Dictionary 1. (v. i.) 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.2. (v. i.) To move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement; to take one's exercise; to ramble. 3. (v. i.) 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. 4. (v. i.) To be in motion; to act; to move; to wag. 5. (v. i.) To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's self. 6. (v. i.) To move off; to depart. 7. (v. t.) To pass through, over, or upon; to traverse; to perambulate; as, to walk the streets. 8. (v. t.) To cause to walk; to lead, drive, or ride with a slow pace; as to walk one's horses. 9. (v. t.) To subject, as cloth or yarn, to the fulling process; to full. 10. (n.) The act of walking, or moving on the feet with a slow pace; advance without running or leaping. 11. (n.) The act of walking for recreation or exercise; as, a morning walk; an evening walk. 12. (n.) Manner of walking; gait; step; as, we often know a person at a distance by his walk. 13. (n.) That in or through which one walks; place or distance walked over; a place for walking; a path or avenue prepared for foot passengers, or for taking air and exercise; way; road; hence, a place or region in which animals may graze; place of wandering; range; as, a sheep walk. 14. (n.) A frequented track; habitual place of action; sphere; as, the walk of the historian. 15. (n.) Conduct; course of action; behavior. 16. (n.) The route or district regularly served by a vender; as, a milkman's walk. Thesaurus Le Mans agora air lane air race airing alameda ambit amble ambulate amphitheater andante ankle area arena art athletic field auditorium automobile race background bailiwick bear garden beat beaten path beaten track berm bicycle path bicycle race boardwalk boat race border borderland bowl boxing ring bridle path bull ring business calling campus canvas career career building careerism catwalk champaign circle circuit circumambulate circus claudicate claudication cockpit coliseum colosseum constitutional contest of speed course craft crawl creep cross-country race cycle dash dead march demesne department derby discipline dog race dogtrot domain dominion drag drag along drag out drag race droop endurance race esplanade fastwalk field flight path floor flounce foot foot it foot pavement footpace footpath footrace footway forced march forum full circle funeral march gait gallop game garden path go dead slow go slow groove ground gym gymnasium hall handicraft heat hemisphere hike hiking trail hippodrome hitch hobble hoof hoof it hurdle race idle inch inch along itinerary jaunt jaywalk jog jog on jog trot jog-trot judicial circuit jurisdiction lap laze leg leg it leisurely gait lifework limp line line of business line of work lists locale lock step loop lumber lumbering pace lurch mall marathon marathon race march marketplace mat match race metier milieu mince mincing steps mission mosey motorcycle race mush mystery number obstacle race occupation open forum orb orbit pace pad paddle palaestra pale parade parade ground path pathway pedestrianize perambulate peripatetic journey peripateticate peripateticism piaffer pit place platform plod poke poke along potato race practice prado prance precinct primrose path prize ring profession promenade province public square public walk purlieu pursuit race rack racket ramble range realm regatta relay relay race revolution ring road road race roll round round trip rounds route run runway rut sack race saunter scene scene of action scenery schlep scuttle sea lane setting shamble shortcut shuffle shuffle along sidewalk sidle single-foot site slink slither slog slouch slow march slow motion slowness specialization specialty speedway race sphere sprint sprint race squared circle |