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What (who) is ride - definition
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Ride (album); RIDE; Ride (disambiguation); Ride (song); Ride (film)
Ride
·noun A saddle horse.
II. Ride ·vt To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
III. Ride ·vt To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
IV. Ride ·vi To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.
V. Ride ·vi To be supported in motion; to Rest.
VI. Ride ·vi To manage a horse, as an Equestrian.
VII. Ride ·noun The act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle.
VIII. Ride ·vt To overlap (each other);
- said of bones or fractured fragments.
IX. Ride ·vt To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to ride a bicycle.
XI. Ride ·noun A road or avenue cut in a wood, or through grounds, to be used as a place for riding; a riding.
XII. Ride ·vi To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. ·see Synonym, below.
XIII. Ride ·vi To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.
ride
a person's vehicle.
Let's take your car, my ride's out of gas.
Let's take your car, my ride's out of gas.
ride
¦ verb (past rode; past participle ridden)
1. sit on and control the movement of (a horse, bicycle, or motorcycle).
(usu. ride in/on) travel in or on (a vehicle or horse).
compete in (a race) on a horse, bicycle, or motorcycle.
N. Amer. travel in (a lift or vehicle).
2. be carried or supported by (something with great momentum).
(of a vessel) sail or float.
(ride something out) come safely through something.
yield to (a blow) so as to reduce its impact.
3. project or overlap.
(ride up) (of a garment) gradually move upwards out of its proper position.
4. (ride on) depend on.
5. [often in combination] (be ridden) be full of or dominated by: crime-ridden streets.
6. vulgar slang have sex with.
7. N. Amer. annoy or tease.
¦ noun
1. an act of riding.
2. N. Amer. a person giving a lift in a vehicle.
3. US informal a motor vehicle.
4. a path for horse riding.
5. a roller coaster, roundabout, etc. ridden at a fair or amusement park.
6. (also ride cymbal) a cymbal keeping up a continuous rhythm.
7. vulgar slang an act of sexual intercourse.
Phrases
be riding for a fall informal be acting in a reckless way that invites failure.
let something ride take no immediate action over something.
ride herd on N. Amer. keep watch over.
ride high be successful.
ride shotgun chiefly N. Amer. travel as a guard next to the driver of a vehicle.
ride to hounds chiefly Brit. go fox-hunting on horseback.
a rough (or easy) ride a difficult (or easy) time.
take someone for a ride informal deceive someone.
Derivatives
rideable (also ridable) adjective
Origin
OE ridan, of Gmc origin.
Examples of use of ride
1. Do I prefer a soft ride, a firm, "sporty" ride –– or something in–between? 5.
2. Its refrain, "ride Sally ride", would later be reincarnated in Wilson Pickett‘s Mustang Sally.
3. No changes were made to the ride or to rules regulating who can ride it.
4. Musharraf got a free ride because of '/11 and that free ride is over,‘‘ he said.
5. Musharraf "got a free ride because of '/11 and that free ride is over," he said.