What does riding mean?
Riding means present participle and gerund of ride.
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/ˈɹaɪ.dɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of ride.
I like nothing better than to hear of your ridings, and shootings, and boatings.
The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order.
A maximum of 80 m.p.h. was quickly reached on the 1 in 264 down through Three Bridges and at this pace the riding was exemplary.
It was sung from the top of the oldest house in the burgh every June at the Common riding, which served both for a perambulation of the bounds of the common pastures or Haughs and to commemorate the young men of Harwick[.]
Ontario shall be divided into the Counties, Ridings of Counties, Cities, Parts of Cities, and Towns enumerated in the First Schedule to this Act[…]
Use riding when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Riding means present participle and gerund of ride.
Common synonyms include royd, thwaite, assart, ride.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I like nothing better than to hear of your ridings, and shootings, and boatings.
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