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Meaning of 'ride' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Ride [ n.]
- The act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle.
- A saddle horse.
- A road or avenue cut in a wood, or through grounds, to be used as a place for riding; a riding.
2 . Ride [ v. i.]
- To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.
- To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below.
- To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie.
- To be supported in motion; to rest.
- To manage a horse, as an equestrian.
- To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.
3 . Ride [ v. t.]
- To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to ride a bicycle.
- To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
- To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
- To overlap (each other); -- said of bones or fractured fragments.

Meaning of 'ride' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . ride [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
Example in sentence:
  • he took the family for a drive in his new car
2 . ride [ v]
Meaning (2):
- sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
Example in sentence:
  • Did you ever ride a camel?;
  • She never sat a horse!;
  • The girl liked to drive the young mare
Meaning (3):
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
Example in sentence:
  • Don't ride me so hard over my failure;
  • His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie;
  • The children teased the new teacher
Meaning (4):
- keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot
Example in sentence:
  • Don't ride the clutch!
Meaning (5):
- sit on and control a vehicle
Example in sentence:
  • He rides his bicycle to work every day;
  • She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town
Meaning (6):
- be carried or travel on or in a vehicle
Example in sentence:
  • He rides the subway downtown every day;
  • I ride to work in a bus
Meaning (7):
- be sustained or supported or borne
Example in sentence:
  • His glasses rode high on his nose;
  • She rode a wave of popularity;
  • The brothers rode to an easy victory on their father's political name;
  • The child rode on his mother's hips
Meaning (8):
- continue undisturbed and without interference
Example in sentence:
  • Let it ride
Meaning (9):
- have certain properties when driven
Example in sentence:
  • My new truck drives well;
  • This car rides smoothly
Meaning (10):
- ride over, along, or through
Example in sentence:
  • Ride the freeways of California
Meaning (11):
- lie moored or anchored
Example in sentence:
  • Ship rides at anchor
Meaning (12):
- climb up on the body
Example in sentence:
  • Shorts that ride up;
  • This skirt keeps riding up my legs
Meaning (13):
- copulate with
Example in sentence:
  • The bull was riding the cow
Meaning (14):
- move like a floating object
Example in sentence:
  • The moon rode high in the night sky
Meaning (15):
- be contingent on
Example in sentence:
  • The outcomes rides on the results of the election;
  • Your grade will depends on your homework

Nearby Words:

rid ridable riddance ridded ridden ridder ridding riddle riddled riddler

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