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.

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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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.

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]

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

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

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"

walking

noun

Related words
fear basophobia

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Translations

مَشْي

pěší turistika

vandretur

käveleminen

hodanje

歩行

걷기

vandring

การเดิน

yürüme

cuộc đi dạo

步行

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 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

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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

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

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]

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

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

walk·ing

n. marcha; pp. andando, caminando;

___ stick → bastón;

___ support → caminando con ayuda;

___ pneumonia → neumonía errante.

Walking

walking

n (el) caminar; Walking is good for you..Caminar es bueno para Ud.