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# hiker

«hiker» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who goes on long walks in the country, hills or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (hiker, hikers)

### meaning for a pupil

A hiker is a person who goes on long walks in the country, hills or mountains, for fun or exercise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hiker/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

people counted on a trail; a hiker's distance, speed and time; in everyday life and safety: hikers carry water, a map and warm clothes, stay on the trail and tell someone where they are going; in stories hikers get lost, meet bears or are rescued

### examples

- 15 hikers start up the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hiker/#x1)
- Each hiker carries 2 bottles of water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hiker/#x2)
- The hiker walks 3 miles an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hiker/#x3)
- 4 hikers turn back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hiker/#x4)
- The hikers stopped to look at the view. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hiker/#x5)
- A lost hiker was found by the rescue team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hiker/#x6)
- Hikers should stay on the path and not feed the animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hiker/#x7)
- The hiker checked her map at the fork in the trail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hiker/#x8)

### note

People counted; with «each» it marks equal groups; with «per hour» a speed. Distance = speed × time. -er makes a person who does it: hike → hiker, walk → walker.

### In the corpora

- [Fog and dark can make even a short walk confusing, so hikers stay together and tell someone their route.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/230-hiking-and-camping/24/)
- [A hiker lines up a map with a compass to choose the right path; a compass needs no batteries or phone signal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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