name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
riding
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɹaɪ.dɪŋ/
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rhymes with -aɪdɪŋ
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homophone: writing (t-flapping)
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CMU ARPABET: R AY1 D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A path cut through woodland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: royd, thwaite, assart
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The act of one who rides; a mounted excursion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: ride
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
The behaviour in the motion of a vehicle, such as oscillation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
A festival procession.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
Any of the three administrative divisions of Yorkshire and some other northern counties of England.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 7
Electoral district or constituency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada
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verb
Meaning 8
present participle and gerund of ride
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 9
travel by being carried on horseback
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: horseback riding
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: travel, traveling, travelling
Narrower terms: bronco busting, endurance riding, pack riding, trail riding
noun
Meaning 10
the sport of siting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: horseback riding, equitation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sport, athletics
Narrower terms: equestrian sport, pony-trekking
History
Etymology
From Middle English rydyng; equivalent to ride + -ing.
PIE word *tréyes From trithing (initial /t/ absorbed into preceding north, south, east, west, inner ⟨th⟩ already sometimes /d/ in Middle English), from Middle English trithing, tridinge, from Old English *þriþing, from Old Norse þriðjungr (“third part”), from Proto-Germanic *þridjô (“third”) (English third). Equivalent to third + -ing; compare with farthing (“fourth part”). Cognate with English trithing. The folk etymology that connects the term to the area a horse-rider could cover in a single day is incorrect, but may have influenced the spelling and pronunciation.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: circonscription — electoral district or constituency in Canada
- French: comté — electoral district or constituency in Canada
Real reading context