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walk

1.Verb

  1. 1

    walk

    To lift one's feet, one foot at a time, from the ground and change their positions.

    Korean definition: 바닥에서 발을 번갈아 떼어 옮기면서 움직여 위치를 옮기다.

    • My older brother hurt his leg in a traffic accident and walks with a limp.

    • When my younger sibling walked for the first time, our family clapped and rejoiced.

  2. 2

    move toward; go toward

    To move toward a certain direction.

    Korean definition: 어떤 방향으로 나아가다.

    • To survive as a designer in the fashion industry, you must walk at the cutting edge of trends.

    • My father raised us strictly, hoping his children would walk the right path.

  3. 3

    hold; work

    To engage in a certain profession.

    Korean definition: 어떤 직업에 종사하다.

    • Seunggyu has never regretted following the path of a doctor all his life.

    • My mother hopes I'll go to law school and follow the path of a judge.

2.Verb

  1. 1

    roll up

    To pull or roll up something hanging down or what is laid out.

    Korean definition: 늘어지거나 펼쳐진 것을 위로 끌어 올리거나 말아 올리다.

    • Minjun rolled his pants up to his calves before going into the water.

    • I stopped washing the dishes for a moment and rolled up my sleeves, which had slipped down.

  2. 2

    fold up; put away

    To fold up what has been spread or laid out, or put it aside into one place.

    Korean definition: 깔거나 펴 놓은 것을 접거나 한곳으로 몰아서 치우다.

    • I was sleeping in when my younger sibling suddenly pulled back the blanket and woke me up.

    • I gathered up the net that had been spread on the ground so it wouldn't get tangled, and put it away.

  3. 3

    finish; stop

    To finish or stop what one is doing.

    Korean definition: 하던 일을 끝내거나 멈추다.

    • Only at twelve o'clock did we wrap up what we were doing and hurry home from work.

    • At my father's call, I hurriedly wrapped up what I had going on and went down to the countryside.

3.Verb

  1. 1

    harvest; reap

    To collect and bring ripe grains or fruits.

    Korean definition: 익은 곡식이나 열매를 모아서 가져오다.

  2. 2

    gather; collect

    To bring together what has been scattered into one place.

    Korean definition: 흩어져 있는 것을 한곳에 모으다.

    • The Chinese restaurant delivery man came to collect the empty jajangmyeon bowls.

    • After deciding to quit smoking, I collected all the cigarettes around the house and got rid of them.

  3. 3

    collect; gather

    To receive and collect money or goods from many people.

    Korean definition: 여러 사람에게서 돈이나 물건을 받아서 모으다.

    • The school collected a thousand won from each student as a donation to help needy neighbors.

    • The government disclosed in detail where it spends the taxes collected from the people.