walked
Meaning of walked
verb, past tense
- move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn, never having both feet off the ground at once.
I walked across the lawn
she turned and walked a few paces
his car had broken down and he'd had to walk
- guide, accompany, or escort (someone) on foot.
he walked her home to her door
a meeting to walk parents through the complaint process
- (of a thing) go missing or be stolen.
customers have to leave a deposit to ensure the beer glasses don't walk
- abandon or suddenly withdraw from a job or commitment.
he was in place as the male lead but walked at the eleventh hour
- (of a batsman) leave the field without waiting to be given out by the umpire.
- reach first base automatically after not hitting at four balls pitched outside the strike zone.
- (of a ghost) be visible; appear.
the ghosts of Bannockburn walked abroad
- live or behave in a particular way.
walk humbly with your God
Old English wealcan ‘roll, toss’, also ‘wander’, of Germanic origin. The sense ‘move about’, and specifically ‘go about on foot’, arose in Middle English.
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Hyphenation of walked
walked
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- walked is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
walked synonyms
Meaning walk in a leisurely way:
Meaning walk in a slow, relaxed manner:
Meaning walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace:
Meaning walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions:
Meaning walk doggedly and slowly with heavy steps:
Meaning walk for a long distance, especially across country:
Meaning walk over a long distance wearily or reluctantly:
Meaning go on a long arduous journey, typically on foot:
Meaning walk in a military manner with a regular measured tread:
Meaning walk with long, decisive steps in a specified direction:
Meaning (of a group of people) come or go together or in large numbers:
Meaning keep watch over (an area) by regularly walking or travelling around it:
Meaning walk or move in a leisurely or aimless way:
Meaning walk for pleasure in the countryside:
Meaning walk in a specified way:
Meaning (of a person or animal) move about restlessly and stealthily, especially in search of prey:
Meaning (especially of a soldier) walk or march for a long distance, typically wearily or with effort:
Meaning take a leisurely public walk, ride, or drive so as to meet or be seen by others:
Meaning travel unsystematically over, through, or about (a place):
Meaning walk or move wearily or reluctantly:
Meaning move forwards in a purposeful way:
Meaning begin a course of action:
Meaning go in a specified direction or manner; change position:
Meaning move from one place to another; travel:
Meaning walk or move in a leisurely manner:
Meaning (of a soldier) march with heavy equipment over difficult terrain:
Meaning walk or travel through or round a place or area, especially for pleasure and in a leisurely way:
Meaning go somewhere with (someone) as a companion or escort:
Meaning accompany (someone or something) somewhere as an escort:
Meaning show or indicate the way to (someone):
Meaning conduct or lead:
Meaning escort or conduct (someone) to a specified place:
Meaning (of a warship or armed troops) accompany (a group of ships or vehicles) for protection:
Meaning organize and carry out:
Meaning show or guide (someone) somewhere:
Meaning assemble and arrange (a group of people, especially troops) in order:
Meaning cause (a person or animal) to go with one by holding them by the hand, a halter, a rope, etc. while moving forward:
Meaning lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold:
Meaning be present at (an event, meeting, or function):
Meaning accompany and look after or supervise:
Meaning guide or control the movement of (a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft), for example by turning a wheel or operating a rudder:
Meaning (with reference to a group of people or animals) move in a group:
Meaning guide or direct in a particular direction:
Words that rhyme with walked
balked, bechalked, bushwalked, cakewalked, calked, chalked, duckwalked, jaywalked, moonwalked, outtalked, outwalked, overtalked, peptalked, racewalked, semibalked, sleepwalked, spacewalked, stalked, talked, unbalked, uncalked, unchalked, unstalked, untalked, unwalked, welked, whelked, bilked, milked, overmilked, silked, unmilked, holked, polked, yolked, baulked, bulked, caulked, debulked, hulked, outbulked, outsulked, overbulked, sculked, skulked, sulked, uncaulked, waulked
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