riding1
/ˈrʌɪdɪŋ
/noun [mass noun]
1The sport or activity of riding horses: I found him in the stables, getting ready to go riding...
- Shortly after returning to competitive riding, she suffered a shoulder injury in June during training hours.
- The exercise involved in riding helps to develop balance.
- She specialises in conveyancing, probate, wills and matrimonial work, and in her spare time enjoys skiing, sailing, riding, theatre and eating out.
1.1 [count noun] A path or track for horse riders, typically one through woods.
Rhymes
riding2
/ˈrʌɪdɪŋ/noun
1 (usually the East/North/West Riding) One of three former administrative divisions of Yorkshire.The worst were the East and West Ridings, Lincolnshire, Birmingham, Manchester and Staffordshire.
2An electoral district of Canada.The country is divided into districts or ridings electing one MP each....
- Mr Toews has run a positive campaign and presented his ideas and his beliefs for the riding and for Canada.
- The best the local Liberals can hope for now is that the newly merged Conservative Party of Canada selects a no-name candidate to run in the riding of Richmond.
Origin
Old English trithing, from Old Norse thrithjungr 'third part', from thrithi 'third'. The initial th- was lost due to assimilation with the preceding -t of East, West, or with the -th of North.
- makeshift
- make short work of
- make someone over
- make someone's blood boil
- make someone's blood curdle
- make someone's blood run cold
- make someone's day
- make someone's eyes pop (or pop out)
- make someone's flesh crawl (or creep)
- make someone's hackles rise
- make someone's hair curl
- make someone's hair stand on end
- make someone sick
- make someone's life a misery (or make life a misery for someone)
- make someone's skin crawl
- make someone's skin crawl (or creep)
- make someone's toes curl
- make someone/thing out
- striking price
- strimmer
- Strindberg, August
- Strindbergian
- Strine
- string
- string along