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walk·ing
(wô′kĭng)adj.
1. Able to walk, especially in spite of injury or illness.
2. Regarded as having the capabilities or qualities of a specified object: a teacher who is a walking dictionary.
3. Used, intended, or suitable for walking: walking clothes; a walking trail; walking distance.
4. Marked by the act of walking: a walking trip.
5. Guided by a person who walks alongside. Used of a machine or farming tool.
n.
1. The action of one that walks.
2. The state of the surface on which one walks: The walking was treacherous after the ice storm.
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walking
(ˈwɔːkɪŋ)adj
(of a person) considered to possess the qualities of something inanimate as specified: he is a walking encyclopedia.
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
walk•ing
(ˈwɔ kɪŋ)adj.
1. able to walk; ambulatory: walking patients.
2. living; live: He's walking proof that people can lose weight quickly.
3. designed esp. for walking: walking shoes.
4. characterized or accomplished by walking: a walking tour of Spain.
5. (of an implement or machine) drawn by a draft animal: a walking plow.
6. of or pertaining to a mechanical part that moves back and forth.
n. 7. the act or action of a person or thing that walks: Walking is good exercise.
8. the manner or way in which a person walks.
9. the condition of the surface on which a person walks.
10. race walking.
[1350–1400]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Walking
the practice of fortune-telling by walking.
an abnormal fear of walking.
a limp or limping movement.
a type of divination involving walking in a circle.
the act of walking or wandering at night. — noctivagant, noctivagous, adj.
Obsolete. the act of wandering about.
travel from place to place, especially on foot and with the suggestion of a roundabout route.
Obsolete. the act of wandering or rambling around and about.
1. an abnormal conviction that one cannot stand or walk.
2. an abnormal fear of attempting to do either.
2. an abnormal fear of attempting to do either.
-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
Walking
See Also: AWKWARDNESS, CAUTION, MOVEMENT, RUNNING
- As fond of long walks as hairdressers are of fishing —Colette See Also: PLEASURE
- As she walked she lifted her knees high, her feet far out in front of her, like a drum majorette on parade —Nancy Huddleston Packer
- A curiously modest gait, like a preoccupied steer —Cynthia Ozick
- A heavy man who walked as though he was still a lean one —Pat Conroy
See Also: FATNESS
- His feet strike at the trembling earth like a bailiff pounding a door with an iron bar —Angela Carter
- His stride was a sort of ambulatory Rorschach test. One could project anything one fancied into it —James Morrow
- His stride was light and long, like that of a man on the moon —Mark Helprin
- Light rapid steps … like the hops of a bird —Paul Horgan
- The men walked like scissors; the women trod like cats —Katherine Mansfield
- My steps became extravagantly buoyant, like those of a high-wire artist walking on a hidden trampoline —Robert Traver
- Paced [from room to room] … like a marathon runner cooling down —Gerald A. Kersh
- Paced the room like proctors at a college board examination —Scott Spencer
- Picked his way as if he were walking on an iceberg —Peggy Bennett
- A shambling gait like a trained bear —William Faulkner
- Stalked over … like a traffic cop —James Thurber
- Step as light as summer air —John Greenleaf Whittier
A popular variation: “Trod as lightly as if he were walking on air.”
- Stiffly, like a man walking the trunk of a tree that bridges a chasm, he began to walk —Anon
- Strut like a crow in a gutter —John Ray’s Proverbs
- Strut like a fighting cock —George Garrett
- Struts like a bandit —Diane Ackerman
- Strutting … like an Olympic shot putter —T. Coraghessan Boyle
- (I still have) a trotting bounce to my walk, like a middle-aged coyote who lopes along avoiding the cougars and hedgehogs, though still feeling quite capable of snapping up rabbits and fawns —Edward Hoagland
- Unsteady but purposeful walk, as if she were on a wheel that misguided her —Eudora Welty
- Up and down he went, like a sailor with a limp —Wright Morris
- Walked as a man might show off a garden, stopping here and there to pluck a flower —Lawrence Durrell
- Walked as if a puppet master dangled her from a set of strings —Jay Parini
- Walked as if he were completely alone, like an abdicated king —Beryl Markham
- Walked high on his feet, like his shoes were hurting him —Donald McCaig
- Walked like a man with a pain in his gut —William H. Hallhan
- Walked like two snakes —Maeve Brennan
- Walked neither fast nor slow, like a man going to work at a job he didn’t enjoy —Harold Adams
- Walked sedately, as though he were being watched —Helen Hudson
- Walked very quickly, moving his arms as he walked like a tall thin bird flapping its wings —Jean Rhys
- Walk … like an invalid just liberated from the sedentary months of his sickbed —Frederick Exley
- Walking sedately back and forth, like a plump abbot who has just found exquisite confirmation of his long-cherished view of paradise —Robert Traver
- Walks like a stately yacht listing disconcertingly to starboard —Frank Rich, about Robert Mitchum’s performance in television mini-series, New York Times, 1986
- Walk slowly, like one accustomed to be alone —Karl Shapiro
- Walk together, like prisoners out for exercise —W. D. Snodgrass
- Wandering around like a tit in a trance —Carolyn Slaughter
- When he walks, he moves like an engine —William Shakespeare
- With those long strides he looks like an antelope when he runs —Gary Thorn
Similes Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1988 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Noun | 1. | walking - the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise" locomotion, travel - self-propelled movement ambulation - walking about; "the hospital encouraged early ambulation" noctambulation, noctambulism, sleepwalking, somnambulation, somnambulism - walking by a person who is asleep gait - a person's manner of walking marching, march - the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind); "it was a long march"; "we heard the sound of marching" prowl - the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner) shamble, shambling, shuffling, shuffle - walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old" wading - walking with your feet in shallow water |
Adj. | 1. | walking - close enough to be walked to; "walking distance"; "the factory with the big parking lot...is more convenient than the walk-to factory" close - at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other; "close to noon"; "how close are we to town?"; "a close formation of ships" |
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walking
nounRelated words
fear basophobia
fear basophobia
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
pěší turistika
vandretur
käveleminen
hodanje
歩行
걷기
vandring
การเดิน
cuộc đi dạo
walking
[ˈwɔːkɪŋ]A. N (= act) → andar m, caminar m; (as pastime) → excursionismo m; (= hill walking) → senderismo m (Sport) → marcha f (atlética)
walking is very good for you → andar or caminar es muy sano
she found walking painful → le resultaba doloroso andar
I did some walking in the Alps last summer → el verano pasado hice senderismo por los Alpes
walking is very good for you → andar or caminar es muy sano
she found walking painful → le resultaba doloroso andar
I did some walking in the Alps last summer → el verano pasado hice senderismo por los Alpes
B. ADJ → ambulante
he's a walking encyclopaedia → es una enciclopedia ambulante
the walking wounded → los heridos que pueden/podían ir a pie or andar
he's a walking encyclopaedia → es una enciclopedia ambulante
the walking wounded → los heridos que pueden/podían ir a pie or andar
C. CPD walking distance N it's within walking distance → se puede ir andando
walking frame N → andador m
walking holiday N they went on a walking holiday to Wales → fueron a Gales de vacaciones para caminar
a hotel which offers walking holidays → un hotel que ofrece vacaciones con excursiones a pie
walking pace N at a walking pace → a paso de peatón, a paso normal
to slow to a walking pace → aminorar la marcha a paso normal
walking papers NPL (US) → pasaporte m, aviso m de despido
walking race N → carrera f pedestre
walking shoes NPL → zapatos mpl para andar or (esp LAm) caminar
walking stick N → bastón m
walking tour N → viaje m a pie, excursión f a pie
walking frame N → andador m
walking holiday N they went on a walking holiday to Wales → fueron a Gales de vacaciones para caminar
a hotel which offers walking holidays → un hotel que ofrece vacaciones con excursiones a pie
walking pace N at a walking pace → a paso de peatón, a paso normal
to slow to a walking pace → aminorar la marcha a paso normal
walking papers NPL (US) → pasaporte m, aviso m de despido
walking race N → carrera f pedestre
walking shoes NPL → zapatos mpl para andar or (esp LAm) caminar
walking stick N → bastón m
walking tour N → viaje m a pie, excursión f a pie
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
walking
[ˈwɔːkɪŋ] n (= action of walking) → marche f
Walking is good exercise → La marche est un bon exercice.
Since he injured his knee, walking is difficult
BUT Depuis qu'il s'est blessé au genou, il a des difficultés à marcher.
Walking is good exercise → La marche est un bon exercice.
Since he injured his knee, walking is difficult
BUT Depuis qu'il s'est blessé au genou, il a des difficultés à marcher.
(as hobby) → randonnée f
I did some walking in the Alps last summer → J'ai fait de la randonnée dans les Alpes l'été dernier.walking-boot [ˈwɔːkɪŋbʊt] n → chaussure f de marchewalking distance n
it is within walking distance → on peut y aller à pied
The beach was within easy walking distance of the hotel → On pouvait facilement aller à la plage à pied depuis l'hôtel.walking frame n → déambulateur mwalking holiday n → séjour m randonnée
to have a walking holiday → faire un séjour randonnée
We had a walking holiday in the Tyrol → Nous avons fait un séjour randonnée dans le Tyrol.walking pace n
at a walking pace → au paswalking papers npl (US) to give sb his walking papers → flanquer qn à la portewalking shoe n → chaussure f de marchewalking stick n → canne f
I did some walking in the Alps last summer → J'ai fait de la randonnée dans les Alpes l'été dernier.walking-boot [ˈwɔːkɪŋbʊt] n → chaussure f de marchewalking distance n
it is within walking distance → on peut y aller à pied
The beach was within easy walking distance of the hotel → On pouvait facilement aller à la plage à pied depuis l'hôtel.walking frame n → déambulateur mwalking holiday n → séjour m randonnée
to have a walking holiday → faire un séjour randonnée
We had a walking holiday in the Tyrol → Nous avons fait un séjour randonnée dans le Tyrol.walking pace n
at a walking pace → au paswalking papers npl (US) to give sb his walking papers → flanquer qn à la portewalking shoe n → chaussure f de marchewalking stick n → canne f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
walking
n → Gehen nt; (as recreation) → Spazierengehen nt; (= hiking) → Wandern nt; there’s some good walking in these hills → in diesen Bergen gibt es ein paar gute Wandermöglichkeiten; we did a lot of walking while we were in Wales → als wir in Wales waren, sind wir viel gewandert or gelaufen
adj attr encyclopaedia, miracle etc → wandelnd; at (a) walking pace → im Schrittempo; the walking wounded → die Leichtverwundeten pl, → die leicht Verwundeten pl; it’s within walking distance → dahin kann man laufen or zu Fuß gehen
walking
:walking bass
n (Mus) einfache Kontrabassbegleitung, → Walking-Bass m
walking boots
pl → Wanderstiefel pl
walking holiday
n (Brit) → Wanderferien pl
walking papers
n (US) he got his walking → er ist gegangen worden; she gave him his walking → sie hat ihm den Laufpass gegeben
walking shoes
pl → Wanderschuhe pl
walking stick
n → Spazierstock m
walking tour
n → Wanderung f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
walking
[ˈwɔːkɪŋ]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
walking
→ مَشْي pěší turistika vandretur Wandern περπάτημα caminata, senderismo käveleminen marche hodanje camminare 歩行 걷기 wandelen gange spacerowanie caminhada ходьба vandring การเดิน yürüme cuộc đi dạo 步行Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
walk·ing
n. marcha; pp. andando, caminando;
___ stick → bastón;
___ support → caminando con ayuda;
___ pneumonia → neumonía errante.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
Walking |
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
walking
n (el) caminar; Walking is good for you..Caminar es bueno para Ud.English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.