walking (redirected from Pedestrian motion)

walk·ing  (wôkng)

adj.

1. Able to walk despite 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

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Walking

See also feet and legs; motion; travel.

ambulomancy

the practice of fortune-telling by walking.

bathmophobia

an abnormal fear of walking.

claudication

a limp or limping movement.

gyromancy

a type of divination involving walking in a circle.

noctivagation

the act of walking or wandering at night. — noctivagant, noctivagous, adj.

oberration

Obsolete. the act of wandering about.

peregrination

travel from place to place, especially on foot and with the suggestion of a roundabout route.

pererration

Obsolete. the act of wandering or rambling around and about.

stasibasiphobia

1. an abnormal conviction that one cannot stand or walk.
2. an abnormal fear of attempting to do either.

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Walking 

See Also: AWKWARDNESS, CAUTION, MOVEMENT, RUNNING

1. As fond of long walks as hairdressers are of fishing —Colette See Also: PLEASURE
2. 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
3. A curiously modest gait, like a preoccupied steer —Cynthia Ozick
4. A heavy man who walked as though he was still a lean one —Pat Conroy

   See Also: FATNESS

5. His feet strike at the trembling earth like a bailiff pounding a door with an iron bar —Angela Carter
6. His stride was a sort of ambulatory Rorschach test. One could project anything one fancied into it —James Morrow
7. His stride was light and long, like that of a man on the moon —Mark Helprin
8. Light rapid steps … like the hops of a bird —Paul Horgan
9. The men walked like scissors; the women trod like cats —Katherine Mansfield
10. My steps became extravagantly buoyant, like those of a high-wire artist walking on a hidden trampoline —Robert Traver
11. Paced [from room to room] … like a marathon runner cooling down —Gerald A. Kersh
12. Paced the room like proctors at a college board examination —Scott Spencer
13. Picked his way as if he were walking on an iceberg —Peggy Bennett
14. A shambling gait like a trained bear —William Faulkner
15. Stalked over … like a traffic cop —James Thurber
16. Step as light as summer air —John Greenleaf Whittier

    A popular variation: “Trod as lightly as if he were walking on air.”

17. Stiffly, like a man walking the trunk of a tree that bridges a chasm, he began to walk —Anon
18. Strut like a crow in a gutter —John Ray’s Proverbs
19. Strut like a fighting cock —George Garrett
20. Struts like a bandit —Diane Ackerman
21. Strutting … like an Olympic shot putter —T. Coraghessan Boyle
22. (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
23. Unsteady but purposeful walk, as if she were on a wheel that misguided her —Eudora Welty
24. Up and down he went, like a sailor with a limp —Wright Morris
25. Walked as a man might show off a garden, stopping here and there to pluck a flower —Lawrence Durrell
26. Walked as if a puppet master dangled her from a set of strings —Jay Parini
27. Walked as if he were completely alone, like an abdicated king —Beryl Markham
28. Walked high on his feet, like his shoes were hurting him —Donald McCaig
29. Walked like a man with a pain in his gut —William H. Hallhan
30. Walked like two snakes —Maeve Brennan
31. Walked neither fast nor slow, like a man going to work at a job he didn’t enjoy —Harold Adams
32. Walked sedately, as though he were being watched —Helen Hudson
33. Walked very quickly, moving his arms as he walked like a tall thin bird flapping its wings —Jean Rhys
34. Walk … like an invalid just liberated from the sedentary months of his sickbed —Frederick Exley
35. Walking sedately back and forth, like a plump abbot who has just found exquisite confirmation of his long-cherished view of paradise —Robert Traver
36. Walks like a stately yacht listing disconcertingly to starboard —Frank Rich, about Robert Mitchum’s performance in television mini-series, New York Times, 1986
37. Walk slowly, like one accustomed to be alone —Karl Shapiro
38. Walk together, like prisoners out for exercise —W. D. Snodgrass
39. Wandering around like a tit in a trance —Carolyn Slaughter
40. When he walks, he moves like an engine —William Shakespeare
41. With those long strides he looks like an antelope when he runs —Gary Thorn

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	walking - the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise" walk 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 stride, tread, pace - a step in walking or running 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" plod, plodding - the act of walking with a slow heavy gait; "I could recognize his plod anywhere" 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" walk-to 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 noun

Related words
fear basophobia

Translations

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

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

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

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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.

(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 marche
walking 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 m
walking 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 pas
walking papers npl (US) to give sb his walking papers → flanquer > qn à la porte
walking shoe n → chaussure f de marche
walking stick n → canne f

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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

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walking:

walking bass

n (Mus) einfache Kontrabassbegleitung, → Walking-Bass m

walking boots

pl → Wanderstiefel pl

walking frame

n → Gehhilfe f, → Gehwagen m, → Gehbock m

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

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walking [ˈwɔːkɪŋ]

1. n → camminare m
to do a lot of walking → camminare molto

2. adj it's within walking distance → ci si arriva a piedi
he's a walking encyclopaedia → è un'enciclopedia ambulante
the walking wounded → i feriti in grado di camminare
walking boots → pedule fpl
walking tour (of a city) → giro a piedi
a walking tour of the hills → una lunga gita a piedi sulle colline

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walking → المَشْي chůze vandretur Wandern περπάτημα andando käveleminen marche hodanje camminare 歩行 걷기 wandelen gange spacerowanie caminhada ходьба vandring การเดิน yürüme cuộc đi dạo 步行