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walk
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noun
  1. A trip made by walking.
I take a walk every morning
  1. A distance walked.
It"s a long walk from my house to the library
  1. A manner of walking.
The Ministry of Silly Walks is underfunded this year
  1. A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail.
  2. (baseball) An instance of walking a batter.
The pitcher now has two walks in this inning alone
walking
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verb
  1. (present participle of, walk)
walk-on
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noun
  1. a college student athlete that wants to join a sports/athletic team without the benefit of a scholarship or having been recruited
  2. an actor of small (or "bit") part in a theater drama production; and a term for that part.
walkover
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noun
  1. an easy victory; a walkaway
  2. a bye awarded to a player or team when a scheduled opponent fails to play a game
  3. a horse race with only one entrant
  4. (gymnastics) a backbend combined with a handstand
warm
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verb
  1. To make or keep
    1. Adjective, warm.
    2. To increasingly favour.
    He is warming to the idea.
    Her classmates are gradually warming to her.
adjective
  1. A temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; a Mild, mild temperature.
The tea is still .
  1. Something that causes warmth, or the impression thereof.
This is a very room.
  1. care, Caring, of relations to another person.
We have a friendship.
    • 1985: Robert Ferro, Blue Star
    • : It seemed I was too excited for sleep, too , too young.
      1. (context, archaic) Ardent, zealous.
    • 1776: Edward Gibbon, The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Chapter 1
    • : To the strength and fierceness of barbarians they added a contempt for life, which was derived from a persuasion of the immortality and transmigration of the soul.
wild card
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noun
  1. In card games, a card that can be assigned any value or used to substitute for any needed card.
windsurf
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verb
  1. To ride a surfboard that has an attached sail
World Cup
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proper noun
  1. (football) A football tournament held every four years in which those national teams that qualify play to determine a world champion
  2. (cricket) A cricket tournament held every four years, involving all the Test nations and a number of qualifying nations, consisting of a series of One-day Internationals and a final
  3. (sports) Several other similar events in other sports
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