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🚶 To go on foot 🚶 A stroll 🛤️ To live by beliefs 🛤️ A path 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 To escort 🐕 To lead an animal 🌍 A way of life 🦵 A way of moving ⚾ A free base ⚾ To give a base 🐎 A horse gait
to walk

to walk

85 1.0
To lead an animal on foot for exercise or control
  • verb
  • /wɔk/
: pasear
  • The only fresh air she got was when she walked the dogs or went food shopping.
  • walk the dog

Do you wanna go oh poor thing, help it walk, huh?

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Examples

  • I took my dog to the park to walk him every evening.

  • I am going to walk my dog

    Frat House Massacre (2008)

  • So the three of us took the dog out each night to walk the quiet streets of our city.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Bruno, do you want to walk a dog with me after school?

    Bruno (2000)

  • One at a time, I walked the colts to water, the gray first, then the bay.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Under a street lamp, we see that it's a woman in her fifties walking her dog.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Jed had been active, walking his dog twice a day, before the onset of his heart failure and AF.

    Academic text (2012)

  • She enjoys walking her dog around the neighborhood for exercise.

  • After lunch, he decided to walk his dog along the scenic trail.

Synonyms

to walk the dog
vsto walk
24 1.1

To take a dog outside on a leash for exercise

is used more broadly for leading or exercising different animals on foot
to walk a dog
vsto walk
4 1.0

To take a dog outside for exercise, usually on a leash

applies more widely to leading or exercising various animals on foot

Antonyms

neglect
94 3.5

Not caring for someone or something that needs care

Idioms

to walk on water
26 8.4

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

to walk on eggshells
  • Informal
10 6.7

To be very careful not to upset someone

to walk on the wild side
  • Informal
8 8.2

To do risky, adventurous things outside your usual life

to walk a mile in someone's shoes
  • Informal
7 4.9

Imagine being the other person to understand their feelings and situation

to walk on two legs
5 5.1

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

to walk a tightrope
  • Informal
5 7.7

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

to walk away without a scratch
2 4.2

Leave a dangerous situation without getting hurt

to walk and chew gum at the same time
  • Informal
1 7.2

To do two simple things at the same time

to walk like an Egyptian
  • Informal
1 8.7

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

to run, don't walk
  • Informal
1 7.1

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

to crawl before you walk
1 5.0

To start with simple tasks before trying harder ones

to walk on air
1 3.8

To feel very happy and excited

to walk on broken glass
  • Informal
1 9.6

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

take a long walk on a short pier
  • Offensive
1 9.9

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

to walk on a razor's edge
  • Informal
1 8.6

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

learn to walk before you can run
  • Informal
4.2

Start with basic skills before trying harder tasks

to walk down a yellow brick road
  • Informal
9.5

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

to walk on the high rope
  • Informal
8.6

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

Phrasal Verbs

to walk away
876 3.5

Leave a person, place, or situation without taking part anymore

to walk out
  • Informal
805 3.4

Leave a place suddenly because you are angry or protesting

to walk in
729 1.6

To enter a room or building by walking without knocking

to walk around
536 1.7

To go on foot in a place without a clear purpose, often for pleasure

to walk out of
  • Informal
288 3.1

To leave a meeting or event suddenly to show you disagree

to walk off
  • Informal
106 3.5

To leave a place suddenly to show you are angry or upset

to walk past
97 1.0

To go past something on foot without stopping

to walk into
96 3.5

To accidentally become involved in a situation you did not plan

to walk someone through
87 3.4

Help someone do something by giving step-by-step instructions

to walk in on
65 4.1

To go into a room and see something private by accident

to walk free
37 4.5

To leave a court or prison without being punished

to walk around
  • Informal
26 3.0

To act in a way that shows an attitude or feeling openly

to walk the dog
24 1.1

To take a dog outside on a leash for exercise

to walk around
23 1.1

To go on foot around the edge of something instead of through it

to walk off with
  • Informal
16 6.5

To take something quickly without the owner's permission, often without being noticed

to walk through
  • Informal
13 4.0

Practice something quickly in a simple way before doing it for real

to walk off
  • Informal
12 7.5

To take something that is not yours and carry it away without asking

to walk about
  • UK
12 3.1

To move around a place on your feet without a clear purpose

to walk with a limp
9 3.7

Move with short uneven steps because one leg or foot hurts

to walk hand in hand
8 2.0

Two people walk close together holding hands as a sign of affection

to walk out
4 4.1

Stop work and leave a place as a protest by workers

to walk straight into
4 3.7

To enter a place directly and confidently without hesitation

to walk a dog
4 1.0

To take a dog outside for exercise, usually on a leash

to walk over
  • Informal
2 4.2

Beat someone very easily

to walk the floor
2 5.5

To move through a workplace or public area to check things and talk with people

to street-walk
  • NSFW
1 9.9

To walk the streets to find people who will pay for sex

to walk all over someone
  • Informal
7.2

Treat someone badly by using them and ignoring their feelings

to walk over (someone)
  • Informal
6.1

To treat someone badly by ignoring their needs and using them

Compounds

walk of life
36 3.4

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

walk around
22 1.0

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

walk-in
19 3.7

Large enough to enter and use for storing clothes or changing

walk-in
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

walk-through
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

walk-up
4 5.6

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

walk-to
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

walk-in
2 3.5

A place or service you can use without an appointment

walk-in
2 3.9

A small room you can enter to store clothes or change

widow's walk
  • US
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

walk-through
1 3.6

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

walk-through
1 3.5

A covered passage through the ground floor of a building

walk-around money
  • NSFW
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

walk-up apartment
1 3.9

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

twilight walk
1 4.0

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

whistle walk
1 6.4

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

humpy walk
9.6

An awkward way of moving with uneven, jerky steps

walk-in
  • Literature
7.5

An expected easy victory in an election or contest

How Active

to gallop
1 2.8
to run
15 5.8
to exercise
184 1.0
to walk
85 1.0

Surface Forms

walk infinitive
walked past
walked past participle
walking present participle
walks third person singular

Etymology

To walk an animal comes from the idea of leading it on foot, the same root sense of 'going on the feet', and you do it for exercise or care. So to walk a dog or horse is to lead it while it moves on its feet.