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n. A secluded or private walk. [ 1913 Webster ]

He moves afterward in by-walks. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A narrow walkway projecting from a stage into the seating area of a theater; it is used, e. g. by models displaying clothes on it at a fashion show. Called also runway. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. A narrow walkway high in the air to allow workers access to parts of a structure otherwise difficult to reach. Catwalks are located, e.g. above a stage in a theater, between parts of a building, along the side of a bridge, on the outside of a railroad car, on the outside of a large storage tank, etc. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. 1. a kind of dance step in which the dancer seems to be sliding backward on the spot; as, Michael Jackson perfected the moonwalk in the 1980s. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. an exploratory walk by an astronaut on the surface of Earth's moon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To excel in walking; to leave behind in walking. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To walk over or upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. A long, covered walk, or a low, level building, where ropes are manufactured. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A walk for foot passengers at the side of a street or road; a foot pavement. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any activity by a human outside of the protective environment of a spacecraft while it is in outer space, requiring a space suit to protect the person from the vacuum and other hazards of space. [ PJC ]

n. 1. The act of walking, or moving on the feet with a slow pace; advance without running or leaping. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of walking for recreation or exercise; as, a morning walk; an evening walk. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Manner of walking; gait; step; as, we often know a person at a distance by his walk. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That in or through which one walks; place or distance walked over; a place for walking; a path or avenue prepared for foot passengers, or for taking air and exercise; way; road; hence, a place or region in which animals may graze; place of wandering; range; as, a sheep walk. [ 1913 Webster ]

A woody mountain . . . with goodliest trees
Planted, with walks and bowers. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had walk for a hundred sheep. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Amid the sound of steps that beat
The murmuring walks like rain. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A frequented track; habitual place of action; sphere; as, the walk of the historian. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mountains are his walks. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

He opened a boundless walk for his imagination. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Conduct; course of action; behavior. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. The route or district regularly served by a vender; as, a milkman's walk. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

8. In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

9. (Sporting) (a) A place for keeping and training puppies. (b) An inclosed area of some extent to which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Walked p. pr. & vb. n. Walking. ] [ OE. walken, probably from AS. wealcan to roll, turn, revolve, akin to D. walken to felt hats, to work a hat, G. walken to full, OHG. walchan to beat, to full, Icel. vālka to roll, to stamp, Sw. valka to full, to roll, Dan. valke to full; cf. Skr. valg to spring; but cf. also AS. weallian to roam, ramble, G. wallen. √130. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate, but without running, or lifting one foot entirely before the other touches the ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

At the end of twelve months, he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. Dan. iv. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]

When Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. Matt. xiv. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the walk of quadrupeds, there are always two, and for a brief space there are three, feet on the ground at once, but never four. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement; to take one's exercise; to ramble. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; -- said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person; to go about as a somnambulist or a specter. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have heard, but not believed, the spirits of the dead
May walk again. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

When was it she last walked? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To be in motion; to act; to move; to wag. [ Obs. ] “Her tongue did walk in foul reproach.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Do you think I'd walk in any plot? B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

I heard a pen walking in the chimney behind the cloth. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's self. [ 1913 Webster ]

We walk perversely with God, and he will walk crookedly toward us. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To move off; to depart. [ Obs. or Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He will make their cows and garrans to walk. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

To walk in, to go in; to enter, as into a house. --
To walk after the flesh (Script.), to indulge sensual appetites, and to live in sin. Rom. viii. 1. --
To walk after the Spirit (Script.), to be guided by the counsels and influences of the Spirit, and by the word of God. Rom. viii. 1. --
To walk by faith (Script.), to live in the firm belief of the gospel and its promises, and to rely on Christ for salvation. 2 Cor. v. 7. --
To walk in darkness (Script.), to live in ignorance, error, and sin. 1 John i. 6. --
To walk in the flesh (Script.), to live this natural life, which is subject to infirmities and calamities. 2 Cor. x. 3. --
To walk in the light (Script.), to live in the practice of religion, and to enjoy its consolations. 1 John i. 7. --
To walk over, in racing, to go over a course at a walk; -- said of a horse when there is no other entry; hence, colloquially, to gain an easy victory in any contest. --
To walk through the fire (Script.), to be exercised with severe afflictions. Isa. xliii. 2. --
To walk with God (Script.), to live in obedience to his commands, and have communion with him. [ 1913 Webster ]