- walk
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 trip on footADJECTIVE▪ brief, little, short▪
We took a brief walk around the old quarter.
▪ good, long, long-distance (BrE), marathon (BrE)▪It's a good (= fairly long) walk to the beach.
▪We went for a long walk after breakfast.
▪He's done several long-distance walks for charity.
▪ three-minute, five minutes', etc.▪It's a five-minute walk from the hotel to the restaurant.
▪We live just a few minutes' walk from the station.
▪ brisk▪The doctor advised a brisk walk every day.
▪ easy, gentle (esp. BrE), leisurely▪ strenuous▪ lovely, pleasant▪ two-mile, etc.▪ daily▪ after-dinner, afternoon, evening, etc.▪ solitary▪She used to enjoy solitary walks along the cliffs.
▪ romantic▪ guided (esp. BrE)▪We went on a guided walk of the city in the afternoon.
▪ charity, sponsored▪She's doing a 200-mile charity walk to raise money for cancer research.
▪ circular (BrE)▪ coastal, country, forest, hill, lakeside, riverside, woodland (all esp. BrE)▪ nature▪ space, tightrope▪the anniversary of the first space walk
VERB + WALK▪ do, go for, go on, have, take▪The book contains walks you can do in half a day.
▪We'll go for a walk before lunch.
▪We went on a ten-mile walk along the coast.
▪ take sb/sth for▪She takes her dog for a walk every evening.
▪ continue, resumeWALK + VERB▪ take sb/sth▪The walk takes two hours.
▪The walk takes you past a lot of interesting buildings.
PREPOSITION▪ on a/the walk▪He met her on one of his Sunday afternoon walks.
▪ within (a) walk▪All amenities are within an easy walk of the hotel.
▪ walk from, walk toPHRASES▪ a walk around (esp. BrE)▪I had a little walk around to calm my nerves.
2 style of walkingADJECTIVE▪ funny, silly▪ jaunty (esp. BrE)▪ ungainly▪ fast▪ sedate, slow, statelyVERB + WALK▪ do, have▪She did a silly walk to amuse her friends.
▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}He has an ungainly walk, fast with short steps.
verbADVERB▪ briskly, fast, quickly, swiftly▪ slowly▪ calmly, quietly▪I got up and walked calmly out into the early evening.
▪ cautiously▪ barefoot▪She had no sandals and walked barefoot.
▪ upright▪humans' ability to walk upright
▪ arm in arm, hand in hand▪The couple walked hand in hand along the beach.
▪ with a limp▪ unaided▪Due to his illness, he can no longer walk unaided.
▪ with a cane (esp. AmE), with a stick (esp. BrE)▪ home▪He walked home from school.
▪ downstairs, upstairs▪ offstage, onstage▪When she walked onstage, the audience started screaming.
▪ ahead, around, away, back, backwards/backward, forward, in, off, on, out, together▪Jake was walking some way ahead.
PREPOSITION▪ along, down, into, out of, to, towards/toward, up, etc.▪She walked up the drive towards/toward the door.
PHRASES▪ go walking (esp. BrE)▪We went walking by the waterfront.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
