EGAVE

walking

About 28.17 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb present participle and gerund of walk
  2. adjective Incarnate as a human; living.
    Elizabeth knows so many words that they call her the walking dictionary.
  3. adjective Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness.
  4. adjective Characterized by or suitable for walking.
    a walking tour
  5. adjective Heavily characterized by some given quality.
  6. adjective Being a style of bass accompaniment or line, common in Baroque music (1600–1750) and 20th century jazz, blues and rockabilly, which creates a feeling of regular quarter note movement, akin to the regular alternation of feet while walking.
    a walking bass, or walking bassline
  7. noun verbal noun of walk.
    After five hours' walking in the heat, I was close to exhaustion.

Similar words

afoot moving close walk-to pedestrian hike step stepping strolling stroll

Often followed by

in on down with through along up around and

Word family

walkings

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