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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

noseride en · VERB

Etymology

From nose + ride.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To manoeuvre a surfboard from the front end.
    • The idea behind the shape, reminiscent of an hourglass, is to emphasize noseriding and tailriding for recreational surfers. 2009 July 14, Joshua Robinson, “Going Beyond the Waves to Reshape an Experience”, in New York Times:
    • We strewed the contents of the box across the bench and clawed through them to find other images of Sando. There was even an old picture of him as a jug-eared kid in sandshoes, noseriding a longboard with his back arched and his arm and head thrown back like a matador. 2008, Tim Winton, Breath, Picador UK Paperback edition 2008, p.71

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
noserides Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
noseridden Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
noserode Tense=Past lexicographic
nose-ride alternative lexicographic
noseriding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Antonyms

tailride