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# riding

«riding» in Mova's school dictionary: **travelling on a bike, horse or other thing that carries you** — 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 (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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riding/#m1)

2) Riding (horse riding, horseback riding) is the sport or hobby of riding horses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riding/#m2)

3) Riding is the -ing form of ride: «She is riding her scooter». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riding/#m3)

4) In Canada, a riding is an area that elects one member of parliament. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riding/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riding/#x1)
- Riding lessons cost $20 each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riding/#x2)
- She went riding 3 times this week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riding/#x3)
- How far did they ride while riding to the park? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riding/#x4)
- Horse riding is her favourite hobby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riding/#x5)
- Wear a helmet when riding a scooter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riding/#x6)
- Little Red Riding Hood walked through the woods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riding/#x7)
- He is riding the bus to school today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riding/#x8)
- Riding boots have a small heel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riding/#x9)
- But his brothers were riding slowly in front. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riding/#x10)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food/9/)
- [For years people reported street dogs in Moscow riding metro trains between stops to reach places with food.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/371-street-dogs-and-cats-feeding-safety-and-never-touching-a-strange-animal/19/)
- [The old stories are legends: the rat did not really win a race by riding on the ox's back.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs/3/)
- [Giving a talk is a skill, like riding a bike: wobbly at first, smoother with every practice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell/0/)
- [Headphones stop you hearing cars and bells, so you should not wear them while riding.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/5-bikes-and-scooters/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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