'Walking' definitions:
Definition of 'walking'
From: WordNet
adjective
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)]
noun
The act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise" [syn: walk, walking]
Definition of 'Walking'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- At the end of twelve months, he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. --Dan. iv. 29. [1913 Webster]
- When Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. --Matt. xiv. 29. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement; to take one's exercise; to ramble. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- I have heard, but not believed, the spirits of the dead May walk again. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- When was it she last walked? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To be in motion; to act; to move; to wag. [Obs.] "Her tongue did walk in foul reproach." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Do you think I'd walk in any plot? --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- I heard a pen walking in the chimney behind the cloth. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's self. [1913 Webster]
- We walk perversely with God, and he will walk crookedly toward us. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To move off; to depart. [Obs. or Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- He will make their cows and garrans to walk. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 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.
- To walk through the fire (Script.), to be exercised with severe afflictions. --Isa. xliii. 2.
- To walk with God (Script.), to live in obedience to his commands, and have communion with him. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Walking'
From: GCIDE
- Walking \Walk"ing\, a. & n. from Walk, v. [1913 Webster]
- Walking beam. See Beam, 10.
- Walking crane, a kind of traveling crane. See under Crane.
- Walking fern. (Bot.) See Walking leaf, below.
- Walking fish (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus Ophiocephalus, some of which, as Ophiocephalus 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) (Zool.) A leaf insect. See under Leaf.
- Walking papers, or Walking ticket, an order to leave; dismissal, as from office; as, to get one's walking papers, i. e. to be dismissed or fired. [Colloq.] --Bartlett.
- Walking stick. (a) A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support or amusement when walking; a cane. (b) (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'walking'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambling,
- ambulant,
- ambulation,
- ambulative,
- ambulatory,
- backpacking,
- circuit-riding,
- expeditionary,
- footing,
- footing it,
- footwork,
- globe-girdling,
- globe-trotting,
- going,
- going on foot,
- hiking,
- hitchhiking,
- hitching,
- hoofing,
- itinerant,
- itinerary,
- journeying,
- legwork,
- locomotive,
- lumbering,
- marching,
- moving,
- mundivagant,
- on tour,
- passing,
- pedestrian,
- pedestrianism,
- perambulating,
- perambulation,
- perambulatory,
- peregrinative,
- peregrine,
- peripatetic,
- pilgrimlike,
- progressing,
- sauntering,
- staggering,
- strolling,
- thumbing,
- thumbing a ride,
- toddling,
- tottering,
- touring,
- touristic,
- touristy,
- tramping,
- traveling,
- treading,
- trekking,
- trudging,
- waddling,
- wayfaring
Words containing 'Walking'
- To walk,
- To walk over,
- Walk,
- Walked,
- walk about,
- walk in,
- walk off,
- walk off with,
- walk on,
- walk out,
- walk out of,
- walk over,
- walk through,
- By-walk,
- Cock of the walk,
- Country Walk,
- Night walk,
- Night walking,
- Sheep walk,
- Space walk,
- To walk after the Spirit,
- To walk after the flesh,
- To walk by faith,
- To walk in darkness,
- To walk in the flesh,
- To walk in the light,
- To walk the plank,
- To walk through the fire,
- To walk with God,
- Walk-over,
- Walking beam,
- Walking crane,
- Walking fern,
- Walking fish,
- Walking gentleman,
- Walking lady,
- Walking leaf,
- Walking papers,
- Walking stick,
- Walking ticket,
- Walking wheel,
- Whisper Walk,
- angry walk,
- disability of walking,
- fire walking,
- manner of walking,
- power walking,
- random walk,
- tightrope walking,
- walk around,
- walk away,
- walk of life,
- walk on air,
- walk-in,
- walk-off,
- walk-on,
- walk-through,
- walk-to,
- walk-up,
- walking boss,
- walking delegate,
- walking fishes,
- walking horse,
- walking on air,
- walking shoe,
- walking straw,
- widow's walk,
- Country Walk, FL,
- To walk one's chalks,
- Walk-mill,
- Whisper Walk, FL,
- devil's walking stick,
- plantation walking horse,
- street-walk,
- tennessee walking horse,
- walk-up apartment