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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

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.

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"

Translations

walking [ˈwɔːkɪŋ] n → (el) andar;

it's within walking distance → se puede ir andando or a pie

walking [ˈwɔːkɪŋ] walk n → marche f à pied;

it's within walking distance → on peut y aller à pied

walking [ˈwɔːkɪŋ] walk n → Wandern nt;

it's within walking distance walk → es ist zu Fuß erreichbar

walking [ˈwɔːkɪŋ] n → camminare m;

it's within walking distance → ci si arriva a piedi