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Found 1 definition: walking.

Pos: Adjective

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun walking has 1 senses

walking(n = noun.act) walk - the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"
is a kind of locomotion, travel
has parts: pace, stride, tread
has particulars: ambulation, noctambulation, noctambulism, sleepwalking, somnambulation, somnambulism, gait, march, marching, plod, plodding, prowl, shamble, shambling, shuffle, shuffling, wading
Derived form verb walk₁

Adjective walking has 1 senses

walking(s = adj.all) walk-to - close enough to be walked to; "walking distance"; "the factory with the big parking lot...is more convenient than the walk-to factory"

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

walking, a. & n.

a. & n. from Walk, v. [1913 Webster]

Walking beam. See Beam, 10. -- Walking crane, a kind of traveling crane. See under Crane. -- Walking fern. (Bot.) See Walking leaf, below. -- Walking fish (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus Ophiocephalus, some of which, as Ophiocephalus marulius, become over four feet long. They have a special cavity over the gills lined with a membrane adapted to retain moisture to aid in respiration, and are thus able to travel considerable distances over the land at night, whence the name. They construct a curious nest for their young. Called also langya. -- Walking gentleman (Theater), an actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words. [Cant] -- Walking lady (Theater), an actress who usually fills such parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage. [Cant] -- Walking leaf. (a) (Bot.) A little American fern (Camptosorus rhizophyllus); -- so called because the fronds taper into slender prolongations which often root at the apex, thus producing new plants. (b) (Zoöl.) A leaf insect. See under Leaf. -- Walking papers, or Walking ticket, an order to leave; dismissal, as from office; as, to get one's walking papers, i. e. to be dismissed or fired. [Colloq.] Bartlett. -- Walking stick. (a) A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support or amusement when walking; a cane. (b) (Zoöl.) A stick insect; -- called also walking straw. See Illust. of Stick insect, under Stick. -- Walking wheel (Mach.), a prime mover consisting of a wheel driven by the weight of men or animals walking either in it or on it; a treadwheel.

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

walking, n. & adj. in senses of WALK n.

Idiom:
walking delegate a trade-union official who visits members and their employers for discussions. walking dictionary (or encyclopaedia) colloq. a person having a wide general knowledge. walking fern any American evergreen fern of the genus Camptosorus, with fronds that root at the ends. walking frame a usu. tubular metal frame with rubberized ferrules, used by disabled or old people to help them walk. walking gentleman (or lady) Theatr. a non-speaking extra; a supernumerary. walking leaf = walking fern. walking-on part a non-speaking dramatic role. walking papers colloq. dismissal (gave him his walking papers). walking-stick
1 a stick carried when walking, esp. for extra support.
2 US = stick insect (see STICK(1)). walking-tour a holiday journey on foot, esp. of several days.
walking wounded
1 (of soldiers etc.) able to walk despite injuries; not bedridden.
2 colloq. a person or people having esp. mental or emotional difficulties.