(intransitive, colloquial, law) To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actuallyguilty.
(intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
(intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To walk off the field, as if givenout, after the fieldingsideappeals and before the umpire has ruled; done as a matter of sportsmanship when the batsman believes he is out.
(transitive) To travel (a distance) by walking.
(transitive) To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.
(transitive, baseball) To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
(transitive) To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.
(transitive) To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt.
(transitive) To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).
(intransitive, colloquial) To leave, resign.
(transitive) To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.
To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.
To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, such as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person.
(obsolete) To be in motion; to act; to move.
(transitive, historical) To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.
(transitive, informal, hotel) To move a guest to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available on day of check-in.
Noun
A trip made by walking.
A distance walked.
(sports) An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before the toe of the trailing foot leaves the ground.
A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.
A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail.
(graph theory) A sequence of alternating vertices and edges, where each edge's endpoints are the preceding and following vertices in the sequence.
(colloquial) Something very easily accomplished; a walk in the park.
(Britain, finance, slang, dated) A cheque drawn on a bank that was not a member of the London Clearing and whose sort code was allocated on a one-off basis; they had to be "walked" (hand-delivered by messengers).
