Walking
nnoun.actthe act of traveling by footSynset:walk
Examples:- walking is a healthy form of exercise
Derivationally Related Form:walk
Hypernyms:locomotion travel
Inherited Hypernyms:walklocomotionmotionchangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:ambulationgaitmarchmarchingnoctambulationnoctambulismplodploddingprowlshambleshamblingshuffleshufflingsleepwalkingsomnambulationsomnambulismwading
Part Meronyms:pace stride tread
Full Hyponyms:ambulationcountermarchflouncegaitgoose stephitchlocksteplurchmarchpacingploddingpromenadeprowlquick marchrollroutemarchsauntershambleskipsleepwalkingstalkstrutwaddlewading
vverb.motionuse one's feet to advance; advance by stepsExamples:- Walk, don't run!
- We walked instead of driving
- She walks with a slight limp
- The patient cannot walk yet
- Walk over to the cabinet
Antonyms:ride
Derivationally Related Form:walkingwalkerwalk
Hypernyms:go locomote move travel
Inherited Hypernyms:walktravel
Direct Hyponyms:ambleambulatebumblecareenclompclumpcockcogglecreepdodderfalterflounceflounderfootfootsloggimphikehitchhobblehoofhoof itkeelleg itlimplolloplumberlurchmarchmincemoseymousepacepadpaddleperambulateplodpoundpranceprocesspromenadeprowlpussyfootreelrufflesashaysaunterscuffleshambleshlepshuffleskulksleepwalkslinkslogslouchsneaksomnambulatespacewalkstaggerstalkstampstepstompstridestrollstrutstumblestumpswagswaggertaptiptippytoetiptoetittuptoddletoetottertraipsetramptramp downtrampletreadtread downtrudgewaddlewadewalk aboutwalk around
Entailment:step
Full Troponyms:ambleambulatebackpackclumpcountermarchdebouchfileflouncefootgoose stephikelimplolloplumbermarchmincepaceparadeperambulatepromenadeprowlpuddlescuffshuffleskulksleepwalkslinkslogslouchsneakspacewalksquelchstaggerstalkstepstompstridestrollstumbletaptiptoetittuptoddletoetraipsetramptramp downtreadtreadletroopwade
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: walk) | The children --- to the playground (apply to: walk)
vverb.motionaccompany or escortExamples:- I'll walk you to your car
Hypernyms:accompany
Inherited Hypernyms:walkaccompanytravel
Direct Hyponyms:marchtrot
Full Troponyms:frogmarchmarchtrot
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | The men --- the horses across the field (apply to: walk)
vverb.competitionobtain a base on ballsTopic:ballbaseballbaseball game
Derivationally Related Form:walk
Hypernyms:hit rack up score tally
Inherited Hypernyms:walkscoregain
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s
vverb.motiontraverse or cover by walkingExamples:- Walk the tightrope
- Paul walked the streets of Damascus
- She walks 3 miles every day
Derivationally Related Form:walkerwalk
Hypernyms:cover cross cut across cut through get across get over pass over track traverse
Inherited Hypernyms:walktraversepasstravel
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.competitiongive a base on balls toTopic:ballbaseballbaseball game
Derivationally Related Form:walk
Hypernyms:play
Inherited Hypernyms:walkplaycompete
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.sociallive or behave in a specified mannerHypernyms:behave comport
Inherited Hypernyms:walkbehaveact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP
vverb.socialbe or act in association withExamples:- We must walk with our dispossessed brothers and sisters
- Walk with God
Hypernyms:associate consociate
Inherited Hypernyms:walkconsociateunitejoin
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP
vverb.motionwalk at a paceExamples:- The horses walked across the meadow
Derivationally Related Form:walk
Hypernyms:pace
Inherited Hypernyms:walkpacetravel
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | The horses --- across the field (apply to: walk)
vverb.motionmake walkExamples:- He walks the horse up the mountain
- Walk the dog twice a day
Derivationally Related Form:walk
Hypernyms:compel obligate oblige
Inherited Hypernyms:walkcompelinduce
Direct Hyponyms:exhibitmarchparade
Full Troponyms:marchparade
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | The men --- the horses across the field (apply to: walk)
vverb.motiontake a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasureSynset:take the air walk
Examples:- The lovers held hands while walking
- We like to walk every Sunday
Derivationally Related Form:walk
Hypernyms:go locomote move travel
Inherited Hypernyms:walktravel
Direct Hyponyms:constitutionalize
Full Troponyms:constitutionalize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
adj satadj.allclose enough to be walked toSynset:walk-to
Examples:- walking distance
- the factory with the big parking lot...is more convenient than the walk-to factory
Antonyms:distant
Inherited Hypernyms:walk-to
Similar to:close