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walks

/wɑks/ /wɔːks/ /wɔks/

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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.

Examples :

"To walk briskly for an hour every day is to keep fit."

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To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.

Examples :

"If you can’t present a better case, that robber is going to walk."

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Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.

Examples :

"If you leave your wallet lying around, it’s going to walk."

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(of a batsman) To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side appeals and before the umpire has ruled; done as a matter of sportsmanship when the batsman believes he is out.

Examples :

"Even though the umpire hadn't made a decision, the batsman walks after edging the ball to the wicket-keeper, showing good sportsmanship. "

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To travel (a distance) by walking.

Examples :

"I walk two miles to school every day. The museum’s not far from here – you can walk it."

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To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.

Examples :

"I walk the dog every morning. Will you walk me home?"

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To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.

Examples :

"The pitcher walks the batter, giving him a free pass to first base after throwing four balls outside the strike zone. "

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To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.

Examples :

"I carefully walked the ladder along the wall."

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To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt.

Examples :

"The factory worker walks the wool cloth for hours, compacting the fibers to make a durable felt. "

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To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).

Examples :

"I walked the streets aimlessly. Debugging this computer program involved walking the heap."

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To operate the left and right throttles of (an aircraft) in alternation.

Examples :

"During the airshow, the pilot walks the throttles of his vintage biplane, creating a sputtering engine sound before takeoff. "

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To leave, resign.

Examples :

"After years of frustration with the company's direction, John walks from his job. "

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To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.

Examples :

"Because the car broke down, he walks it a mile to the nearest repair shop. "

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To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.

Examples :

"She walks with kindness and respect in all her interactions. "

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To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, such as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person.

Examples :

"The old house is rumored to be haunted; they say the ghost of a woman walks its halls at night. "

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To be in motion; to act; to move.

Examples :

"The dog walks around the park every morning. "

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To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.

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(hotel) To move a guest to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available on day of check-in.

Examples :

"Because the hotel was overbooked, the manager sometimes walks guests to a nearby hotel and pays for their taxi. "

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A trip made by walking.

Examples :

"I take a walk every morning"

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A distance walked.

Examples :

"It’s a long walk from my house to the library"

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An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before the toe of the trailing foot leaves the ground.

Examples :

"The Olympics include two distances in walks: the 20 kilometer and the 50 kilometer. "

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A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.

Examples :

"The Ministry of Silly Walks is underfunded this year"

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A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail.

Examples :

"The city walks are well-maintained, making it easy to stroll through the park. "

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A situation where all players fold to the big blind, as their first action (instead of calling or raising), once they get their cards.

Examples :

""After a long string of walks, the big blind in our friendly poker game was starting to feel lucky." "

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An award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher; known in the rules as a "base on balls".

Examples :

"The pitcher now has two walks in this inning alone"

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In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them.

Examples :

"The farmer carefully cleared the weeds in the walks between the rows of coconut trees. "

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(Belize) An area of an estate planted with fruit-bearing trees.

Examples :

"The owner proudly showed us the citrus walks, where rows and rows of orange and grapefruit trees stretched as far as the eye could see. "

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A place for keeping and training puppies for dogfighting.

Examples :

"Due to their involvement in illegal dogfighting, authorities raided several suspected walks in the rural area. "

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An enclosed area in which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting.

Examples :

"The farmer carefully placed the rooster in the walks before the cockfight. "

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A sequence of alternating vertices and edges, where each edge's endpoints are the preceding and following vertices in the sequence.

Examples :

"The graph of bus routes shows several walks you can take to get from home to school, even if you have to transfer. "

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Something very easily accomplished; a walk in the park.

Examples :

"For Maria, passing the math test was a walks; she had studied very hard. "

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A cheque drawn on a bank that was not a member of the London Clearing and whose sort code was allocated on a one-off basis; they had to be "walked" (hand-delivered by messengers).

Examples :

"Back then, processing "walks" took much longer than clearing cheques from local banks because they had to be physically delivered across the city. "

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