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  1. 1. v. i. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. To move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement; to take one's exercise; to ramble. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. i. 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. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. i. To be in motion; to act; to move; to wag. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. i. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's self. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. i. To move off; to depart. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. t. To pass through, over, or upon; to traverse; to perambulate; as, to walk the streets. Source: opted
  8. 8. v. t. To cause to walk; to lead, drive, or ride with a slow pace; as to walk one's horses. Source: opted
  9. 9. v. t. To subject, as cloth or yarn, to the fulling process; to full. Source: opted
  10. 10. n. The act of walking, or moving on the feet with a slow pace; advance without running or leaping. Source: opted
  11. 11. n. The act of walking for recreation or exercise; as, a morning walk; an evening walk. Source: opted
  12. 12. n. Manner of walking; gait; step; as, we often know a person at a distance by his walk. Source: opted
  13. 13. n. 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. Source: opted
  14. 14. n. A frequented track; habitual place of action; sphere; as, the walk of the historian. Source: opted
  15. 15. n. Conduct; course of action; behavior. Source: opted
  16. 16. n. The route or district regularly served by a vender; as, a milkman's walk. Source: opted

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