riding meaning
EN
[-aɪdɪŋ] 
US WRiding
- Riding is a homonym of two distinct English words:
- From the word ride:
- Equestrianism, riding a horse
- Riding animal, an animal bred or trained for riding
- Riding hall, a building designed for indoor horse riding
- Ridin', a song by Chamillionaire
- From Old English *þriðing:
- Riding (country subdivision), an administrative division of a county, or similar district
- Electoral district (Canada), a Canadian term for an electoral district
- Riding association, Canadian political party organization at the riding level
- Riding officer, a name once used for customs officials who patrolled for smugglers on beaches and other informal landing spots
- NounPLridingsSUF-ing
- A path cut through woodland.
- The act of one who rides; a mounted excursion.
- (obsolete) A festival procession.
- Historically, one of the three administrative divisions of Yorkshire and some other northern counties of England.
- (Canada) Electoral district or constituency.
- A path cut through woodland.
- Verb
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.
- He got a new bicycle yesterday, so I expect that today he will want to take it out riding and put it to the test.
- But Rabbit feels as though he owns it all, showing up at the showroom day after day, riding herd on the paperwork and the payroll [...]. - Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of riding in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Verb forms
- Participles
- Present participles
- Present participles
- Participles
- Verb forms
- Nouns
- en ridings
- en riding up
- en riding hood
- en riding whip
- en riding crop
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "riding" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.