walk

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. ramble, stroll, promenade, wander, saunter, travel(on foot), march, parade, tramp, hike, constitutional (inf.); path[way]; gait, carriage, tread, pace, step; calling, occupation; sphere, province, department, business. See motion, slowness, passage.

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(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Manner of walking]

Syn. gait, tread, stride; see step 1 .

2. [Course over which one walks]

Syn. pavement, sidewalk, pathway, footpath, trail, track, boardwalk, pier, pRomenade, avenue, street, road, alley, passage, dock, esplanade, platform, gangway; see also street .

3. [A short walking expedition]

Syn. stroll, ramble, turn, hike, pRomenade, airing, saunter, peregrination, tramp, trek, constitutional, perambulation, march, circuit, jaunt, tour.

4. [A base on balls; in baseball ]

Syn. four balls, ticket to first*, handout*, Annie Oakley*, pass*.

5. [A station in life]

Syn. occupation, sphere of activity, position, line of work.

v.

1. [To move on foot]

Syn. step, pace, march, tread, amble, stroll, hike, saunter, wander, ambulate, ramble, go out for an airing, go out for an outing, take a walk, pRomenade, trudge, tramp, trek, tour, take a turn, roam, rove, perambulate, meander, traipse about, patrol, file off, knock about*, knock around*, hoof it*, jog it*, toddle along*, shuffle*, wend one's way*, bend one's steps*, locomote*, cruise*.

2. [To cause to move on foot]

Syn. lead, drive, exercise, train, order a march, escort, accompany, take for a walk.

3. [To give a base on balls; in baseball ]

Syn. let pass, give free passage*, give a ticket to first*, issue an Annie Oakley*.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

1. stroll hike, tramp, amble, march, promenade, constitutional, perambulation, traipse, step, stride, gait, saunter, trek.

2. walkway sidewalk, boardwalk, path, pathway, trail, lane, esplanade, promenade, mall, arcade.

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v.

stroll, hike, tramp, amble, pad, march, promenade, *beat feet, *hoof it, tramp, traipse, wend one's way, go on foot, perambulate, shuffle, mosey, step, stride, waddle.

WORD FIND

• angry: stalk out, storm out, stamp out, stomp out, catapult into the room

• baby: toddle

• backward: backpedal, double-back, retrace one’s steps

• brush, through: blaze, bushwhack, pick one’s way, negotiate, weave

• casual: walk with elaborate nonchalance, mosey, shuffle, pad, saunter, stroll

• complicated path, through or around: pick one’s way, negotiate, step nimbly around, thread one’s way, edge along, inch forward, take mincing steps

• crowd, through a: sidle, jostle, elbow, shoulder, jockey for position, bull one’s way through, be borne along by

• difficult or laborious: dodder, falter, hobble, limp, lumber, plod, shamble, shuffle, stagger, stumble, totter, trudge, slog, slosh

• drunken: stagger, falter, blunder forward, careen, totter

• fours, on all: crab

• graceful: with feline grace, with the grace of a porteuse, with calculated grace

• group: parade, march, file out, tramp, troop, swarm, flood, spill out, be borne along by the crowd

• military march: goose-step

• show off: swagger, strut, peacock

• slide by the soles of one’s feet: glissade

• sneaky or cautious: creep, edge, inch, slip away, slink, steal, tiptoe, shrink, skulk, prowl, withdraw, lurk, shadow

• wet or mud, through: slog, slosh, squelch, splash, wade

• wind, against: lean into, battle forward

see run

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb To go on foot: ambulate, foot, pace, step, tread. Slang: hoof. Idiom: foot it. See MOVE. II noun 1, An act of walking, especially for pleasure: amble, meander (often used in plural), perambulation, promenade, ramble, saunter, stroll, wander. See MOVE. 2. A usually brief and regular journey on foot, especially for exercise: constitutional, turn. See MOVE.