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# hike

«hike» in Mova's school dictionary: **a long walk, often in hills, woods or mountains, done for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a hike, hikes); verb (hike, hikes, hiked, hiking)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A hike is a long walk, often in hills, woods or mountains, done for fun or exercise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hike/#m1)

2) To hike is to go on such a walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hike/#m2)

3) A hike is also a big sudden rise, like a price hike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hike/#m3)

4) To hike up something is to pull it up, like hiking up your socks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hike/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

a trip with distance and time; miles hiked each day are added, or a trail is shared into parts; in everyday life a hike is an outing with water, snacks, a map and good shoes; in stories hikers get lost, see animals or reach a view; phrases: «go on a hike», «go hiking», «a price hike», «take a hike» (rude: go away)

### examples

- They hike 6 miles on Saturday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hike/#x1)
- The hike is 12 km long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hike/#x2)
- She hikes 3 miles each day for 5 days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hike/#x3)
- How long did the hike take? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hike/#x4)
- Our class went on a nature hike to the waterfall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hike/#x5)
- Always tell an adult where you are hiking and take water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hike/#x6)
- We hiked up the hill and ate lunch at the top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hike/#x7)
- The bus company announced a fare hike of 50 cents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hike/#x8)
- He hiked up his shorts before crossing the stream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hike/#x9)

### note

Distance per day × days gives the total; distance left = whole hike − part done. Countable noun: a hike, two hikes. Past: hiked. «Go hiking» (not «go to hike»). Safety: stay on the trail, carry water, check the weather. A «price hike» means the price went up: add the rise.

### In the corpora

- [Making noise on a hike helps bears hear you coming and move away.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/26-wild-animals/11/)
- [Before a hike you tell someone your route and when you will be back.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/7/)
- [You should carry water, a snack, an extra layer and a whistle on a hike.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/10/)
- [A girl in Montana on a family hike sees a black bear across a meadow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours/6/)
- [A good hike is planned: water, snacks, a map, a torch and a plan to be back before dark.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/230-hiking-and-camping/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hike» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hike/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.