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fast
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(of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent.
All the washing has come out pink. That red tee-shirt was not fast.
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fast
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Tenacious; retentive.
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fast
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Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.
a fast woman
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fast
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Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
There must be something wrong with the hall clock. It is always fast.
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fast
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(of photographic film) More sensitive to light than average.
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fast
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In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound .
Hold this rope as fast as you can.
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fast
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(of sleeping) Deeply or soundly .
He is fast asleep.
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fast
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Immediately following in place or time; close, very near .
Fast by the sturdy batsman the ball unheeded sped. / That ain't my style, said Casey. Strike one, the umpire said.
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fast
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Quickly, with great speed; within a short time .
Do it as fast as you can.
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fast
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Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
I think my watch is running fast.
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fast
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Short for "stand fast", a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target
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fast
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The act or practice of abstaining from food or of eating very little food.
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fast
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The period of time during which one abstains from or eats very little food.
Lent and Ramadan are fasts of two religions.
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fast
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To restrict one’s personal consumption, generally of food, but sometimes other things, in various manners (totally, temporally, by avoiding particular items), often for religious or medical reasons.
Muslims fast during Ramadan and Catholics during Lent.
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slow
/sləʊ/
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Someone who is slow; a sluggard.
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slow
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A slow song.
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slow
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To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
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slow
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To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.
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slow
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To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.
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slow
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Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
a slow train;  a slow computer
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slow
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Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
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slow
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Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
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slow
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Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution.
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slow
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(of a clock or the like) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
That clock is slow.
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slow
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Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
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slow
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(of a period of time) Not busy; lacking activity.
I'm just sitting here with a desk of cards, enjoying a slow afternoon.
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slow
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Slowly.
That clock is running slow.
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run
/ɹʊn/
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To run.
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run
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Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
I just got back from my morning run.
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run
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Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.
I need to make a run to the store.
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run
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A pleasure trip.
Let's go for a run in the car.
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run
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Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
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run
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Migration (of fish).
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run
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A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
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run
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A path taken by literal movement or figuratively
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run
/ɹʊn/
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An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
He set up a rabbit run.
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run
/ɹʊn/
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Rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
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run
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State of being current; currency; popularity.
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run
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Continuous or sequential
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run
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A flow of liquid; a leak.
The constant run of water from the faucet annoys me.
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run
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(West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)
The military campaign near that creek was known as "The battle of Bull Run".
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run
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A quick pace, faster than a walk.
He broke into a run.
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run
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A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.
Financial insecurity led to a run on the banks, as customers feared for the security of their savings.
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run
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Any sudden large demand for something.
There was a run on Christmas presents.
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run
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Various horizontal dimensions or surfaces
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run
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A standard or unexceptional group or category.
He stood out from the usual run of applicants.
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run
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In sports
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run
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A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
I have a run in my stocking.
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run
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The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
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run
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The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.
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run
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A pair or set of millstones.
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run
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To move swiftly.
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run
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(fluids) To flow.
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run
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(of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
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run
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To control or manage, be in charge of.
He is running the candidate's expensive campaign.
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run
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To be a candidate in an election.
I have decided to run for governor of California.
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run
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To make run in a race or an election.
He ran his best horse in the Derby.
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run
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To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
to run through life; to run in a circle
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run
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To be presented in the media.
Her picture ran on the front page of the newspaper.
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run
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To print or broadcast in the media.
run a story; run an ad
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run
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To smuggle (illegal goods).
to run guns; to run rum
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run
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To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
Looks like we're gonna have to run the tomatoes again.
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run
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To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
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run
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To execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program.
Don't run that software unless you have permission.
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run
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To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
to run from one subject to another
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run
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To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
Our supplies are running low.
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run
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To cost a large amount of money.
Buying a new laptop will run you a thousand dollars.
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run
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Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
My stocking is running.
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run
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To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
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run
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To cause to enter; to thrust.
to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into one's foot
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run
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To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
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run
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To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
to run a line
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run
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To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
to run the risk of losing one's life
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run
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To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
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run
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To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
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run
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To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
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run
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To control or have precedence in a card game.
Every three or four hands he would run the table.
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run
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To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
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run
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To be popularly known; to be generally received.
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run
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To have growth or development.
Boys and girls run up rapidly.
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run
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To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
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run
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To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
Certain covenants run with the land.
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run
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To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
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run
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To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
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run
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To speedrun.
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run
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In a liquid state; melted or molten.
Put some run butter on the vegetables.
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run
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Cast in a mould.
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run
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Exhausted; depleted (especially with "down" or "out").
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run
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(of a zoology) Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run.
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run
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Smuggled.
run brandy
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walk
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To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.
To walk briskly for an hour every day is to keep fit.
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walk
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To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.
If you can’t present a better case, that robber is going to walk.
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walk
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Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
If you leave your wallet lying around, it’s going to walk.
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walk
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(of a batsman) To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side appeals and before the umpire has ruled; done as a matter of sportsmanship when the batsman believes he is out.
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walk
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To travel (a distance) by walking.
I walk two miles to school every day.  The museum’s not far from here – you can walk it.
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walk
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To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.
I walk the dog every morning.  Will you walk me home?
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walk
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To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
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walk
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To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.
I carefully walked the ladder along the wall.
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walk
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To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt.
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walk
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To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).
I walked the streets aimlessly.   Debugging this computer program involved walking the heap.
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