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# rigging

noun (rigging, uncountable); verb, -ing form of «rig» (rig, rigs, rigged, rigging)

«rigging» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. All the ropes, wires and chains that hold up a ship's masts and work the sails. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigging/#m1)
2. Cheating to fix the result of something in advance, as in «vote rigging» or «match rigging». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigging/#m2)
3. Putting up equipment, like rigging lights for a show. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigging/#m3)

### In the lessons

In sea stories and history, sailors climb the rigging to set the sails; the Sea Rat in The Wind in the Willows tells of ships and voyages. In citizenship lessons, rigging an election is cheating and is against the law.

### Examples

- The sailors climbed the rigging to the top of the mast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigging/#x1)
- The wind howled through the rigging. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigging/#x2)
- (law) Vote rigging means cheating in an election. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigging/#x3)
- They accused the referee of rigging the match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigging/#x4)
- The crew were rigging the lights for the school play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigging/#x5)
- Old ships had miles of rigging. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigging/#x6)
- The wind cut through the rigging, and the boat cut through the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigging/#x7)

### Note

From «rig». Uncountable for the ropes. The second sense is always bad: rigging = cheating.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rigging» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigging/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rigging» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rigging.html) on Mova free.