hiked
past simple and past participle ofhike
hike
verb
uk/haɪk/us/haɪk/hikeverb(WALK)
[I]
to go for alongwalkin thecountryside
to walk
- walkThe baby has just learned to walk.
- strideShe strode purposefully up to the desk and demanded to speak to the manager.
- marchHe marched right in to the office and demanded to see the governor.
- strollWe strolled along the beach.
- wanderShe wandered from room to room, not sure of what she was looking for.
- ambleShe ambled down the street, looking in shop windows.
Hiking & orienteering
- backpacker
- bushwalking
- cairn
- caver
- dibber
- fell walker
- fell walking
- hike
- hiker
- hiking boot
- Kendal mint cake
- nature trail
- rail trail
- ramble
- rambling
- speleology
- spelunker
- spelunking
- trekking
- trekking pole
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Moving a long way on foot
Walking and walkers
hikeverb(INCREASE)
[T]
toincreasethecostof something:
Retailers have hiked(up)pricesagain.
Price increases
- accrual
- added value
- anti-inflation
- anti-inflationary
- appreciate
- bull market
- counter-inflation
- counter-inflationary
- go through the roofidiom
- inflate
- inflationary
- inflationary spiral
- overheat
- reinflate
- reinflation
- rocket
- roof
- runsomethingup
- shooting
- shrinkflation
Phrasal verb
hikesomethingup
Examplesofhiked
hiked
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Hehikedout to his survey stations, often alone, to pursue his work.
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We oncehikedacross the island in search of a mythical coral reef and, arriving in the indescribably hot mid-afternoon, had stopped at a small coffee shop for lunch.
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Year after year, prescription charges werehikedway above inflation.
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However, in 1979, oil prices werehikedand there was an enormous crisis in the capitalist world.
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Oil prices were beinghikedup by colossal amounts.
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The independent petrol retailer closed down, and the supermarket withdrew its 24-hour operation within seven days andhikedup the price of its petrol.
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Theyhikedtheir principles around on stilts before the last election pronouncing on the importance of child benefits.
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Such encouragement puts people in hock, constantly in debt, often unable to meet usurious rates of interest, which seem constantly to hehikedup.
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Business taxation should not behikedup separately from the council tax, but there might be some flexibility between the two.
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Six months later, the external financing limit washikedup to £365 million.
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Of course one did not do that because onehikedon land similar to that of which we are talking and which already had access.
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They imposed an investment income surcharge andhikedup taxes so that people could not save out of their disposable income.
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The roundheads tend to argue that alcohol duties should behiked, cigarette advertising banned completely, smoking banned in public, a war on drugs prosecuted vigorously, and all gambling curtailed.
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The two menhikedthrough the rain forest for three days and nights until they encountered an army patrol.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The trail is fairly level in most spots and could behikedby most amateur hikers.
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