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ride
verb
A2
US /ɹaɪd/
To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
ambitransitive
To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
ambitransitive
To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
South Africa, US, informal, transitive
Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
intransitive
To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
intransitive, transitive
To traverse by riding.
transitive
To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
transitive
To exploit or take advantage of (a situation).
figuratively, transitive
To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
intransitive
To mount (someone) to have sex with them.
ambitransitive, slang
To have sex with (someone).
Ireland, ambitransitive, slang
To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
colloquial, transitive
Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
intransitive
To rely, depend (on).
intransitive
Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
intransitive
To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
transitive
In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.
Forms
he/she/it
rides
-ing form
riding
past
rode
past participle
ridden
Example sentences
1521 results
Can
you
ride
a
horse
?
Tatoeba
You can't ride a horse.
Tatoeba
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ride
An instance of riding.
+10 meanings