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Definition of Ride

1. Verb. Sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions. "The girl liked to drive the young mare"

2. Noun. A journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile). "He took the family for a drive in his new car"

3. Verb. Be carried or travel on or in a vehicle. "He rides the subway downtown every day"

4. Noun. A mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement.

5. Verb. Continue undisturbed and without interference. "Let it ride"

6. Verb. Move like a floating object. "The moon rode high in the night sky"

7. Verb. Harass with persistent criticism or carping. "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"

8. Verb. Be sustained or supported or borne. "The brothers rode to an easy victory on their father's political name"

9. Verb. Have certain properties when driven. "These cars won't ride "; "My new truck drives well"

10. Verb. Be contingent on. "Your grade will depends on your homework"

11. Verb. Lie moored or anchored. "Ship rides at anchor"

12. Verb. Sit on and control a vehicle. "She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town"

13. Verb. Climb up on the body. "This skirt keeps riding up my legs"

14. Verb. Ride over, along, or through. "Ride the freeways of California"

15. Verb. Keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot. "Don't ride the clutch!"

16. Verb. Copulate with. "The bull was riding the cow"

Definition of Ride

1. v. i. To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

2. v. t. To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to ride a bicycle.

3. n. The act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle.

Definition of Ride

1. Verb. (intransitive transitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc. (defdate from 8th c., transitive usage from 9th c.) ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive transitive) To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger. (defdate from 9th c., transitive usage from 19th c.) ¹

3. Verb. (transitive chiefly US South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle. (defdate from 17th c.) ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water. (defdate from 10th c.) ¹

5. Verb. (transitive intransitive) To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback. (defdate from 10th c.) ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive transitive) To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹

7. Verb. (transitive colloquial) To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone). (defdate from 19th c.) ¹

8. Verb. (intransitive) Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹

9. Verb. (intransitive) To rely, depend (on). (defdate from 20th c.) ¹

10. Verb. (intransitive) Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body). (defdate from 20th c.) ¹

11. Verb. (lacrosse) To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman. ¹

12. Noun. An instance of riding. ¹

13. Noun. (informal) A vehicle. ¹

14. Noun. An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park. ¹

15. Noun. A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle. ¹

16. Noun. (U.K.) a bridleway or other wide country path. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ride

1. to sit on, control, and be conveyed by an animal or machine [v RODE, RIDDEN, RIDING, RIDES]

Medical Definition of Ride

1. 1. To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse. "To-morrow, when ye riden by the way." (Chaucer) "Let your master ride on before, and do you gallop after him." (Swift) 2. To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below. "The richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not by riding in gilden carriages, but by walking the streets with trains of servants." (Macaulay) 3. To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie. "Men once walked where ships at anchor ride." (Dryden) 4. To be supported in motion; to rest. "Strong as the exletree On which heaven rides." (Shak) "On whose foolish honesty My practices ride easy!" (Shak) 5. To manage a horse, as an equestrian. "He rode, he fenced, he moved with graceful ease." (Dryden) 6. To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast. To ride easy, to pitch violently. To ride out. To go upon a military expedition. To ride in the open air. To ride to hounds, to ride behind, and near to, the hounds in hunting. Synonym: Drive. Ride, Drive. Ride originally meant (and is so used throughout the English Bible) to be carried on horseback or in a vehicle of any kind. at present in England, drive is the word applied in most cases to progress in a carriage; as, a drive around the park, etc.; while ride is appropriated to progress on a horse. Johnson seems to sanction this distinction by giving "to travel on horseback" as the leading sense of ride; though he adds "to travel in a vehicle" as a secondary sense. This latter use of the word still occurs to some extent; as, the queen rides to Parliament in her coach of state; to ride in an omnibus. ""Will you ride over or drive?" said Lord Willowby to his quest, after breakfast that morning." (W. Black) Origin: Rode (Rid [rid],); Ridden (Rid,); Riding] [AS. Ridan; akin to LG. Riden, D. Rijden, G. Reiten, OHG. Ritan, Icel. Ritha, Sw. Rida, Dan. Ride; cf. L. Raeda a carriage, which is from a Celtic word. Cf. Road. 1. The act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle. 2. A saddle horse. 3. A road or avenue cut in a wood, or through grounds, to be used as a place for riding; a riding. 1. To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to ride a bicycle. "[They] rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the air In whirlwind." (Milton) 2. To manage insolently at will; to domineer over. "The nobility could no longer endure to be ridden by bakers, cobblers, and brewers." (Swift) 3. To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding. "Tue only men that safe can ride Mine errands on the Scottish side." (Sir W. Scott) 4. To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments. To ride a hobby, to have some favorite occupation or subject of talk. To ride and tie, to take turn with another in labour and rest; from the expedient adopted by two persons with one horse, one of whom rides the animal a certain distance, and then ties him for the use of the other, who is coming up on foot. To ride down. To ride over; to trample down in riding; to overthrow by riding against; as, to ride down an enemy. To keep safe afloat during (a storm) while riding at anchor or when hove to on the open sea; as, to ride out the gale. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ride

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