Ride

[raɪd]

Definition

(noun.) a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement.

(verb.) copulate with; 'The bull was riding the cow'.

(verb.) keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot; 'Don't ride the clutch!'.

(verb.) move like a floating object; 'The moon rode high in the night sky'.

(verb.) ride over, along, or through; 'Ride the freeways of California'.

(verb.) be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; 'I ride to work in a bus'; 'He rides the subway downtown every day'.

(verb.) sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions; 'She never sat a horse!'; 'Did you ever ride a camel?'; 'The girl liked to drive the young mare'.

(verb.) climb up on the body; 'Shorts that ride up'; 'This skirt keeps riding up my legs'.

(verb.) sit on and control a vehicle; 'He rides his bicycle to work every day'; 'She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town'.

(verb.) continue undisturbed and without interference; 'Let it ride'.

(verb.) lie moored or anchored; 'Ship rides at anchor'.

(verb.) be sustained or supported or borne; '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'.

Editor: Miriam--From WordNet

Definition

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

(v. i.) To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below.

(v. i.) To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie.

(v. i.) To be supported in motion; to rest.

(v. i.) To manage a horse, as an equestrian.

(v. i.) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.

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

(v. t.) To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.

(v. t.) To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.

(v. t.) To overlap (each other); -- said of bones or fractured fragments.

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

(n.) A saddle horse.

(n.) A road or avenue cut in a wood, or through grounds, to be used as a place for riding; a riding.

Editor: Ramon

Definition

v.i. to be borne as on horseback or in a carriage: to practise riding: to manage a horse: to float as a ship at anchor: to move easily: to domineer: to overlap.—v.t. to do or perform by riding as a race: to be carried through: to gallop through: to rest on so as to be carried: to control esp. harshly:—pa.t. rōde; pa.p. rid′den.—n. act of riding: an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle: the course passed over in riding a place for riding: a district inspected by an excise-officer: (print.) a fault caused by the overlapping of leads &c.—adjs. Rī′dable Rī′deable capable of being ridden: passable on horseback.—n. Rī′der one who rides on a horse: one who manages a horse: one who breaks a horse: a commercial traveller: an addition to a document after its completion on a separate piece of paper: an additional clause: a mounted robber: a knight: a small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance to measure the weight: a Dutch gold coin.—adjs. Rī′dered having stakes laid across the bars; Rī′derless without a rider; Rī′ding used to ride or travel: suitable for riding on as a horse.—n. a road for riding on: a district visited by an excise-officer.—n.pl. Rī′ding-bitts the bitts to which a ship's cable is secured when riding at anchor.—ns. Rī′ding-boot a high boot worn in riding; Rī′ding-clerk a mercantile traveller; Rī′ding-commit′tee a committee of ministers sent by the General Assembly to carry out an ordination or induction where the local presbytery refused to act under the Moderate domination in Scotland in the 18th century; Rī′ding-glove a gauntlet; Rī′ding-hab′it the long upper habit garment or skirt worn by ladies when riding; Rī′ding-hood a hood formerly worn by women when riding.—n.pl. Rī′ding-in′terests (Scots law) interests depending on other interests.—ns. Rī′ding-light a light hung out in the rigging at night when a vessel is riding at anchor; Rī′ding-mas′ter one who teaches riding; Rī′ding-rhyme the iambic pentameter heroic verse—from its use in Chaucer's Tales of the Canterbury pilgrims; Rī′ding-robe a riding-habit; Rī′ding-rod a light cane for equestrians; Rī′ding-sail a triangular sail; Rī′ding-school a place where riding is taught esp. a military school; Rī′ding-skirt a skirt fastened round a woman's waist in riding; Ri′ding-spear a javelin; Rī′ding-suit a suit adapted for riding; Rī′ding-whip a switch with short lash used by riders; Bush′-rī′der in Australia a cross-country rider.—Ride a hobby to pursue to excess a favourite theory; Ride and tie to ride and go on foot alternately; Ride down to overthrow treat with severity; Ride easy when a ship does not pitch—opp. to Ride hard when she pitches violently; Ride in the marrow-bone coach(slang) to go on foot; Ride out to keep afloat throughout a storm; Ride over to domineer; Ride rough-shod to pursue a course regardless of the consequences to others; Ride shank's mare (slang) to walk; Ride the high horse to have grand airs; Ride the marches (see March); Ride the Spanish mare to be put astride a boom as a punishment; Ride the wild mare (Shak.) to play at see-saw; Ride to hounds to take part in a fox-hunt esp. to ride close behind the hounds; Riding the fair the ceremony of proclaiming a fair.

Typed by Gus

Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of riding is unlucky for business or pleasure. Sickness often follows this dream. If you ride slowly, you will have unsatisfactory results in your undertakings. Swift riding sometimes means prosperity under hazardous conditions.

Typed by Clint

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Editor: Maynard

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