walk
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- 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.
- So all I ended up doing was adding the walk, another kind of sky mile walk to this.
Examples
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No, no, I think I'll just take a walk around town on my own.
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Have a nice walk, enjoy the scenery.
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It's a long walk right through the main area.
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How far is the walk to the Welcome Center?
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It's a nice day for a walk.
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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
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A way or track that people and things move along for travel
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A path made for people to go on foot
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A narrow raised walkway high above the ground that workers use to reach lights or pipes
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A narrow path for people to walk on away from roads
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A covered passage through the ground floor of a building
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A covered walkway that connects buildings above a street
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A path for people to walk on, often by a road or river
A path for people to walk on beside a road
A wide public path lined with trees for walking
A wooden path that people build across wet or marshy ground to walk on
Idioms
- Informal
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To be in a difficult situation where you must be very careful to avoid failure or trouble
- Informal
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To move with bent arms and a stiff posture like the dance from the song
- Informal
Imagine being the other person to understand their feelings and situation
- Informal
To start a journey into the unknown that brings adventure and personal change
- Informal
To be in a very dangerous situation where a small mistake causes big harm
- Informal
Act carefully to avoid causing trouble in a tense, painful situation
- Informal
To be in a risky situation that needs great care to avoid failure
Compounds
- Jargon
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A small acting role in a play, film, or TV show that usually has no spoken lines
- Specialized
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A process where a number changes by random steps, like particle motion or price changes
- NSFW
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Money given during elections to get people to vote for a candidate or pay small local costs
- Jargon
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A person who comes to a government to give secret information or ask to stay in the country
How Wide
Surface Forms
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.