Walking

Quick meaning: Walking is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of walk.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of walk.

More Meanings

1. Incarnate as a human; living.
2. Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness.
3. Characterized by or suitable for walking.
4. (figurative) Heavily characterized by some given quality.
5. verbal noun of walk.
6. (music) 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.

Example Sentences

a walking tour

good walking shoes

a walking bass, or walking bassline

Honestly / You're a walking, talking, candy tragedy

Word Forms

• walkings

Synonyms for walking

Depending on context, synonyms include walk, afoot.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include afoot, moving, close, pedestrian, hike, step.

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