ride

• Verb

  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.

• Noun