| go away | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. depart, go, go away | move away from a place into another direction.; "Go away before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon" |
| ~ shove along, shove off, blow | leave; informal or rude.; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!" |
| ~ exit, get out, go out, leave | move out of or depart from.; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country" |
| v. (motion) | 2. go away, go forth, leave | go away from a place.; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" |
| ~ go out | leave the house to go somewhere.; "We never went out when our children were small" |
| ~ desert | leave behind.; "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period" |
| ~ take leave, quit, depart | go away or leave. |
| ~ pop off | leave quickly. |
| ~ walk away, walk off | go away from.; "The actor walked off before he got his cue"; "I got annoyed and just walked off" |
| ~ hightail | leave as fast as possible.; "We hightailed it when we saw the police walking in" |
| ~ walk out | leave abruptly, often in protest or anger.; "The customer that was not served walked out" |
| ~ come away | leave in a certain condition.; "She came away angry" |
| ~ vamoose, decamp, skip | leave suddenly.; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town" |
| ~ bugger off, buzz off, scram, fuck off, get | leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form.; "Scram!" |
| ~ beetle off, bolt out, run off, run out, bolt | leave suddenly and as if in a hurry.; "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out" |
| ~ ride away, ride off | ride away on a horse, for example. |
| ~ go out | take the field.; "The soldiers went out on missions" |
| ~ tarry, linger | leave slowly and hesitantly. |
| ~ take off, set forth, set off, start out, depart, part, set out, start | leave.; "The family took off for Florida" |
| ~ pull out, get out | move out or away.; "The troops pulled out after the cease-fire" |
| ~ exit, get out, go out, leave | move out of or depart from.; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country" |
| ~ rush away, rush off | depart in a hurry. |
| ~ fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail, run, bunk, break away, escape | flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" |
| ~ slip away, sneak away, sneak off, sneak out, steal away | leave furtively and stealthily.; "The lecture was boring and many students slipped out when the instructor turned towards the blackboard" |
| ~ vacate, abandon, empty | leave behind empty; move out of.; "You must vacate your office by tonight" |
| ~ pull up stakes, depart, leave | remove oneself from an association with or participation in.; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes" |
| v. (perception) | 3. disappear, go away, vanish | become invisible or unnoticeable.; "The effect vanished when day broke" |
| ~ dematerialise, dematerialize | become immaterial; disappear. |
| ~ clear | go away or disappear.; "The fog cleared in the afternoon" |
| ~ bob under | disappear suddenly, as if under the surface of a body of water. |
| ~ end, cease, terminate, finish, stop | have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" |
| v. (change) | 4. disappear, go away, vanish | get lost, as without warning or explanation.; "He disappeared without a trace" |
| ~ fall away, fall off | diminish in size or intensity. |
| ~ fall | go as if by falling.; "Grief fell from our hearts" |
| ~ die | disappear or come to an end.; "Their anger died"; "My secret will die with me!" |
| ~ go | be abolished or discarded.; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge" |
| ~ absent, remove | go away or leave.; "He absented himself" |
| ~ blow over, evanesce, fleet, fade, pass off, pass | disappear gradually.; "The pain eventually passed off" |
| ~ fade, wither | lose freshness, vigor, or vitality.; "Her bloom was fading" |
| ~ skip town, take a powder | disappear without notifying anyone (idiom). |
| ~ die off, die out | become extinct.; "Dinosaurs died out" |
| ~ desorb | go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed. |
| pace | | |
| n. (time) | 1. gait, pace | the rate of moving (especially walking or running). |
| ~ quick time | a normal marching pace of 120 steps per minute. |
| ~ double time | a fast marching pace (180 steps/min) or slow jog. |
| ~ rate | a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit.; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected" |
| n. (quantity) | 2. footstep, pace, step, stride | the distance covered by a step.; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" |
| ~ indefinite quantity | an estimated quantity. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. pace, rate | the relative speed of progress or change.; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated" |
| ~ temporal property | a property relating to time. |
| ~ fastness, swiftness, speed | a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens.; "the project advanced with gratifying speed" |
| ~ beat | a regular rate of repetition.; "the cox raised the beat" |
| ~ celerity, rapidity, rapidness, speediness, quickness | a rate that is rapid. |
| ~ deliberateness, unhurriedness, slowness, deliberation | a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry. |
| ~ sluggishness | the pace of things that move relatively slowly.; "the sluggishness of the economy"; "the sluggishness of the compass in the Arctic cold" |
| n. (act) | 4. pace, stride, tread | a step in walking or running. |
| ~ walk, walking | the act of traveling by foot.; "walking is a healthy form of exercise" |
| ~ step | the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down.; "he walked with unsteady steps" |
| n. (time) | 5. pace, tempo | the rate of some repeating event. |
| ~ beats per minute, bpm, m.m., metronome marking | the pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds. |
| ~ rate | a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit.; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected" |
| n. (quantity) | 6. pace, yard | a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride. |
| ~ linear measure, linear unit | a unit of measurement of length. |
| ~ ft, foot | a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard.; "he is six feet tall" |
| ~ perch, rod, pole | a linear measure of 16.5 feet. |
| ~ chain | a unit of length. |
| ~ lea | a unit of length of thread or yarn. |
| ~ fathom, fthm | a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth. |
| v. (motion) | 7. pace | walk with slow or fast paces.; "He paced up and down the hall" |
| ~ walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
| v. (motion) | 8. pace | go at a pace.; "The horse paced" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ canter | go at a canter, of horses. |
| ~ walk | walk at a pace.; "The horses walked across the meadow" |
| ~ rack, single-foot | go at a rack.; "the horses single-footed" |
| ~ gallop | go at galloping speed.; "The horse was galloping along" |
| v. (change) | 9. pace, step | measure (distances) by pacing.; "step off ten yards" |
| ~ measure, quantify | express as a number or measure or quantity.; "Can you quantify your results?" |
| v. (cognition) | 10. pace | regulate or set the pace of.; "Pace your efforts" |
| ~ shape, determine, influence, regulate, mold | shape or influence; give direction to.; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion" |
| walk | | |
| n. (act) | 1. walk, walking | the act of traveling by foot.; "walking is a healthy form of exercise" |
| ~ locomotion, travel | self-propelled movement. |
| ~ ambulation | walking about.; "the hospital encouraged early ambulation" |
| ~ noctambulation, noctambulism, sleepwalking, somnambulation, somnambulism | walking by a person who is asleep. |
| ~ stride, tread, pace | a step in walking or running. |
| ~ gait | a person's manner of walking. |
| ~ marching, march | the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind).; "it was a long march"; "we heard the sound of marching" |
| ~ plod, plodding | the act of walking with a slow heavy gait.; "I could recognize his plod anywhere" |
| ~ prowl | the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner). |
| ~ shamble, shambling, shuffling, shuffle | walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet.; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old" |
| ~ wading | walking with your feet in shallow water. |
| n. (act) | 2. base on balls, pass, walk | (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls.; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls" |
| ~ accomplishment, achievement | the action of accomplishing something. |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| n. (attribute) | 3. manner of walking, walk | manner of walking.; "he had a funny walk" |
| ~ posture, carriage, bearing | characteristic way of bearing one's body.; "stood with good posture" |
| n. (act) | 4. walk | the act of walking somewhere.; "he took a walk after lunch" |
| ~ amble, stroll, perambulation, saunter, promenade | a leisurely walk (usually in some public place). |
| ~ constitutional | a regular walk taken as a form of exercise. |
| ~ foot | travel by walking.; "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot" |
| ~ hike, hiking, tramp | a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure.; "she enjoys a hike in her spare time" |
| ~ last mile | the last walk of a condemned person to the execution place. |
| ~ moonwalk | an exploratory walk by an astronaut on the surface of the moon. |
| ~ perambulation | a walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries. |
| ~ turn | taking a short walk out and back.; "we took a turn in the park" |
| ~ walkabout | nomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigine. |
| ~ walk-through | the act of walking in order to view something.; "the realtor took her on a walk-through of the apartment" |
| ~ travel, traveling, travelling | the act of going from one place to another.; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. paseo, walk, walkway | a path set aside for walking.; "after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk" |
| ~ ambulatory | a covered walkway (as in a cloister).; "it has an ambulatory and seven chapels" |
| ~ boardwalk | a walkway made of wooden boards; usually at seaside. |
| ~ catwalk | narrow pathway high in the air (as above a stage or between parts of a building or along a bridge). |
| ~ flagging | a walk of flagstones.; "the flagging in the garden was quite imaginative" |
| ~ path | a way especially designed for a particular use. |
| ~ mall, promenade | a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk. |
| ~ sidewalk, pavement | walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway. |
| ~ skywalk | an elevated walkway between buildings (usually enclosed). |
| n. (act) | 6. walk | a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground. |
| ~ gait | a horse's manner of moving. |
| n. (act) | 7. walk, walk of life | careers in general.; "it happens in all walks of life" |
| ~ calling, career, vocation | the particular occupation for which you are trained. |
| v. (motion) | 8. walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ tramp down, tread down, trample | walk on and flatten.; "tramp down the grass"; "trample the flowers" |
| ~ take the air, walk | take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure.; "The lovers held hands while walking"; "We like to walk every Sunday" |
| ~ lollop | walk clumsily and with a bounce. |
| ~ tap | walk with a tapping sound. |
| ~ stumble, bumble, falter | walk unsteadily.; "The drunk man stumbled about" |
| ~ spacewalk | move in space outside a space craft. |
| ~ hoof, hoof it, leg it, foot | walk.; "let's hoof it to the disco" |
| ~ toe | walk so that the toes assume an indicated position or direction.; "She toes inwards" |
| ~ walk | make walk.; "He walks the horse up the mountain"; "Walk the dog twice a day" |
| ~ walk | accompany or escort.; "I'll walk you to your car" |
| ~ shlep, traipse | walk or tramp about. |
| ~ walk about, walk around, perambulate | walk with no particular goal.; "we were walking around in the garden"; "after breakfast, she walked about in the park" |
| ~ ambulate | walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking. |
| ~ mouse, pussyfoot, sneak, creep | to go stealthily or furtively.; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house" |
| ~ walk | traverse or cover by walking.; "Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day" |
| ~ wade | walk (through relatively shallow water).; "Can we wade across the river to the other side?"; "Wade the pond" |
| ~ prance, strut, swagger, tittup, sashay, cock, ruffle | to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others.; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house" |
| ~ sleepwalk, somnambulate | walk in one's sleep. |
| ~ slink | walk stealthily.; "I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey" |
| ~ gimp, hobble, limp, hitch | walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury.; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day" |
| ~ scuffle, shamble, shuffle | walk by dragging one's feet.; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall" |
| ~ saunter, stroll | walk leisurely and with no apparent aim. |
| ~ amble, mosey | walk leisurely. |
| ~ prowl | move about in or as if in a predatory manner.; "The suspicious stranger prowls the streets of the town" |
| ~ skulk | move stealthily.; "The lonely man skulks down the main street all day" |
| ~ coggle, dodder, toddle, waddle, totter, paddle | walk unsteadily.; "small children toddle" |
| ~ promenade | take a leisurely walk.; "The ladies promenaded along the beach" |
| ~ march | walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride.; "He marched into the classroom and announced the exam"; "The soldiers marched across the border" |
| ~ stride | walk with long steps.; "He strode confidently across the hall" |
| ~ hike | walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise.; "We were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies" |
| ~ footslog, plod, trudge, pad, slog, tramp | walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud.; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone" |
| ~ tippytoe, tiptoe, tip | walk on one's toes. |
| ~ stalk | walk stiffly. |
| ~ flounce | walk emphatically. |
| ~ careen, keel, lurch, reel, stagger, swag | walk as if unable to control one's movements.; "The drunken man staggered into the room" |
| ~ flounder, stagger | walk with great difficulty.; "He staggered along in the heavy snow" |
| ~ stamp, stomp, stump | walk heavily.; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots" |
| ~ lumber, pound | move heavily or clumsily.; "The heavy man lumbered across the room" |
| ~ step | shift or move by taking a step.; "step back" |
| ~ pace | walk with slow or fast paces.; "He paced up and down the hall" |
| ~ trample, tread | tread or stomp heavily or roughly.; "The soldiers trampled across the fields" |
| ~ slouch | walk slovenly. |
| ~ mince | walk daintily.; "She minced down the street" |
| ~ clomp, clump | walk clumsily. |
| ~ walk | walk at a pace.; "The horses walked across the meadow" |
| ~ march, process | march in a procession.; "They processed into the dining room" |
| ~ step | walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner.; "step over to the blackboard" |
| v. (motion) | 9. walk | accompany or escort.; "I'll walk you to your car" |
| ~ trot | cause to trot.; "She trotted the horse home" |
| ~ walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
| ~ walk | make walk.; "He walks the horse up the mountain"; "Walk the dog twice a day" |
| ~ accompany | go or travel along with.; "The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere" |
| ~ march | force to march.; "The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria" |
| v. (competition) | 10. walk | obtain a base on balls. |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| ~ rack up, score, tally, hit | gain points in a game.; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" |
| ~ walk | give a base on balls to. |
| v. (motion) | 11. walk | traverse or cover by walking.; "Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day" |
| ~ walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
| ~ cross, cut across, cut through, get over, traverse, get across, pass over, track, cover | travel across or pass over.; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" |
| v. (competition) | 12. walk | give a base on balls to. |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| ~ play | participate in games or sport.; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" |
| ~ walk | obtain a base on balls. |
| v. (social) | 13. walk | live or behave in a specified manner.; "walk in sadness" |
| ~ comport, behave | behave well or properly.; "The children must learn to behave" |
| v. (social) | 14. walk | be or act in association with.; "We must walk with our dispossessed brothers and sisters"; "Walk with God" |
| ~ consociate, associate | bring or come into association or action.; "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution" |
| v. (motion) | 15. walk | walk at a pace.; "The horses walked across the meadow" |
| ~ walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
| ~ pace | go at a pace.; "The horse paced" |
| v. (motion) | 16. walk | make walk.; "He walks the horse up the mountain"; "Walk the dog twice a day" |
| ~ walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
| ~ walk | accompany or escort.; "I'll walk you to your car" |
| ~ parade, exhibit, march | walk ostentatiously.; "She parades her new husband around town" |
| ~ march | cause to march or go at a marching pace.; "They marched the mules into the desert" |
| ~ compel, obligate, oblige | force somebody to do something.; "We compel all students to fill out this form" |
| v. (motion) | 17. take the air, walk | take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure.; "The lovers held hands while walking"; "We like to walk every Sunday" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ constitutionalize | take a walk for one's health or to aid digestion, as after a meal.; "A good way of exercising is to constitutionalize" |
| ~ walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
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