ride has definitions from the fields of transportation,sexuality
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[ verb ] (transportation) sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions

Synonyms

sit

Examples

"She never sat a horse!" "Did you ever ride a camel?" "The girl liked to drive the young mare"

Used in print

(The Providence Journal...)

The company which performed the Pulitzer_Prize musical here last night and will repeat it twice today is full of bounce , the politicians are in fine voice , the chorines evoke happy memories , and the Little_Flower rides to break a lance again .

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

Three weeks later following his recovery , armed with a writ issued by the Catskill justice on affidavits prepared by the district_attorney , Cook and Russell rode to arrest Martinez .

It was nearly sundown before they finished the business with Beall and began riding down the stream .

They had traveled only a short distance when they spotted five Mexicans riding along a horse-trail across the stream just ahead of them .

Suspecting an ambush , the two deputies decided to ride up a side canyon taking a short_cut into Catskill .

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[ verb ] (transportation) be carried or travel on or in a vehicle

Examples

"I ride to work in a bus" "He rides the subway downtown every day"

Used in print

(Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)

We rode over roads so rough that our Jeep came to rest atop the soil between ruts , all four wheels spinning uselessly .

(Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)

The horse walked , the reins were slack , the huckster rode with bowed shoulders , his forearms across his knees .

(Harry Olesker, Impact....)

He crossed the lobby and rode up in the elevator lost in his own thoughts .

(T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)

He replenished the dipper and handed it to his young wife riding the hurricane_deck .

She was watching a tree ride wildly down that roiling current .

3
[ noun ] (transportation) a journey in a vehicle driven by someone else

Synonyms

drive

Examples

"he took the family for a drive in his new car"

Used in print

(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)

`` Take a ride on this one '' , Brooks_Robinson greeted Hansen as the Bird third_sacker grabbed a bat , headed for the plate and bounced a third inning two run double off the left centerfield wall tonight .

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

Ludie hopped rides on freight_cars , and was chased by Mr._Yankton , the railroad guard .

4
[ verb ] continue undisturbed and without interference

Examples

"Let it ride"

Used in print

(The Christian Science Monitor...)

But because of the peculiar nature of the military situation in Laos , the Soviet leader must be tempted to let things ride - a course that would appear to cost him little on_the_spot , but would bog Washington in a tactical mess .

(Jim Harmon, "The Planet with No Nightmare," If,...)

You 've been riding on a pink ticket for six years , you know that '' .

Related terms

continue drive

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[ verb ] move like a floating object

Examples

"The moon rode high in the night sky"

Used in print

(T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)

Clumps of brush rode down the ribbon .

Related terms

travel

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[ verb ] harass with persistent criticism or carping

Examples

"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"

Used in print

(John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)

When I was in liquor I rode him pretty hard I guess .

7
[ verb ] be contingent on

Examples

"The outcomes rides on the results of the election" "Your grade will depends on your homework"

Related terms

repose_on

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[ verb ] climb up on the body

Examples

"Shorts that ride up" "This skirt keeps riding up my legs"

Related terms

climb

9
[ verb ] keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot

Examples

"Don't ride the clutch!"

Related terms

engage

10
[ verb ] (sexuality) copulate with, as of animals

Synonyms

mount

Examples

"The bull was riding the cow"

Related terms

copulate mammal

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[ verb ] have certain properties when driven

Synonyms

drive

Examples

"This car rides smoothly" "My new truck drives well"

Related terms

drive drive driveway

12
[ verb ] lie moored or anchored

Examples

"Ship rides at anchor"

Related terms

lie lie

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[ verb ] be sustained or supported or borne

Examples

"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"

Related terms

float

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[ verb ] (transportation) sit on and control a vehicle

Examples

"He rides his bicycle to work every day" "She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town"

Related terms

travel rider

15
[ verb ] (transportation) ride over, along, or through

Examples

: "Travel the highways of America" "Ride the freeways of California"

Related terms

travel drive

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[ noun ] a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement
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