# walking

Pronunciation: say "WAW-king" US /ˈwɔ.kɪŋ/, UK /ˈwɔː.kɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of walk. — present participle and gerund of walk
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of walk. Use this form for an action happening now or as the name of the action.
   - _He is walking across the bridge to meet us._
   - _Walking quietly, the hikers crept toward the deer._

## Noun

2. Verbal noun of walk. — verbal noun of walk.
   - Simple: Verbal noun of walk. It names the act of going on foot as an activity.
   - _Brisk walking can lower your blood pressure over time._
   - _The trail made for pleasant walking in the early morning._

## Adjective

3. Suitable for or associated with walking, as in shoes, routes, or tours taken on foot.
   - Simple: Used for walking or while walking, such as shoes, paths, or trips on foot.
   - _He laced up his sturdy walking boots before the hike._
   - _The brochure maps out several scenic walking trails along the coast._
4. Embodying a given quality so completely that a person becomes a living example of it, as in a walking encyclopedia.
   - Simple: Showing some quality so strongly that a person seems to be a living example of it.
   - _The old librarian was a walking encyclopedia of the town's history._
   - _Fashion editors called her a walking advertisement for the new label._
5. Existing in living, human form; alive and moving in the world rather than dead or merely imagined.
   - Simple: Alive and moving among people, used of something you would not expect to be living.
   - _The rescuers treated the lone survivor as a walking miracle._
   - _Old legends spoke of a walking corpse that haunted the moor._
6. Able to move around on foot despite being injured or ill.
   - Simple: Still able to walk even though hurt or sick.
   - _Triage staff separated the walking wounded from those needing stretchers._
   - _His walking pneumonia lingered for weeks before he saw a doctor._
7. Describing a style of bass line that moves in steady quarter notes, roughly one to each beat, common in jazz, blues, and Baroque music.
   - Simple: Describing a steady bass line that plays one even note on each beat, giving a smooth, walking feel.
   - _The jazz trio locked into a smooth walking bass beneath the solo._
   - _A steady walking bass line drove the blues number forward._

## Origin

**Meanings 1, 3–7** — From Middle English walkynge, from Old English wealcende, from Proto-Germanic *walkandz, the present participle of *walkaną ("to roll, trample, walk"). It is equivalent to walk plus -ing.
**Meaning 2** — From Middle English walkyng (also walkinge), equivalent to walk plus -ing.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/walking (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).