Hiking
/ˈhaɪkɪŋ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport. uncountable, usually
"To protect the glacier, officials have limited the number of visitors to 10,000 a day and have banned hiking on the ice."
- 2 a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure wordnet
- 3 The act by which something is hiked, or raised sharply. uncountable, usually
"Like in previous years, Government policies with regard to restraining price hikings have been dealing with curtailing credit supplies and bank liquidities […]"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of hike form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Not really. I like hiking better than fishing."