ride

Significado (Inglês)

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

1. An instance of riding.
2. (informal) A vehicle.
3. An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
4. A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
5. A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
6. A saddle horse.
7. A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
8. A steady rhythmical style.
9. A wild, bewildering experience of some duration.
10. (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
11. A district inspected by an excise officer.
12. A fault caused by the overlapping of leads, etc.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɹaɪd/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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”).

Frases

Not until the moon was high did the alchemist ride into view .

Até que a lua estivesse alta, o alquimista passeava à vista.