WALK AROUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does walk around mean? 

• WALK AROUND (verb)
  The verb WALK AROUND has 4 senses:

1. walk with no particular goal

2. walk around something

3. behave in a certain manner or have certain properties

4. walk randomly

  Familiarity information: WALK AROUND used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WALK AROUND (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 around" 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 around

Sense 2

Meaning:

Walk around something

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

circumambulate; walk around

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

circle (travel around something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Behave in a certain manner or have certain properties

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

She walks around with this strange boyfriend

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

acquit; bear; behave; carry; comport; conduct; deport (behave in a certain manner)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 4

Meaning:

Walk randomly

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

We were walking around in the neighborhood to see whether we could find an open drugstore

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

act (be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

"Why didn't you walk around the hole?" asked the Tin Woodman.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)