riding
part of speech
noun (riding); verb form (-ing form of ride); adjective (riding — as in riding boots)
meaning for a pupil
1) Riding is travelling on a bike, horse or other thing that carries you. tree →
2) Riding (horse riding, horseback riding) is the sport or hobby of riding horses. tree →
3) Riding is the -ing form of ride: «She is riding her scooter». tree →
4) In Canada, a riding is an area that elects one member of parliament. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means Balaam travelling on his donkey. Interpretation: Tradition tells that the donkey saw the angel when Balaam did not. It then spoke to him, as a lesson that God gives speech to whomever He wishes. In the primary lessons: In maths: time or distance spent riding a bike or horse, or riding lessons; often added over days or multiplied by a rate. In everyday life and safety: riding lessons, riding helmets, riding boots. In stories: «Little Red Riding Hood».
examples
- And God's anger was kindled because he went; and the angel of the LORD placed himself in the way for an adversary against him. — Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. — (Torah NUM.22.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- Dedan was thy trafficker in precious cloths for riding. (Prophets EZK.27.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- clothed with blue, governors and rulers, handsome young men all of them, horsemen riding upon horses. (Prophets EZK.23.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- She doted upon the Assyrians, governors and rulers, warriors, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them handsome young men. (Prophets EZK.23.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- He spent 45 minutes riding his bike. tree →
- Riding lessons cost $20 each. tree →
- She went riding 3 times this week. tree →
- How far did they ride while riding to the park? tree →
- Horse riding is her favourite hobby. tree →
- Wear a helmet when riding a scooter. tree →
- Little Red Riding Hood walked through the woods. tree →
- He is riding the bus to school today. tree →
- Riding boots have a small heel. tree →
- But his brothers were riding slowly in front. tree →
note
The same as ride: time or distance in the story, often added over days or multiplied by a rate. Trap: none. UK «horse riding» = US «horseback riding». Spelling: riding drops the «e» of ride.
In the corpora
- clothed with blue, governors and rulers, handsome young men all of them, horsemen riding upon horses.
- Dedan was thy trafficker in precious cloths for riding.
- Fossils, tests and careful counting beat cartoons and myths, from the Flintstones riding dinosaurs to elephants scared of mice.
- For years people reported street dogs in Moscow riding metro trains between stops to reach places with food.
- The old stories are legends: the rat did not really win a race by riding on the ox's back.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «riding» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.