Antonyms for walks


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : wawk
Phonetic Transcription : wɔk


Definition of walks

Origin :
  • late 14c., "act of walking" (see walk (v.)). The noun meaning "broad path in a garden" is from 1530s; walk of life is from 1752. Sports sense of "base on balls" is recorded from 1905. To win in a walk (1854) is from horse racing.
  • noun brief travel on foot
  • noun pathway
  • noun discipline
  • verb move along on foot
Example sentences :
  • During his “walks” Mr Verloc, of course, met and conversed with various persons.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • That was what she meant when she said that he need not worry if he lost Stevie during their walks.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • But of these walks the foolish girl said nothing, for her own reasons.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • He walks through the long, winding passages and into room after room.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • He walks on, thinking of the scene he had left, and the sermon he had heard.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • What walks along the grass, steps on the edge of the fence, and walks along the sides of the reeds?
  • Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
  • He walks boldly, so you can hear him, while the others creep up.
  • Extract from : « The Dare Boys of 1776 » by Stephen Angus Cox
  • On walks along the waterfront he would treat it all like a graveyard.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • The Scriptur is to him but a sealed buik; he walks i' the dark.
  • Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald
  • He tells them of the good motives that come into his mind and comfort him as he walks.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude

Synonyms for walks

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