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cantering

cantering is the present participle and gerund of canter.

Meaning of canter

Verb

canter (third-person singular simple present canters, present participle cantering, simple past and past participle cantered)

  1. (intransitive) To move at such pace.
  2. (transitive) To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.

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Noun

cantering (plural canterings)

  1. Movement at a canter.
    • Here are no canterings upon moonlit heaths, no merry-makings in the snuggest of all possible caverns, none of the attractions of dress, no embroidery, no lace, no jack-boots, no crimson coats and ruffles, none of the dash and freedom with which "the road" has been, time out of mind, invested.1837-39, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

Forms of cantering

pluralcanterings

Questions about cantering

What does cantering mean?
Cantering means movement at a canter.
What is cantering the present participle and gerund of?
Cantering is the present participle and gerund of canter.
What part of speech is cantering?
Cantering is a noun.
What is the plural of cantering?
The plural of cantering is canterings.

Words near cantering in the dictionary

  1. Canterbury-Bankstown
  2. canterburys
  3. cantered
  4. canterer
  5. canterers
  6. cantering
  7. canterings
  8. Cantero
  9. Canteros
  10. canters
  11. Cantes

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