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walk

walk

56 1.0
A path people use near a building or in a garden
  • noun
  • /wɔk/
: paseo
  • I barely waited to wave goodbye before heading up the walk to the front door.
  • a paved walk

So all I ended up doing was adding the walk, another kind of sky mile walk to this.

Examples

  • No, no, I think I'll just take a walk around town on my own.

  • Have a nice walk, enjoy the scenery.

  • It's a long walk right through the main area.

  • How far is the walk to the Welcome Center?

  • It's a nice day for a walk.

  • His family had actually lived in the Red Mountains, several hours' walk from the nearest road.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Built above a former chapel, her study was a short walk from the main villa.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • The center point of the great garden is the paved or graveled walk running between trimmed topiary.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Gentry pushes the street gate open and paces down the walk beside the house to the door.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The new garden features a beautiful walk lined with colorful flowers.

Synonyms

path
vswalk
575 1.0

A way or track that people and things move along for travel

is focused on routes designed mainly for pedestrians near gardens or buildings
walkway
vswalk
47 2.0

A path made for people to go on foot

is more often in gardens or near buildings rather than broadly paved
footpath
vswalk
  • UK
8 1.9

A narrow path for people to walk on away from roads

is more often beside buildings or gardens rather than remote countryside
catwalk
vswalk
7 6.0

A narrow raised walkway high above the ground that workers use to reach lights or pipes

is generally a ground level path near gardens or building edges, not elevated
walk-through
vswalk
1 3.5

A covered passage through the ground floor of a building

is usually an open garden or outdoor path rather than an indoor passage
skywalk
vswalk
1 5.2

A covered walkway that connects buildings above a street

is usually at ground level in gardens or beside buildings rather than elevated
footway
vswalk
  • UK
1 2.5

A path for people to walk on beside a road

is often nearer gardens or buildings rather than beside roads
trackway
vswalk
  • Specialized
1 8.4

A wooden path that people build across wet or marshy ground to walk on

is normally a garden or nearby building path rather than a timber marsh route
alameda
vswalk
  • US
1 8.8

A wide public path lined with trees for walking

is a simpler garden or near building path rather than formal tree avenues
footwalk
vswalk
2.6

A path for people to walk on, often by a road or river

is used more for garden or building edges than park or street settings

Idioms

To seem perfect and able to do anything

walk in the park
  • Informal
22 1.0

An easy task that needs little effort

to walk the line
  • Informal
12 6.8

Keep a careful balance between different demands and views

10 6.7

To be very careful not to upset someone

8 8.2

To do risky, adventurous things outside your usual life

Imagine being the other person to understand their feelings and situation

To say someone is the most outstanding person who has ever lived

5 7.7

To be in a difficult situation where you must be very careful to avoid failure or trouble

Leave a dangerous situation without getting hurt

To do two simple things at the same time

1 8.7

To move with bent arms and a stiff posture like the dance from the song

1 7.1

To hurry to do something so you do not miss a good chance

To start with simple tasks before trying harder ones

To feel very happy and excited

1 9.6

Act carefully to avoid causing trouble in a tense, painful situation

To tell someone to go away in a rude, angry way

1 8.6

To be in a very dangerous situation where a small mistake causes big harm

Start with basic skills before trying harder tasks

To start a journey into the unknown that brings adventure and personal change

To be in a risky situation that needs great care to avoid failure

Compounds

36 3.4

The job, background, or place in society a person has

22 1.0

A short time spent moving on foot in a place without a clear destination

19 3.7

Large enough to enter and use for storing clothes or changing

16 3.5

A person who arrives without an appointment to get a service

space walk
  • Specialized
9 4.9

A time when an astronaut leaves a spacecraft to work outside in space

7 4.2

An inspection where people go through a place to check for problems

walk-on
  • Jargon
6 6.8

A small acting role in a play, film, or TV show that usually has no spoken lines

cake walk
  • Informal
5 1.3

A very easy task that needs little effort

4 5.6

A building with several floors and no elevator where you must use stairs

3 5.3

Close enough to reach on foot, like a shop or school

walk-through
  • Jargon
3 5.1

A rehearsal where actors read scripts and practice stage movements

2 3.5

A place or service you can use without an appointment

2 3.9

A small room you can enter to store clothes or change

1 9.5

A small railed platform on a house roof used to watch ships at sea

random walk
  • Specialized
1 7.7

A process where a number changes by random steps, like particle motion or price changes

1 3.6

A step-by-step guide that shows how to do something

1 3.5

A covered passage through the ground floor of a building

1 9.9

Money given during elections to get people to vote for a candidate or pay small local costs

walk-on
  • Jargon
1 7.3

An acting part that has no spoken lines

A home in a building with no elevator that you reach by stairs

walk-in
  • Jargon
1 8.2

A person who comes to a government to give secret information or ask to stay in the country

A walk outside when the sun is setting and the light is fading

1 6.4

A slow relaxed walk while you make a short tune with your mouth

An awkward way of moving with uneven, jerky steps

walk-in
  • Literature
7.5

An expected easy victory in an election or contest

How Wide

sidewalk
  • US
313 1.0
walk
56 1.0
path
575 1.0
footpath
  • UK
8 1.9

Surface Forms

walk singular
walks plural

Etymology

Walk comes from an old English word for moving on the feet, and a 'walk' as a path is simply the place where people go on foot, like a walkway. So a garden walk is a path made for walking.