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HIKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hike mean?
• HIKE (noun)
The noun HIKE has 3 senses:
1. a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
3. the amount a salary is increased
Familiarity information: HIKE used as a noun is uncommon.
• HIKE (verb)
The verb HIKE has 2 senses:
2. walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise
Familiarity information: HIKE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
Context example:
she enjoys a hike in her spare time
Hypernyms ("hike" is a kind of...):
walk (the act of walking somewhere)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hike"):
trudge (a long difficult walk)
Derivation:
hike (walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An increase in cost
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
boost; cost increase; hike; rise
Context example:
they asked for a 10% rise in rates
Hypernyms ("hike" is a kind of...):
increase; increment (the amount by which something increases)
Derivation:
hike (increase)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The amount a salary is increased
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
hike; raise; rise; salary increase; wage hike; wage increase
Context example:
he got a wage hike
Hypernyms ("hike" is a kind of...):
increase; increment (the amount by which something increases)
Derivation:
hike (increase)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: hiked
Past participle: hiked
-ing form: hiking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Increase
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
Context example:
The landlord hiked up the rents
Hypernyms (to "hike" is one way to...):
bring up; elevate; get up; lift; raise (raise from a lower to a higher position)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
hike (the amount a salary is increased)
hike (an increase in cost)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
hike the Rockies
Hypernyms (to "hike" is one way to...):
walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hike"):
tramp (travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition)
backpack; pack (hike with a backpack)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence examples:
Sam and Sue hike
They hike up the hill
Derivation:
hike (a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure)
hiker (a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure))
Context examples
The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire Short Form (OAB-q Short Form) Made you avoid activities away from restrooms (i.e., walks, running, hiking)?
(OAB-q Short Form - Avoid Activities Away From Restrooms, NCI Thesaurus)
The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (OAB-q) Made you avoid activities away from restrooms (i.e., walks, running, hiking)?
(OAB-q - Avoid Activities Away From Restrooms, NCI Thesaurus)
Your sports may range from tennis to rock climbing, golf to hiking.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
“An’ of course the dogs can hike along all day with that contraption behind them,” affirmed a second of the men.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
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