SPACEWALK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spacewalk mean? 

• SPACEWALK (verb)
  The verb SPACEWALK has 1 sense:

1. move in space outside a space craft

  Familiarity information: SPACEWALK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPACEWALK (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move in space outside a space craft

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "spacewalk" is one way to...):

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

space walk (any kind of physical activity outside a spacecraft by one of the crew)

 Context examples 

It also credited Leonov with making the spacewalk possible, noting on Twitter "his venture into the vacuum of space began the history of extravehicular activity".

(Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov dies at age 85, Wikinews)

NASA interrupted its live coverage of an International Space Station spacewalk to mourn Leonov's passing.

(Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov dies at age 85, Wikinews)

On March 18, 1965, he performed the first manned extravehicular activity (EVA), or "spacewalk", remaining alone outside the spacecraft for just over twelve minutes.

(Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov dies at age 85, Wikinews)

Leonov was famous for performing the first human spacewalk as part of the Soviet Union's Voskhod 2 mission.

(Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov dies at age 85, Wikinews)