Kilo Lingo

walk

/wɔːk/

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#260 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

To walk is to move along on your feet at a slow, steady pace.

Word origin

Walk comes from an old English word that once meant to roll or toss about.

Origin
Old English
Root
wealcan

Grammar

Verb typeregular (walk, walks, walked)

Examples

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We go to school on our feet each morning.

along .

She moved on foot down the road to the shop.

lunch.

Let us go on foot near the water after we eat.

To walk is to move along on your feet, one step after another. It is the slow, steady way we get about when we are not running.

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This word is part of lesson 6.