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.

ride

drive

mount

travel

riding

ascend

lift

climb

straddle

motor

trip

get on

take

journey

depend on

sit

fare

run

taunt

tease

depend upon

devolve on

hinge on

hinge upon

turn on

carry

go up

bestride

board

wend

car

move

reach

pedal

bridle

bicycle

motocycle

be carried

float

bait

cod

rag

rally

razz

tantalise

tantalize

twit

depend

walk

roll

passage

embark

transport

lead

tool

enter

advance

go ahead

plow ahead

proceed

get up

outing

stride over

automobile

rotate

win

gallop

be astride

control

handle

sail

driving

wishing to go

promenade

saddle-horse

obsess

oppress

nag

survive

outlast

govern

sway

wield

copulate

crawl

creep

stroll

hack

prance

be upright

bring

ride on horseback

chase

chauffeur

course

drift

drive in

cruise

drive around

joyride

shave

tool around

execution

cover

occupy

serve

service

step

thread

tread

come on

go deep

make headway

progress to

rush

thrive

work

deride

flout

mock

ridicule

go on

bear on

carry on

continue

draw out

extend

go along

hang in

hang on

hold on

keep

keep on

keep up

move on

press on

resume

run on

spin off

stay on

stretch

supply

buoy

cross

draw

go around

go forward

propagate

range

tramp

wheel

apparatus

appliance

contrivance

device

instrument

set

thing

thingummy

commute

hop

junket

travel to

rise up

accede

amount

arise

billow

break

bull

expand

gain

increase

prove

rise

rocket

soar

spike

stand up

straighten

swell

take off

transgress

uprise

come up

stem

ride horseback

field day

sashay

beetle

dangle

droop

hang

sag

con

dupe

mislead

scam

trick

chaff

climb on

seater

spread

ride in

bucket

clunker

junker

vehicle

wheels

wreck

expedition

attraction

side-show

bump along

get into

get in

sit on

tour

transit

sit astride

get about

drag

pull

travel by

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”).