - make walk; "He walks the horse up the mountain"; "Walk the dog twice a day"
--₉ is one way to compel, oblige, obligate

Derived forms: noun walk₃, noun walk₁
Sample sentence:
The men walk the horses across the field
walk - walk at a pace; "The horsese walked across the meadow"
--₁₀ is one way to pace

Derived form: noun walk₆
Sample sentence:
The horses walk across the field