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 Definitions of Riding  [ˈraɪ dɪŋ]  

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Definition of 'Riding' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) riding
the act of a person or thing that rides.

2. (adj.) riding
used in or for traveling or riding:
riding boots.

3. (n.) riding
any of the three former administrative divisions of Yorkshire, England.

4.  riding
any similar administrative division.

5.  riding
(in Canada) a political constituency.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME triding, OE *thriding < ON thridjungr third part; t- (of ME), alter. of th- (of OE), lost by assimilation to -t in east, west, which commonly preceded)

Definition of 'Riding' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) riding, horseback riding, equitation
the sport of siting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements

2. (noun) riding, horseback riding
travel by being carried on horseback


Definition of 'Riding' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) riding
the activity of operating a bicycle
He went riding with some friends.

2.  riding
go riding
the activity of sitting on a horse and controlling it as it moves
riding boots; She goes riding at the Mill Hill barn.


Definition of 'Riding' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Riding
employed to travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk

2. (adj) Riding
used for riding on; as, a riding horse

3. (adj) Riding
used for riding, or when riding; devoted to riding; as, a riding whip; a riding habit; a riding day

4. (noun) Riding
one of the three jurisdictions into which the county of York, in England, is divided; -- formerly under the government of a reeve. They are called the North, the East, and the West, Riding

5. (noun) Riding
the act or state of one who rides

6. (noun) Riding
a festival procession

7. (noun) Riding
same as Ride, n., 3

8. (noun) Riding
a district in charge of an excise officer

9.  Riding
of Ride



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