walking.
Incarnate as a human; living.
Meaning & usage
Incarnate as a human; living.
Elizabeth knows so many words that they call her the walking dictionary.
Phil's mother is a walking miracle after surviving that accident.
Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness.
Characterized by or suitable for walking.
a walking tour
good walking shoes
Heavily characterized by some given quality.
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.
a walking bass, or walking bassline
Where this word comes from
From Middle English walkynge, walkinge, walkinde, walkende, walkand, walkande, from Old English wealcende (attested as Old English wealcendes), from Proto-Germanic *walkandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *walkaną (“to roll, trample, walk”), equivalent to walk + -ing.
present participle and gerund of walk
Where this word comes from
From Middle English walkynge, walkinge, walkinde, walkende, walkand, walkande, from Old English wealcende (attested as Old English wealcendes), from Proto-Germanic *walkandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *walkaną (“to roll, trample, walk”), equivalent to walk + -ing.
verbal noun of walk.
After five hours' walking in the heat, I was close to exhaustion.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English walkyng, walkinge, equivalent to walk + -ing.
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