--- title: W — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 2 description: The 590 words of the English dictionary under W, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / W # W — The English dictionary · page 2 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) **2** [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/3/) … [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/34/) **waist** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Your waist is the middle part of your body, between your ribs and your hips, usually the narrowest part, where a belt goes.[↗](../../waist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The waist of a piece of clothing is the part that goes around your waist.[↗](../../waist/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She tied a ribbon around her waist.[↗](../../waist/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The water was waist-deep, so we stayed close to the shore.[↗](../../waist/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · These jeans are too big at the waist.[↗](../../waist/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Put your hands on your waist and bend to the side.[↗](../../waist/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Measure your waist with a tape measure.[↗](../../waist/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The dancer bent at the waist and bowed.[↗](../../waist/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She clasped little Gerda round the waist, and said,--[↗](../../waist/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **waistband** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A waistband is the band of cloth around the waist of trousers or a skirt, where small things can be tucked.[↗](../../waistband/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She tucked the letter into her waistband.[↗](../../waistband/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His trousers had a tight waistband.[↗](../../waistband/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He took the bracelet from his waistband.[↗](../../waistband/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **waistcoat** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK) A short jacket with buttons and no sleeves, worn over a shirt and often under a suit jacket; in the USA and Canada it is called a vest.[↗](../../waistcoat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad wore a grey waistcoat to my cousin's wedding.[↗](../../waistcoat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The White Rabbit took a watch out of his waistcoat pocket.[↗](../../waistcoat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The page boy wore a little velvet waistcoat.[↗](../../waistcoat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our crossing guard wears a bright yellow safety waistcoat.[↗](../../waistcoat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the play, I wore a waistcoat and a top hat.[↗](../../waistcoat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The waistcoat had six shiny buttons.[↗](../../waistcoat/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **wait** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To wait means to stay where you are, or not do something, until something happens or someone comes.[↗](../../wait/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A wait is the time you stay.[↗](../../wait/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Wait for it», «can't wait» mean someone is excited about something coming soon.[↗](../../wait/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To wait on people is to serve them food, as in a restaurant.[↗](../../wait/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (casual) «Wait, what?» shows surprise; «wait up» means wait for me to catch up; «hang on», «hold on» and «hold your horses» mean wait.[↗](../../wait/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (casual) «No wait» or «wait no» starts a self-correction: «she had 5 — no wait, 6.».[↗](../../wait/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (rough) «You wait!» or «just you wait» is a threat of trouble later.[↗](../../wait/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (formal) «Await», «remain pending» and «a period of waiting» are stiff words: «Passengers awaited the service for 15 minutes.».[↗](../../wait/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They waited 15 minutes for the bus.[↗](../../wait/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She waited from 2:00 to 2:45.[↗](../../wait/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · 12 people are waiting in line.[↗](../../wait/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How long did he wait in all?[↗](../../wait/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Please wait your turn.[↗](../../wait/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I can't wait for the summer holidays\![↗](../../wait/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wait a minute, I left my bag on the bench.[↗](../../wait/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a long wait at the doctor's.[↗](../../wait/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 12 kids, wait no, 13 with me (casual, self-correction)[↗](../../wait/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · wait up!! my shoelace (casual)[↗](../../wait/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Touch my bike again and you wait, mate.[↗](../../wait/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (rough)[↗](../../wait/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Passengers awaited the service from 14:00 until 14:45; ascertain the duration of the wait.[↗](../../wait/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (formal exam)[↗](../../wait/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He waited one hour, two hours.[↗](../../wait/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · I wait for Thy salvation, O Lord.[↗](../../wait/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wait/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him any thing without lying in wait, (Torah NUM.35.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wait/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him any thing, lying in wait, so that he died; (Torah NUM.35.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wait/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · And now, Lord, what wait I for?[↗](../../wait/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.39.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wait/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · And Israel set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about.[↗](../../wait/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.20.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wait/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · Now she had liers-in-wait abiding in the inner chamber.[↗](../../wait/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.16.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wait/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") **waiter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A waiter is a person whose job is to bring food and drinks to people in a restaurant or café.[↗](../../waiter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Rarely, a waiter is someone who waits.[↗](../../waiter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The waiter brought us our pizzas.[↗](../../waiter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We said thank you to the waiter.[↗](../../waiter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask the waiter for some water, please.[↗](../../waiter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The waiter wrote our order on a notepad.[↗](../../waiter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bill was $36, so with four of us each person paid $9.[↗](../../waiter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother wants to be a waiter in a café.[↗](../../waiter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **waitress** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A waitress is a woman or girl whose job is to bring food and drinks to customers' tables in a café or restaurant and take their orders.[↗](../../waitress/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The waitress brought us three glasses of lemonade.[↗](../../waitress/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin works as a waitress on Saturdays.[↗](../../waitress/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We thanked the waitress and left a tip.[↗](../../waitress/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The waitress wrote down our order.[↗](../../waitress/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum asked the waitress for the bill.[↗](../../waitress/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The waitress carried four plates at once.[↗](../../waitress/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A waitress earns £8 an hour; how much does she earn in 5 hours?[↗](../../waitress/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **waive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To waive a rule, fee or right is to choose not to use it or not to demand it (formal).[↗](../../waive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The school waived the fee for the trip.[↗](../../waive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher waived the homework rule this week.[↗](../../waive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He waived his right to a lawyer.[↗](../../waive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bank waived the charge.[↗](../../waive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop waived the delivery cost.[↗](../../waive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They waived the late fine.[↗](../../waive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Finally, I have to thank those by whose kindness in waiving their rights to some of these stories, I have been enabled to compile this book.[↗](../../waive/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **wake** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To wake, or wake up, means to stop sleeping.[↗](../../wake/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To wake someone is to make them stop sleeping.[↗](../../wake/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The wake of a boat is the line of waves it leaves behind on the water.[↗](../../wake/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «In the wake of» means after something and because of it.[↗](../../wake/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She wakes up at 7:00.[↗](../../wake/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He went to bed at 9:00 and woke at 6:00.[↗](../../wake/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many hours did he sleep?[↗](../../wake/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They woke up 30 minutes late.[↗](../../wake/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Shh, don't wake the baby\![↗](../../wake/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My alarm wakes me every school day.[↗](../../wake/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Bears wake up in spring after sleeping all winter.[↗](../../wake/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The boat left a long white wake behind it.[↗](../../wake/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Are you sleeping, or are you waking?"[↗](../../wake/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the angel that spoke with me returned, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.[↗](../../wake/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.4.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wake/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · With their poison I will prepare their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may be convulsed, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.[↗](../../wake/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.51.39, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wake/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.[↗](../../wake/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.51.57, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wake/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **wakeful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not able to sleep, or awake when you would normally sleep.[↗](../../wakeful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Watchful and alert.[↗](../../wakeful/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The storm gave us a wakeful night.[↗](../../wakeful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby was wakeful and cried until morning.[↗](../../wakeful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Fizzy drinks before bed can make you wakeful.[↗](../../wakeful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A wakeful guard watched the gate.[↗](../../wakeful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She lay wakeful, thinking about the trip.[↗](../../wakeful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy was wakeful on its first night at home.[↗](../../wakeful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The nobleman felt that he must taste of these apples or die; but the wakeful huntsman rushed up and cut down the apple-tree, whereupon apples and apple-tree turned to ashes.[↗](../../wakeful/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **wakefulness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Wakefulness is the state of being awake.[↗](../../wakefulness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Wakefulness also means being unable to sleep when you want to.[↗](../../wakefulness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Coffee can cause wakefulness at night.[↗](../../wakefulness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Babies have short periods of wakefulness between sleeps.[↗](../../wakefulness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The night before the trip, excitement kept me in a state of wakefulness.[↗](../../wakefulness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Bright screens before bed can lead to wakefulness.[↗](../../wakefulness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Owls are in their wakefulness at night and sleep by day.[↗](../../wakefulness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor asked Gran about her wakefulness in the early morning.[↗](../../wakefulness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **waken** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To waken is to wake up, or to wake someone from sleep.[↗](../../waken/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The noise wakened the baby.[↗](../../waken/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She did not waken, even when the bell rang.[↗](../../waken/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Soon the trolls wakened up.[↗](../../waken/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And the angel that spoke with me returned, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.[↗](../../waken/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.4.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../waken/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **wakening** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Wakening means beginning to wake up or to become aware of something.[↗](../../wakening/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) Wakening means waking someone up, as in "don't be wakening the child".[↗](../../wakening/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The wakening sun brought the birds to sing.[↗](../../wakening/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be wakening the baby.[↗](../../wakening/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her wakening heart began to feel love.[↗](../../wakening/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **waketh** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «waketh» means «wakes», a form of «wake».[↗](../../waketh/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To wake, or wake up, means to stop sleeping.[↗](../../waketh/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Stern death, thy chilling silence waketh dread; Yet in thy darkest hour there may be light.[↗](../../waketh/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) **walk** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To walk means to move by putting one foot in front of the other, slower than running.[↗](../../walk/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A walk is a trip on foot, often for fun or exercise.[↗](../../walk/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To walk a dog is to take it out for a walk.[↗](../../walk/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To walk someone home is to go with them on foot.[↗](../../walk/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A walk of life is a kind of job or background (rare).[↗](../../walk/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (casual) «A walk in the park» means very easy; «walk it» means win easily.[↗](../../walk/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (casual) To walk out is to leave in protest; to walk off with something is to steal it or win it easily.[↗](../../walk/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (rough) «Take a walk» means go away, I'm done with you.[↗](../../walk/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 9:* (formal) «Proceed on foot», «traverse» and «perambulate» (old, very formal) are stiff words for walk.[↗](../../walk/#m9 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She walks 2 km to school.[↗](../../walk/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He walked for 40 minutes.[↗](../../walk/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They walk 3 miles each day.[↗](../../walk/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How far does she walk in a week?[↗](../../walk/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's go for a walk in the park.[↗](../../walk/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tom walks the dog every morning.[↗](../../walk/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop is a five-minute walk from our house.[↗](../../walk/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Babies usually learn to walk around their first birthday.[↗](../../walk/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · bus is late, we walking or what, it's like 2 km (casual)[↗](../../walk/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · That test was a walk in the park.[↗](../../walk/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (casual)[↗](../../walk/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Take a walk, I'm not lending you anything.[↗](../../walk/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (rough)[↗](../../walk/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · A pedestrian proceeds on foot a distance of 3 miles daily; compute the aggregate distance over a period of 7 days.[↗](../../walk/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (formal exam)[↗](../../walk/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The two women walked very slowly.[↗](../../walk/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And Enoch walked with God, and he was not; for God took him.[↗](../../walk/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.5.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../walk/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · If ye walk in My statutes, and keep My commandments, and do them; (Torah LEV.26.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../walk/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Noah was in his generations a man righteous and whole-hearted; Noah walked with God.[↗](../../walk/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.6.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../walk/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · But they said: 'We will not walk therein.'[↗](../../walk/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.6.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../walk/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · Will two walk together, except they have agreed?[↗](../../walk/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets AMO.3.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../walk/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?[↗](../../walk/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../walk/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") **walkabout** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Australia) A walkabout is a traditional journey on foot through the bush made by some Aboriginal Australians, linked to culture, country and learning.[↗](../../walkabout/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK) A walkabout is when a king, queen or famous person walks among a crowd, shaking hands and talking.[↗](../../walkabout/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) To go walkabout means to wander off or go missing.[↗](../../walkabout/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The King went on a walkabout to meet the crowd.[↗](../../walkabout/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My PE kit has gone walkabout again\![↗](../../walkabout/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Walkabout is a traditional journey linked to Aboriginal culture.[↗](../../walkabout/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The prime minister did a walkabout in the town centre.[↗](../../walkabout/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog went walkabout and came home at tea time.[↗](../../walkabout/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Crowds waited for hours for the royal walkabout.[↗](../../walkabout/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **walker** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A walker is a person who walks, often for fun or sport.[↗](../../walker/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A walker is also a frame that helps a person who cannot walk well, or a baby, to walk.[↗](../../walker/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A dog walker is a person paid to take dogs for walks.[↗](../../walker/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A walker goes 4 km an hour.[↗](../../walker/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 30 walkers took part.[↗](../../walker/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The faster walker arrives first.[↗](../../walker/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How far apart are the two walkers?[↗](../../walker/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Walkers should wear bright clothes at night.[↗](../../walker/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog walker takes five dogs to the park.[↗](../../walker/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa uses a walker since his operation.[↗](../../walker/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A group of walkers climbed the hill.[↗](../../walker/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Yes, Fred," said she, and soon made herself ready; but, her husband being a good walker, she lagged behind.[↗](../../walker/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **walkest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «walkest» means «you walk», a form of «walk».[↗](../../walkest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To walk means to move by putting one foot in front of the other, slower than running.[↗](../../walkest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.[↗](../../walkest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.11.19, JPS 1917) · and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.[↗](../../walkest/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.6.7, JPS 1917) **walketh** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «walketh» means «walks», a form of «walk».[↗](../../walketh/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To walk means to move by putting one foot in front of the other, slower than running.[↗](../../walketh/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And she said unto the servant: 'What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us?'[↗](../../walketh/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") And the servant said: 'It is my master.'[↗](../../walketh/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") And she took her veil, and covered herself.[↗](../../walketh/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.65, JPS 1917) **walkover** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A very easy win in a game or contest, where the other side hardly fights back.[↗](../../walkover/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (sport) A win given to one side because the other side did not turn up or could not play.[↗](../../walkover/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The final was a walkover; we won 8–0.[↗](../../walkover/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The other team did not turn up, so we won by a walkover.[↗](../../walkover/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't expect a walkover; they are a strong side.[↗](../../walkover/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The spelling quiz was a walkover for Priya.[↗](../../walkover/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The election was a walkover for the popular mayor.[↗](../../walkover/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The tennis player got a walkover when her opponent was injured.[↗](../../walkover/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) **2** [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/3/) … [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/34/) - ← previous: [page 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) - next →: [page 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/3/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)