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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Walk \Walk\ (w[add]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Walked}; p. pr & vb n. {Walking}.] [OE. walken, probably from AS wealcan to roll, turn, revolve, akin to D. walken to felt hats, to work a hat, G. walken to full, OHG. walchan to beat to full, Icel. v[=a]lka to roll, to stamp, Sw valka to full, to roll, Dan. valke to full; cf Skr. valg to spring; but cf also AS weallian to roam, ramble, G. wallen. [root]130.] 1. To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate, but without running, or lifting one foot entirely before the other touches the ground. At the end of twelve months, he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. --Dan. iv 29. When Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. --Matt. xiv. 29. Note: In the walk of quadrupeds, there are always two and for a brief space there are three feet on the ground at once, but never four 2. To move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement; to take one's exercise; to ramble. 3. To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about -- said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person; to go about as a somnambulist or a specter. I have heard, but not believed, the spirits of the dead May walk again --Shak. When was it she last walked? --Shak. 4. To be in motion; to act to move to wag. [Obs.] ``Her tongue did walk in foul reproach.'' --Spenser. Do you think I'd walk in any plot? --B. Jonson I heard a pen walking in the chimney behind the cloth. --Latimer. 5. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's self We walk perversely with God, and he will walk crookedly toward us --Jer. Taylor. 6. To move off to depart. [Obs. or Colloq.] He will make their cows and garrans to walk. --Spenser. {To walk} in to go in to enter as into a house. {To walk after the flesh} (Script.), to indulge sensual appetites, and to live in sin. --Rom. viii. 1. {To walk after the Spirit} (Script.), to be guided by the counsels and influences of the Spirit, and by the word of God. --Rom. viii. 1. {To walk by faith} (Script.), to live in the firm belief of the gospel and its promises, and to rely on Christ for salvation. --2 Cor. v. 7. {To walk in darkness} (Script.), to live in ignorance, error, and sin. --1 John i. 6. {To walk in the flesh} (Script.), to live this natural life, which is subject to infirmities and calamities. --2 Cor. x. 3. {To walk in the light} (Script.), to live in the practice of religion, and to enjoy its consolations. --1 John i. 7. {To walk over}, in racing, to go over a course at a walk; -- said of a horse when there is no other entry; hence colloquially, to gain an easy victory in any contest. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Walking \Walk"ing\, a. & n. from {Walk}, v. {Walking beam}. See {Beam}, 10. {Walking crane}, a kind of traveling crane. See under {Crane}. {Walking fern}. (Bot.) See {Walking leaf}, below. {Walking fish} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus {Ophiocephalus}, some of which as {O. marulius}, become over four feet long. They have a special cavity over the gills lined with a membrane adapted to retain moisture to aid in respiration, and are thus able to travel considerable distances over the land at night, whence the name They construct a curious nest for their young. Called also {langya}. {Walking gentleman} (Theater), an actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words [Cant] {Walking lady} (Theater), an actress who usually fills such parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage. [Cant] {Walking leaf}. a (Bot.) A little American fern ({Camptosorus rhizophyllus}); -- so called because the fronds taper into slender prolongations which often root at the apex, thus producing new plants. b (Zo["o]l.) A leaf insect. See under {Leaf}. {Walking papers}, or {Walking ticket}, an order to leave dismissal, as from office. [Colloq.] --Bartlett. {Walking stick}. a A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support or amusement when walking; a cane. b (Zo["o]l.) A stick insect; -- called also {walking straw}. See Illust. of {Stick insect}, under {Stick}. {Walking wheel} (Mach.), a prime mover consisting of a wheel driven by the weight of men or animals walking either in it or on it a treadwheel. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: walking adj 1: close enough to be walked to "walking distance"; "the factory with the big parking lot...is more convenient than the walk-to factory" [syn: {walk-to(a)}, {walking(a)}] 2: traveling by foot; "she was afoot when I saw her this morning"; "a walking tour of the town"; "a walking and talking doll" [syn: {afoot(p)}, {walking(a)}] n : the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise" [syn: {walk}]
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