To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.

walk a mile in someone's shoesverb

To experience what someone has experienced.

walk a straight lineverb

To behave in a proper and lawful manner; to obey the rules and expectations of society.

walk a tightropeverb

To undertake a precarious course of action.

walk all oververb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see walk, all, over.

walk around moneynoun

Alternative spelling of walk-around money.

walk awayverb

To withdraw from a problematic situation.

walk away fromverb

To abandon or leave; to shun; to refuse.

walk backverb

To withdraw or backpedal on a statement or promise.

walk back the catverb

To retrace events so as to determine where an operation went wrong and who was responsible.

walk downverb

To continually advance (on an opponent) and punch (the opponent) in order to control the fight and dominate the opponent, while shrugging off the opponent's punches.

walk in onverb

To enter suddenly or unexpectedly while something is happening; to intrude or interrupt by entering.

walk in someone's shoesverb

Synonym of put oneself in someone's shoes.

walk in straight linesverb

To adhere to a plan, protocol, or train of thought without any deviation or distraction; to stick to the straight and narrow.

walk in the parknoun

Something easy or pleasant.

walk in the snownoun

An occasion when a momentous career decision is made, especially a decision to resign or retire.

walk intoverb

To collide with by walking.

walk like an Egyptianverb

To walk with one arm horizontally at the side, with arm bent at the elbow facing up, and the other arm horizontally at the side with arm bent at the elbow facing down.

walk of lifenoun

An occupation, role, social class, or lifestyle.

walk of shamenoun

A walk home the morning after a sexual encounter while still in evening dress.

walk off withverb

To steal, especially by surreptitiously removing an unguarded item.

walk on broken glassverb

To do everything possible to achieve something, even if it involves great risk or discomfort.

walk on byverb

To walk past (someone, something) without stopping or acknowledging them.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter W contains 12,113 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 243 pages, and you are currently viewing page 15. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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