walk

walk is part of the Basic English 850.

Pronunciation

• enPR: wôk, IPA ^(key): /wɔːk/
• SAMPA: /wO:k/

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• Homophone(s): wok

Verb

Plain form walk

Third-person singular walks

Past tense walked

Past participle walked

Present participle walking

Walking

1. If you walk, you go on foot, step by step. Walking is slower than running.

   No train goes to that town, so people need to walk to go there.

Noun

Singular walk

Plural walks

1. (countable) A walk is what we do when we go on foot.

   Are you taking the dog for a walk?

   The walk to work gives me time to think.

Related words

• walkabout
• walker
• walkies
• walkie-talkie
• walking-stick
• walkover
• walkway