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HORSEBACK RIDING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Travel by being carried on horseback
Synonyms:
horseback riding; riding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("horseback riding" is a kind of...):
travel; traveling; travelling (the act of going from one place to another)
Domain member category:
trot (ride at a trot)
extend; gallop (cause to move at full gallop)
post (ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait)
gallop (ride at a galloping pace)
canter (ride at a cantering pace)
canter (ride at a canter)
prance (cause (a horse) to bound spring forward)
prance (ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward)
ride horseback (ride on horseback)
dismount; get down; get off; light; unhorse (alight from (a horse))
outride (ride better, faster, or further than)
override (ride (a horse) too hard)
ride; sit (sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "horseback riding"):
bronco busting (breaking a bronco to saddle)
endurance riding (riding for long hours over long distances)
pack riding (riding with a pack)
trail riding (riding along a roughly blazed path)
Derivation:
ride horseback (ride on horseback)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements
Synonyms:
equitation; horseback riding; riding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("horseback riding" is a kind of...):
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Domain member category:
ride horseback (ride on horseback)
prance (ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward)
prance (cause (a horse) to bound spring forward)
canter (ride at a cantering pace)
gallop (ride at a galloping pace)
post (ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait)
extend; gallop (cause to move at full gallop)
trot (ride at a trot)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "horseback riding"):
equestrian sport (a sport that tests horsemanship)
pony-trekking (a sport in which people ride across country on ponies)
Derivation:
ride horseback (ride on horseback)
