walk

verb (MOVE ON FOOT)

/wɔːk/

/wɑːk/

Definition

A1 [I or T] to move along by putting one foot in front of the other, allowing each foot to touch the ground before lifting the next: I walked home. A cat was walking along the top of the fence. He walks two miles to work every morning. → See also jaywalk, sleepwalk (sleepwalker)Walking and walkers B1 [T] to go with someone to a particular place, for example because you want to protect them from danger, or show them the way: He offered to walk her home/to the station.Taking someone somewhere or telling them the way B1 [T] to take an animal, especially a dog, for a walk: She walks the dog for an hour every afternoon.Walking and walkers a walking disaster, encyclopedia, etc. › someone who seems to be a human form of disaster, encyclopedia, etc.: You've broken another pair of glasses? - Oh, you're a walking disaster!Samples and examples

(Definition of walk verb (MOVE ON FOOT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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