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ride

/ɹaɪd/

noun

Meaning

  • An instance of riding.

    "Can I have a ride on your bike?"

  • A vehicle.

    "That's a nice ride; what did it cost?"

  • An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.

  • A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.

    "Can you give me a ride?"

  • A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.

  • A saddle horse.

  • A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.

  • In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.

verb

Meaning

  • To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.

  • To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.

  • (chiefly US and South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.

    "The cab rode him downtown."

  • Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.

  • To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.

    "The witch cackled and rode away on her broomstick."

  • To traverse by riding.

  • To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.

    "How many races have you ridden this year?"

  • To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.

    "A horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast."

  • To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with.

  • To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).

  • Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.

  • To rely, depend (on).

  • Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).

  • 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.

  • In jazz, a steady rhythmical style.

Synonyms

do it,
get it on