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Definition of 'Ride'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) ride
to sit on, manage, and be carried on a horse or other animal in motion.

2.  ride
to be borne along on or in a vehicle or other conveyance.

3.  ride
to move along in any way; be carried or supported:
riding on his friend's success.

4.  ride
to have a specified character for riding purposes:
The car rides smoothly.

5.  ride
to be conditioned; depend:
Her hopes are riding on a promotion.

6.  ride
to continue without interruption or interference:
to let the matter ride.

7.  ride
to turn or rest on something.

8.  ride
to appear to float in space, as a heavenly body.

9.  ride
to lie at anchor, as a ship.

10. (v.t.) ride
to sit on and manage (a horse, bicycle, etc.) so as to be carried along.

11.  ride
to sit or move along on; be carried or borne along on:
The ship rode the waves.

12.  ride
to ride over, along, or through (a road, region, etc.).

13.  ride
to ridicule or harass persistently.

14.  ride
to control, dominate, or tyrannize over:
a man ridden by fear.

15.  ride
to cause to ride.

16.  ride
to carry (a person) on something as if on a horse:
He rode the child about on his back.

17.  ride
to execute by riding:
to ride a race.

18.  ride
to rest on, esp. by overlapping.

19.  ride
to keep (a vessel) at anchor or moored.

20.  ride
to sustain (a gale, storm, etc.) without damage, as while at anchor.

21.  ride
to sustain or endure successfully.

22. (n.) ride
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.

23.  ride
a means of or arrangement for transportation by motor vehicle:
My ride's here.

24.  ride
a vehicle or device, as a roller coaster, on which people ride for amusement.

25.  ride
a way, road, etc., made esp. for riding.

26.  ride
(formerly) to ride in a stagecoach as a shotgun-bearing guard.

27.  ride
to ride in a motor vehicle or airplane as an armed escort.

28.  ride
to ride as a passenger in the front seat of a car or truck.

29.  ride
Slang. to abduct in order to murder.

30.  ride
to deceive; trick.

Etymology: (bef. 900; (v.), OE rīdan; akin to OIr ríad journey (cf. palfrey ). Cf. road)

Definition of 'Ride'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) drive, ride
a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
"he took the family for a drive in his new car"

2. (verb) ride
a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement

3. (verb) ride, sit
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
"She never sat a horse!"; "Did you ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young mare"

4. (verb) ride
be carried or travel on or in a vehicle
"I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day"

5. (verb) ride
continue undisturbed and without interference
"Let it ride"

6. (verb) ride
move like a floating object
"The moon rode high in the night sky"

7. (verb) tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
harass with persistent criticism or carping
"The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"

8. (verb) ride
be sustained or supported or borne
"His glasses rode high on his nose"; "The child rode on his mother's hips"; "She rode a wave of popularity"; "The brothers rode to an easy victory on their father's political name"

9. (verb) drive, ride
have certain properties when driven
"This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well"

10. (verb) depend on, devolve on, depend upon, ride, turn on, hinge on, hinge upon
be contingent on
"The outcomes rides on the results of the election"; "Your grade will depends on your homework"

11. (verb) ride
lie moored or anchored
"Ship rides at anchor"

12. (verb) ride
sit on and control a vehicle
"He rides his bicycle to work every day"; "She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town"

13. (verb) ride
climb up on the body
"Shorts that ride up"; "This skirt keeps riding up my legs"

14. (verb) ride
ride over, along, or through
"Ride the freeways of California"

15. (verb) ride
keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot
"Don't ride the clutch!"

16. (verb) ride, mount
copulate with
"The bull was riding the cow"

Definition of 'Ride'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) ride
to operate a bicycle or motorcycle
I ride to work most days.; kids riding their bikes

2.  ride
to travel on public transportation
How many people in the city ride the buses/trains?

3.  ride
to travel in a car, but not as the driver
Come on, you can ride with us.

4.  ride
to control a horse or other animal that you sit on
a woman riding a donkey; Do you know how to ride?

5.  ride
to float on top of waves or on currents of air
seagulls riding the warm air currents

6. (noun) ride
a trip, especially a short one, in a vehicle, on a bicycle, animal, etc.
the train ride to New York; Let's go for a ride.; We took a ride in his new car.

7.  ride
a trip, in which sb takes you where you need to go in their vehicle
Could you give me a ride home?; I got a ride with some guys driving north.

8.  ride
a piece of equipment at a fair or amusement park that people ride for enjoyment
There are plenty of rides to chose from.

Definition of 'Ride'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Ride
the act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle

2. (noun) Ride
a saddle horse

3. (noun) Ride
a road or avenue cut in a wood, or through grounds, to be used as a place for riding; a riding

4. (verb) Ride
to be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse

5. (verb) Ride
to be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below

6. (verb) Ride
to be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie

7. (verb) Ride
to be supported in motion; to rest

8. (verb) Ride
to manage a horse, as an equestrian

9. (verb) Ride
to support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast

10. (verb) Ride
to sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to ride a bicycle

11. (verb) Ride
to manage insolently at will; to domineer over

12. (verb) Ride
to convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding

13. (verb) Ride
to overlap (each other); -- said of bones or fractured fragments

Translation of 'Ride'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to travel or be carried (in a car, train etc or on a bicycle, horse etc) He rides to work every day on an old bicycle; The horsemen rode past.
Afrikaans: ry	Arabic: يَرْكَب	Bulgarian: яздя
Brazilian: viajar	Czech: jet, vézt se	German: fahren, reiten
Danish: køre; ride	Greek: καβαλώ	Spanish: montar, ir en
Estonian: sõitma	Farsi: سوار شدن	Finnish: ratsastaa, ajaa
French: aller (à bicyclette, à ch	Hebrew: לִרכוֹב	Hindi: सवारी करना
Croatian: jahati, voziti se	Hungarian: utazik, megy; (el)lovagol	Indonesian: menunggang
Icelandic: ríða; hjóla; ferðast með	Italian: cavalcare; andare	Japanese: 乗る
Korean: ...을 타고 이동하다	Lithuanian: važiuoti, važinėti, (nu)j	Latvian: braukt (ar satiksmes līdz
Malay: bergerak	Dutch: rijden	Norwegian: kjøre, ta (toget, osv.)
Polish: jeździć	Persian: سوار شدن	Pashto: سوريدل، سپرېدل: داوبوپه ي
Portuguese: viajar	Romanian: a merge (cu bicicleta/ că	Russian: ездить
Slovak: ísť, viezť sa	Slovenian: peljati se, jezditi	Serbian: voziti
Swedish: rida,åka, cykla	Thai: เดินทางโดยใช้ยานพาหนะ	Turkish: binip gitmek
Taiwanese: 騎乘(交通工具)	Ukrainian: їхати	Urdu: سفر کرنا
Vietnamese: đi; cưỡi	Chinese: 乘，（骑（交通工具））
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