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WALKING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of traveling by foot
Example:
walking is a healthy form of exercise
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("walking" is a kind of...):
locomotion; travel (self-propelled movement)
Meronyms (parts of "walking"):
pace; stride; tread (a step in walking or running)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "walking"):
ambulation (walking about)
noctambulation; noctambulism; sleepwalking; somnambulation; somnambulism (walking by a person who is asleep)
gait (a person's manner of walking)
march; marching (the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind))
plod; plodding (the act of walking with a slow heavy gait)
prowl (the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner))
shamble; shambling; shuffle; shuffling (walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet)
wading (walking with your feet in shallow water)
Derivation:
walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Close enough to be walked to
Example:
the factory with the big parking lot...is more convenient than the walk-to factory
Synonyms:
walk-to; walking
Classified under:
Similar:
close (at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb walk
Context examples:
New research shows the relationship between walking ability and self-reported mood.
(Mental, Not Physical, Fatigue Affects Seniors' Walking Ability, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) Circle the one number that describes how, during the past week, pain has interfered with your walking ability.
(BPI - Pain Interfered with Walking Ability, NCI Thesaurus)
Brief Pain Inventory Short Form (BPI Short Form) Circle the one number that describes how, during the past 24 hours, pain has interfered with your walking ability.
(BPI Short Form - Pain Interfered with Walking Ability, NCI Thesaurus)
You go to Aunt March's, and I'll come and take you out every day, driving or walking, and we'll have capital times.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
There are several odd-looking men walking about here, who, I am told, are sailors.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Some people notice: • Trouble walking or running • Trouble writing • Speech problems
(Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
The researchers found that for each 10-unit increase in walking speed and number of steps taken per minute, glaucoma risk decreased by 6 percent.
(Another Reason to Exercise: Protecting Your Sight, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
This caused the flies to have problems walking or flying later in life, to show signs of neurodegeneration, and to die earlier.
(NIH scientists search for the clocks behind aging brain disorders, National Institutes of Health)
Rather than walking on two legs, they walked on four crocodilian-like legs.
(Scientists discover fossil of dinosaur ancestor with surprising croc-like appearance, NSF)
Ordinary physical activity, such as walking or climbing stairs, does not cause angina.
(Canadian Cardiovascular Society Grading Scale Class I, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
