walking

Plural: walkings

Noun

• The act of moving on foot; a journey or stroll.
• the act of traveling by foot
  • "walking is a healthy form of exercise"
• verbal noun of walk.

Verb

• use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
• accompany or escort
• obtain a base on balls
• traverse or cover by walking
• give a base on balls to
• live or behave in a specified manner
• be or act in association with
• walk at a pace
• make walk
• take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure
  • "The lovers held hands while walking"
• present participle and gerund of walk

Adjective Satellite

• close enough to be walked to
  • "walking distance"

Adj

• Incarnate as a human; living.
• Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness.
• Characterized by or suitable for walking.
• Heavily characterized by some given quality.
• Being a style of bass accompaniment or line, common in Baroque music (1600–1750) and 20th century jazz, blues and rockabilly, which creates a feeling of regular quarter note movement, akin to the regular alternation of feet while walking.

Examples

• a walking bass, or walking bassline
• a walking contradiction
• a walking tour
• Elizabeth knows so many words that they call her the walking dictionary.
• good walking shoes
• Phil's mother is a walking miracle after surviving that accident.
• She was a walking example of how fitness training can take you a long way.
• The walking through all possible plays was exhausting, but it led to a bingo.

Synonyms

take the air, walk, walk-to

Antonyms

ride

Related Words

shanks' mare, shanks' pony

Anagrams of walking