WALK ABOUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does walk about mean? 

• WALK ABOUT (verb)
  The verb WALK ABOUT has 1 sense:

1. walk with no particular goal

  Familiarity information: WALK ABOUT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WALK ABOUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Walk with no particular goal

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

perambulate; walk about; walk around

Context example:

after breakfast, she walked about in the park

Hypernyms (to "walk about" is one way to...):

walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue walk about

Derivation:

walkabout (a walking trip or tour)

 Context examples 

Breakfast had not been long over, when they were joined by Captain and Mrs Harville and Captain Benwick; with whom they had appointed to take their last walk about Lyme.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Words were insufficient for the elevation of his feelings; and he was obliged to walk about the room, while Elizabeth tried to unite civility and truth in a few short sentences.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

We used to walk about that dim old flat at Yarmouth in a loving manner, hours and hours.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“Oh, put me on the rim of your hat; that will be a nice gallery for me; I can walk about there and see the country as we go along.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

I walk about here, and so I do there; but here I see a variety of people in every street, and there I can only go and call on Mrs. Allen.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Mr. Rochester now tried to walk about: vainly,—all was too uncertain.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

We are to walk about your gardens, and gather the strawberries ourselves, and sit under trees;—and whatever else you may like to provide, it is to be all out of doors—a table spread in the shade, you know.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I wanted to be among people, with whom I could converse upon even terms, and walk about the streets and fields without being afraid of being trod to death like a frog or a young puppy.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

I'm going to take care of you, so don't cry any more, but come and walk about with me, the wind is too chilly for you to sit still, he said, in the half-caressing, half-commanding way that Amy liked, as he tied on her hat, drew her arm through his, and began to pace up and down the sunny walk under the new-leaved chestnuts.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

She was happy whenever she looked at William, and saw how perfectly he was enjoying himself, in every five minutes that she could walk about with him and hear his account of his partners; she was happy in knowing herself admired; and she was happy in having the two dances with Edmund still to look forward to, during the greatest part of the evening, her hand being so eagerly sought after that her indefinite engagement with him was in continual perspective.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)