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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
| [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''wealcan'' ‘roll, toss,’ also ‘[[wander]],’ of Germanic origin. The sense ‘move around,’ and specifically ‘go around on foot,’ arose in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English]. | | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''wealcan'' ‘roll, toss,’ also ‘[[wander]],’ of Germanic origin. The sense ‘move around,’ and specifically ‘go around on foot,’ arose in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English]. |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century] |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1a: an act of traveling or an excursion on foot: he was too restless to [[sleep]], so he went out for a walk. | | *1a: an act of traveling or an excursion on foot: he was too restless to [[sleep]], so he went out for a walk. |
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| :f. chiefly Brit. the round followed by a mail carrier. | | :f. chiefly Brit. the round followed by a mail carrier. |
| *2:a. an unhurried rate of movement on foot: they crossed the field at a leisurely walk. | | *2:a. an unhurried rate of movement on foot: they crossed the field at a leisurely walk. |
− | :b. the slowest [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gait gait] of an [[animal]]. | + | :b. the slowest [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gait gait] of an [[animal]]. |
| :c. a person's [[manner]] of walking: the spring was back in his walk. | | :c. a person's [[manner]] of walking: the spring was back in his walk. |
− | *3: in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball Baseball] an instance of being awarded (or allowing a batter to reach) first base after not swinging at four balls pitched outside the strike zone. | + | *3: in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball Baseball] an instance of being awarded (or allowing a batter to reach) first base after not swinging at four balls pitched outside the strike zone. |
| ==Description== | | ==Description== |
| '''Walking''' (also known as ''ambulation'') is one of the main gaits of locomotion among legged [[animals]], and is typically slower than running and other gaits. Walking is defined by an 'inverted [[pendulum]]' gait in which the [[body]] vaults over the stiff limb or limbs with each [[step]]. This applies regardless of the number of limbs - even arthropods, with six, eight or more limbs, walk. | | '''Walking''' (also known as ''ambulation'') is one of the main gaits of locomotion among legged [[animals]], and is typically slower than running and other gaits. Walking is defined by an 'inverted [[pendulum]]' gait in which the [[body]] vaults over the stiff limb or limbs with each [[step]]. This applies regardless of the number of limbs - even arthropods, with six, eight or more limbs, walk. |
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− | In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the term walking is used to describe both walking in a park or trekking in the Alps. However, in Canada and the United States the term for a long, vigorous walk is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiking hiking], while the [[word]] walking covers shorter walks, especially in an [[urban]] setting. | + | In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the term walking is used to describe both walking in a park or trekking in the Alps. However, in Canada and the United States the term for a long, vigorous walk is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiking hiking], while the [[word]] walking covers shorter walks, especially in an [[urban]] setting. |
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| It is theorized that "walking" among [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrapods tetrapods] originated underwater with air-breathing fish that could "walk" underwater, giving rise to the plethora of land-dwelling life that walk on four or two limbs. While terrestrial tetrapods are theorised to have a single [[origin]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropods arthropods] and their relatives are thought to have independently evolved walking several times, specifically in [[insects]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crustaceans crustaceans]. | | It is theorized that "walking" among [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrapods tetrapods] originated underwater with air-breathing fish that could "walk" underwater, giving rise to the plethora of land-dwelling life that walk on four or two limbs. While terrestrial tetrapods are theorised to have a single [[origin]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropods arthropods] and their relatives are thought to have independently evolved walking several times, specifically in [[insects]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crustaceans crustaceans]. |