(ambitransitive) 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.
(South-Africa, US, informal, transitive) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
(intransitive) Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
(intransitive, transitive) To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
(transitive) To traverse by riding.
(transitive) To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
(figuratively, transitive) To exploit or take advantage of (a situation).
(intransitive) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
(ambitransitive, slang) To mount (someone) to have sex with them.
(Ireland, ambitransitive, slang) To have sex with (someone).
(colloquial, transitive) To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
(intransitive) 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).
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.
(transitive) To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.

An instance of riding.
(informal) A vehicle.
An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
(UK) A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
(UK, archaic, dialectal) A saddle horse.
(Ireland) A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
A steady rhythmical style.
(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of ride cymbal.
(figuratively) A wild, bewildering experience of some duration.
(slang, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse.
A district inspected by an excise officer.
(historical) A fault caused by the overlapping of leads, etc.

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