meaning of ride
1. To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.
2. To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below.
3. To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie.
4. To be supported in motion; to rest.
5. To manage a horse, as an equestrian.
6. To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.
7. To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to ride a bicycle.
8. To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
9. To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
10. To overlap (each other); -- said of bones or fractured fragments.
11. The act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle.
12. A saddle horse.
13. A road or avenue cut in a wood, or through grounds, to be used as a place for riding; a riding.
14. a journey in a vehicle driven by someone else; "he took the family for a drive in his new
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Related Words
ride | ride away | ride herd | ride herd on | ride horseback | ride off | ride out | ride roughshod | ride the bench | rideau | riden | rident | rider | rider haggard | rider plate | riderless |
