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 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
- 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
- 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.
- Giving a talk is a skill, like riding a bike: wobbly at first, smoother with every practice.
- Headphones stop you hearing cars and bells, so you should not wear them while riding.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «riding» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.