ride

Meaning

1. To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
2. To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
3. (informal) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
4. Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
5. To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
6. To traverse by riding.
7. To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
8. To exploit or take advantage of (a situation).
9. To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
10. (slang) To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with.
11. (colloquial) To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
12. Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
13. To rely, depend (on).
14. Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
15. To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
16. To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
17. To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
18. To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
19. In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.

drive

mount

depend on

depend upon

hinge upon

devolve on

wend

be carried

stride over

ride in

side-show

wield

bump along

climb on

go deep

make headway

move on

progress to

sit astride

sit on

ride on horseback

travel by

ride horseback

travel to

be upright

saddle-horse

be astride

wishing to go

drive around

go forward

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹaɪd/

From Middle English riden, from Old English rīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīdan, from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreydʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH-. Cognates: From Proto-Germanic: North Frisian ride (“to ride”), Saterland Frisian riede (“to ride”), West Frisian ride (“to ride”), Low German rieden (“to ride”), Dutch rijden (“to ride”), German reiten (“to ride”), Danish ride (“to ride”), Swedish rida (“to ride”). From Indo-European: Welsh rhwyddhau (“to hurry”).