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walk

verb

1 verb travel on foot

INTRANSITIVEsiúil verb c m uhe walked right past me shiúil sé díreach tharamdon't walk on the grass ná siúil ar an bhféarI prefer to walk home is fearr liom siúl abhaileshe walks in her sleep siúlann sí ina codladhto walk on your hands siúl ar do lámha

TRANSITIVEsiúil verb c m uI walk two miles every day siúlaim dhá mhíle gach láwe walked the Camino shiúlamar an Caminohe walked the streets all night shiúil sé na sráideanna an oíche ar fad

2 verb accompany sb TRANSITIVEsiúil le PhrV c m uhe walked her home from school shiúil sé abhaile ón scoil léiI'll walk you across the road siúlfaidh mé trasna an bhóthair leat

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3 verb lead animal TRANSITIVEtabhair ag siúl PhrVshe walks the dogs tugann sí na madraí ag siúl 4 verb pace (sth) out TRANSITIVEsiúil verb c m uthey walk the course beforehand siúlann siad an cúrsa roimh ré 5 verb humorous , informal go missing INTRANSITIVEimigh verb c m utéigh ar strae VP c m utéigh ar iarraidh VPmy keys have walked again tá mo chuid eochracha imithe arís 6 verb of ghost INTRANSITIVEbheith le feiceáil c m ubheith amuigh c m uthe ghost walked two nights in a row bhí an taibhse le feiceáil dhá oíche as a chéile 7 verb LAW, informal be acquitted INTRANSITIVEthey had to let him walk bhí orthu é a scaoileadh saorthe two other accused walked scaoileadh saor an bheirt eile a bhí cúisithe

noun

8 noun trip on footsiúl masc1 c m usiúlóid fem2 c m uit's a five-minute walk siúl cúig nóiméad atá annwe have a long walk ahead of us tá siúl fada romhainnwe went for a walk in the woods chuamar ag siúl sa choill, chuamar ar shiúlóid sa choillI take the dogs out for a walk tugaim na madraí amach ag siúlafter a short walk on the beach tar éis siúlóid ghearr ar an tráthe daily walk keeps her fit coimeádann an tsiúlóid laethúil aclaí í 9 noun planned eventsiúlóid fem2 c m uhill walk siúlóid cnoicprotest walk siúlóid agóidesponsored walk siúlóid urraithe 10 noun SPOR racesiúl masc1 c m uthe 50 km walk an siúl 50 km 11 noun pacesiúl masc1 c m uwe slowed down to a walk mhoillíomar go rabhamar ag siúlthey set off at a walk ag siúl a bhíonn siad ag an tús 12 noun pathcosán masc1 c m u 13 noun SPOR horse's gaitsiúl masc1 c m u 14 noun person's gaitsiúl masc1 c m uleagan siúil

phrases

ever to walk the earth

(also

ever to walk the face of the earth

) the nicest man ever to walk the earth an fear is deise dár rugadh riamh, an fear is deise dár chuir cos i mbróg riamh

to be a walk in the park

informal bheith éascabheith furastait's no walk in the park níl sé éasca ná baol air, ní haon dóithín é

to be walking with sth

informal bheith beo le rudthe dog was walking with fleas bhí an madra beo le míolta

to take a walk

(US), informal 1 leavecrochadh leat informalbailiú leat informalimeacht leat 2 offensive telling sb to gotake a walk! gread leat!, imigh as mo radharc!, bailigh leat!

to take a walk on the wild side

informal gabháil sa seansdul sa seansscaoileadh leat féin

to walk all over sb

informal satailt ar dhuinecaitheamh go dona le duine

to walk before you run

rudaí a dhéanamh de réir a chéileyou need to walk before you run de réir a chéile a thógtar na caisleáin

walk in sb's shoes

(also

to take a walk in sb's shoes

) siúl i mbróga duine

to walk it

informal 1 go somewhere on footsiúl c m uwe might have to walk it back b'fhéidir go mbeadh orainn siúl ar ais 2 win easilybuachan go héascabaint gan dua

to walk on eggshells

bheith ag siúl ar thanaíbheith thar a bheith cáiréiseach

to walk your feet off

informal go leor a shiúlbheith maraithe ag siúl

to walk your fingers across sth

do mhéara a rith trasna ar rud

to walk on water

1 move on water's surfacesiúl ar uisce 2 humorous perform miraclessiúl ar uiscemíorúiltí a dhéanamh

to walk the feet off sb

(also

to walk sb off their feet

) informal he walked the feet off us bhíomar traochta ag siúl aige, bhíomar maraithe ag siúl aige

walk

ever to walk the earth

ever to walk the face of the earth

to be a walk in the park

to be walking with sth

to take a walk

to take a walk on the wild side

to walk all over sb

to walk before you run

walk in sb's shoes

to take a walk in sb's shoes

to walk it

to walk on eggshells

to walk your feet off

to walk your fingers across sth

to walk on water

to walk the feet off sb

to walk sb off their feet

to walk tall

to walk the talk

to win in a walk

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