walked
/wɔːkt/ · verb
Meaning
- To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.
- To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.
- Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
- (of a batsman) To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side appeals and before the umpire has ruled; done as a matter of sportsmanship when the batsman believes he is out.
- To travel (a distance) by walking.
- To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.
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