cantering
present participle ofcanter
canter
verb[I]
uk/ˈkæn.tər/us/ˈkæn.t̬ɚ/If ahorsecanters, itmovesatquiteafastbuteasyandcomfortablespeed:
Theriderscantered round thefielda fewtimes.
Horse riding
- bridle
- canter
- cinch
- curry
- endurance rider
- endurance riding
- equestrianism
- eventer
- girth
- high-spirited
- horseman
- jib
- jodhpurs
- mounted
- pony trekking
- rein
- saddle-sore
- sidesaddle
- snaffle
- whip
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Animal (non-human) behaviour
Examplesofcantering
cantering
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Canteringinflation is now beginning to gallop, and a serious disaster in our balance of payments is not impossible.
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There is no question ofcanteringor galloping.
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It is stillcanteringfaster and faster in the wrong direction.
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We arecanteringaround the course yet again.
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If we do not, in the meantime quite a lot of dangerous horses will becanteringall over the place.
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We are giving ourselves an extra day's holiday, yet we arecanteringthrough legislation and leaving it in a considerable mess.
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Many times, whencanteringto the starting post, one saw the ambulance and exchanged a merry greeting with the personnel, looking forward to meeting them again in the near future.
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They are available with an inner ring and outer ring, which is also known as thecanteringring.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The first chariot team is shown walking, the secondcantering, the third galloping and the fourth rearing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A player moving one of his pieces out from his own castle must jump out, if possible, instead of plain-moving orcanteringout.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Therefore, a horse that beginscanteringwith the right rear leg as described above will have the left front and hind legs each land farther forward.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Performance was reduced, and despite the car's new handling and engineering features the galloping mustang emblem became a less muscular steed that seemed to becantering.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Robinson commented that he thought that he had the race won before he saw that great bullockcanteringat my side.
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