walk

How to use walk in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for walk.

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First you crawl, then you walk, then you run.

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Quick take

the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of walk gathered in one view.

noun

the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"

noun

(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls"

noun

manner of walking; "he had a funny walk"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for walk.

noun

the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"

noun

(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls"

noun

manner of walking; "he had a funny walk"

noun

the act of walking somewhere; "he took a walk after lunch"

noun

a path set aside for walking; "after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk"

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a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground

noun

careers in general; "it happens in all walks of life"

verb

use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "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"

verb

accompany or escort; "I'll walk you to your car"

verb

obtain a base on balls

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traverse or cover by walking; "Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day"

verb

give a base on balls to

verb

live or behave in a specified manner; "walk in sadness"

verb

be or act in association with; "We must walk with our dispossessed brothers and sisters"; "Walk with God"

verb

walk at a pace; "The horses walked across the meadow"

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make walk; "He walks the horse up the mountain"; "Walk the dog twice a day"

verb

take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure; "The lovers held hands while walking"; "We like to walk every Sunday"

Example sentences

First you crawl, then you walk, then you run.

Handle it maturely, rise above and walk away.

Product management hated it because they "had to walk over to see what was going on".

For example, you can think of the market as a random walk with an upward bias.

If you hit the eject button at the appropriate time and still walk away with a win.

We had nothing no money for a cab, and we sure as hell didn't want to walk alone around Oakland.

Persistence can substitute for smarts and he walked away with Masters from a top uni.

I would yell at an airman that would get up his chair, walk to the center map and with his rule, measure the distance in miles between the hospital landing pad and the strike.

If you need a tl;dr, or if you read it quickly, this is the most important line in the post:> What you end up with is the situation where you, as a conference goer, walk up to a booth and, because youre no stranger to how this works, ignore any attractive woman and talk directly to a male at the booth.

I can finally let go of my plan to abandon my family, move to the bay area, drain my life savings, live in a shoebox, stumble from one conference and event to the next hoping to network and find my messiah & co-founder, try to get funded, grow my business to someone else's expectations, all for a tiny fraction of a chance to succeed and be either a slave to my own company or lose control of my baby and walk away with diluted equity.