WALKING

Pronunciation (US):

• WALKING (noun)
  The noun WALKING has 1 sense:

1. the act of traveling by foot

  Familiarity information: WALKING used as a noun is very rare.

• WALKING (adjective)
  The adjective WALKING has 1 sense:

1. close enough to be walked to

  Familiarity information: WALKING used as an adjective is very rare.

• WALKING (noun)

Meaning:

The act of traveling by foot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

walk; walking

Context example:

walking is a healthy form of exercise

Hypernyms ("walking" is a kind of...):

locomotion; travel (self-propelled movement)

Meronyms (parts of "walking"):

pace; stride; tread (a step in walking or running)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "walking"):

ambulation (walking about)

noctambulation; noctambulism; sleepwalking; somnambulation; somnambulism (walking by a person who is asleep)

gait (a person's manner of walking)

march; marching (the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind))

plod; plodding (the act of walking with a slow heavy gait)

prowl (the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner))

shamble; shambling; shuffle; shuffling (walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet)

wading (walking with your feet in shallow water)

• WALKING (adjective)

Meaning:

Close enough to be walked to

Synonyms:

walk-to; walking

Context examples:

walking distance / the factory with the big parking lot...is more convenient than the walk-to factory

Similar:

close (at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other)