ride the beam, Aeronautics. to fly along the course indicated by a radio beam.
36.
take for a ride, Slang.
a.
to murder, esp. by abducting the victim for that purpose.
b.
to deceive; trick: It was obvious to everyone but me that I was being taken for a ride.
[Origin: bef. 900; 1915–20 for def. 17; ME riden (v.), OE rīdan; c. OFris rīda, G reiten, ON rītha; akin to OIr ríad journey (cf. palfrey, rheda). See road]
O.E. ridan "ride" (as on horseback), "move forward, rock" (class I strong verb; past tense rad, pp. riden), from P.Gmc. *ridanan (cf. O.N. riða, O.Fris. rida, M.Du. riden, Ger. reiten), from PIE *reidh- "to ride" (cf. O.Ir. riadaim "I travel," O.Gaul. reda "chariot"). Meaning "heckle" is from 1912; that of "have sex with (a woman)" is from 1250; that of "dominate cruelly" is from 1583. The noun is first recorded 1759; slang meaning "a motor vehicle" is recorded from 1930; sense of "amusement park device" is from 1934. To ride out "endure (a storm, etc.) without great damage" is from 1529. To ride shotgun is 1963, from Old West stagecoach custom in the movies. To ride shank's mare "walk" is from 1846. To take (someone) for a ride "tease, mislead, cheat," is first attested 1925, Amer.Eng., possibly from underworld sense of "take on a car trip with intent to kill" (1927). Phrase go along for the ride "join in passively" is from 1960. A ride cymbal (1956) is used by jazz drummers for keeping up continuous rhythm, as opposed to a crash cymbal (ride as "rhythm" in jazz slang is recorded from 1936).
a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile); "he took the family for a drive in his new car" [syn: drive]
2.
a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement
verb
1.
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions; "She never sat a horse!"; "Did you ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young mare"
2.
be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day" [ant: walk]
3.
continue undisturbed and without interference; "Let it ride"
4.
move like a floating object; "The moon rode high in the night sky"
5.
harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
6.
be sustained or supported or borne; "His glasses rode high on his nose"; "The child rode on his mother's hips"; "She rode a wave of popularity"; "The brothers rode to an easy victory on their father's political name"
7.
have certain properties when driven; "This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well" [syn: drive]
8.
be contingent on; "The outcomes rides on the results of the election"; "Your grade will depends on your homework" [syn: depend on]
9.
lie moored or anchored; "Ship rides at anchor"
10.
sit on and control a vehicle; "He rides his bicycle to work every day"; "She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town"
11.
climb up on the body; "Shorts that ride up"; "This skirt keeps riding up my legs"
12.
ride over, along, or through; "Ride the freeways of California"
13.
keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot; "Don't ride the clutch!"
to travel or be carried (in a car, train etc or on a bicycle, horse etc) Example: He rides to work every day on an old bicycle; The horsemen rode past.
Arabic:
يَرْكَب
Chinese (Simplified):
乘（骑）
Chinese (Traditional):
乘(騎)
Czech:
jet, vézt se
Danish:
køre; ride
Dutch:
rijden
Estonian:
sõitma
Finnish:
ajaa, ratsastaa
French:
aller (à bicyclette, à cheval)
German:
fahren, reiten
Greek:
καβαλώ
Hungarian:
utazik, megy; (el)lovagol
Icelandic:
ríða; hjóla; ferðast með mótorhjóli, *bíl
Indonesian:
menunggang
Italian:
cavalcare; andare
Japanese:
乗る
Korean:
(말·탈 것 등을) 타고 가다
Latvian:
braukt (ar satiksmes līdzekli); jāt
Lithuanian:
važiuoti, važinėti, (nu)joti
Norwegian:
kjøre, ta (toget, osv.)
Polish:
jeździć
Portuguese (Brazil):
montar, andar de
Portuguese (Portugal):
viajar
Romanian:
a merge (cu bicicleta, * călare)
Russian:
ездить
Slovak:
ísť, viezť sa
Slovenian:
peljati se, jezditi
Spanish:
montar, ir en
Swedish:
rida, åka, cykla
Turkish:
binip gitmek
ride2[raid]verb
to (be able to) ride on and control (a horse, bicycle etc) Example: Can you ride a bicycle?
Arabic:
يَرْكَبُ وَيَسوق
Chinese (Simplified):
驾驭
Chinese (Traditional):
駕馭
Czech:
jezdit (na)
Danish:
køre på; ride på
Dutch:
rijden
Estonian:
sõita oskama
Finnish:
ajaa
French:
monter à
German:
fahren, reiten
Greek:
ιππεύω, καβαλικεύω, καβαλώ
Hungarian:
lovagol; kerékpározik
Icelandic:
ríða; hjóla
Indonesian:
mengendarai
Italian:
cavalcare; andare
Japanese:
乗る
Korean:
…을 타다
Latvian:
vadīt (transporta līdzekli); jāt
Lithuanian:
važiuoti, joti (kuo)
Norwegian:
ri; sykle
Polish:
jeździć na
Portuguese (Brazil):
montar em
Portuguese (Portugal):
andar
Romanian:
a merge cu
Russian:
управлять
Slovak:
jazdiť (na)
Slovenian:
jezditi, peljati se
Spanish:
montar a, *en
Swedish:
rida, köra, cykla
Turkish:
binmek
ride3[raid]verb
to take part (in a horse-race etc) Example: He's riding in the first race.
Arabic:
يَشْتَرِك
Chinese (Simplified):
参加（赛马）
Chinese (Traditional):
參加(賽馬)
Czech:
jet, závodit
Danish:
ride
Dutch:
rijden
Estonian:
osalema
Finnish:
osallistua
French:
courir
German:
reiten
Greek:
συμμετέχω σε ιππκούς αγώνες
Hungarian:
lovagol
Icelandic:
taka þátt í
Indonesian:
ikut pacuan
Italian:
correre
Japanese:
競馬に出る
Korean:
경마하다
Latvian:
piedalīties (zirgu u.tml.) skriešanās, *ātruma sacīkstēs
Lithuanian:
dalyvauti
Norwegian:
ri
Polish:
startować
Portuguese (Brazil):
correr
Portuguese (Portugal):
correr
Romanian:
a participa (la)
Russian:
участвовать в скачках
Slovak:
ísť, pretekať
Slovenian:
tekmovati
Spanish:
correr
Swedish:
rida, starta
Turkish:
katılmak, koşmak
ride4[raid]verb
to go out regularly on horseback (eg as a hobby) Example: My daughter rides every Saturday morning.
Arabic:
يَرْكَبُ الفَرَسَ كَهِوايَه
Chinese (Simplified):
骑马
Chinese (Traditional):
騎馬
Czech:
jezdit na koni
Danish:
ride
Dutch:
paardrijden
Estonian:
ratsutamas käima
Finnish:
ratsastaa
French:
monter à cheval
German:
reiten
Greek:
κάνω ιππασία
Hungarian:
lovagol
Icelandic:
ríða út
Indonesian:
berkuda
Italian:
andare a cavallo*
Japanese:
乗馬をする
Korean:
승마하다
Latvian:
jāt; doties izjādē
Lithuanian:
jodinėti
Norwegian:
ri (på)
Polish:
jeździć konno
Portuguese (Brazil):
montar a cavalo
Portuguese (Portugal):
montar
Romanian:
a călări
Russian:
ездить верхом
Slovak:
jazdiť na koni
Slovenian:
jezditi
Spanish:
montar a caballo
Swedish:
rida
Turkish:
ata binmek
ride1[raid]noun
a journey on horseback, on a bicycle etc Example: He likes to go for a long ride on a Sunday afternoon.
Arabic:
رِحْلَةٌ على ظَهْر الفَرَس
Chinese (Simplified):
乘……游，骑马，乘脚踏车或乘公共交通工具旅行
Chinese (Traditional):
乘……遊，騎馬，乘腳踏車或乘公共交通工具旅行
Czech:
jízda, projížďka
Danish:
ridetur; cykeltur; køretur
Dutch:
rit
Estonian:
ratsasõit, rattasõit
Finnish:
ratsastus, ajelu
French:
promenade à cheval, à bicyclette
German:
der Ritt, die Fahrt
Greek:
βόλτα με άλογο ή ποδήλατο
Hungarian:
lovaglás; kerékpározás
Icelandic:
útreiðatúr; hjólreiðatúr; bíltúr
Indonesian:
perjalanan berkuda
Italian:
cavalcata, giro in bicicletta*
Japanese:
騎馬旅行
Korean:
기마 여행, 탈것을 이용한 여행
Latvian:
izbraukums; izjāde
Lithuanian:
išvyka
Norwegian:
ridetur; sykkeltur; biltur
Polish:
przejażdżka
Portuguese (Brazil):
passeio
Portuguese (Portugal):
passeio
Romanian:
plimbare călare, *cu bicicleta
Russian:
прогулка верхом, на велосипеде
Slovak:
jazda, prechádzka
Slovenian:
ježa, vožnja
Spanish:
paseo a caballo, *en bicicleta
Swedish:
ridtur, cykeltur
Turkish:
ata binme
ride2[raid]noun
a usually short period of riding on or in something Example: Can I have a ride on your bike?
Bed"rid`\, Bedridden \Bed"rid`den\, a. [OE. bedrede, AS. bedreda, bedrida; from bed, bedd, a bed or couch + ridda a rider; cf. OHG. pettiriso, G. bettrise. See Bed, n., and Ride, v. i. ] Confined to the bed by sickness or infirmity. "Her decrepit, sick, and bedrid father." --Shak. "The estate of a bedridden old gentleman." --Macaulay.
Bod"kin\ (b[o^]d"k[i^]n), n. [OE. boydekyn dagger; of uncertain origin; cf. W. bidog hanger, short sword, Ir. bideog, Gael. biodag.]1. A dagger. [Obs.] When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. --Shak. 2. (Needlework) An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a ?tiletto; an eyeleteer. 3. (Print.) A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking ?ut letters from a column or page in making corrections. 4. A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle. Wedged whole ages in a bodkin's eye. --Pope. 5. A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair. To sit, ride, or travel bodkin, to sit closely wedged between two persons. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
Drive\ (dr[imac]v), n. 1. The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; -- distinguished from a ride taken on horseback. 2. A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving. 3. Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business. The Murdstonian drive in business. --M. Arnold. 4. In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift. 5. A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river. [Colloq.] Syn: See Ride.
Ride\, v. i. [imp. Rode (r[=o]d) (Rid [r[i^]d], archaic); p. p. Ridden(Rid, archaic); p. pr. & vb. n. Riding.] [AS. r[=i]dan; akin to LG. riden, D. rijden, G. reiten, OHG. r[=i]tan, Icel. r[=i][eth]a, Sw. rida, Dan. ride; cf. L. raeda a carriage, which is from a Celtic word. Cf. Road.]1. To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse. To-morrow, when ye riden by the way. --Chaucer. Let your master ride on before, and do you gallop after him. --Swift. 2. To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below. The richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not by riding in gilden carriages, but by walking the streets with trains of servants. --Macaulay. 3. To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie. Men once walked where ships at anchor ride. --Dryden. 4. To be supported in motion; to rest. Strong as the exletree On which heaven rides. --Shak. On whose foolish honesty My practices ride easy! --Shak. 5. To manage a horse, as an equestrian. He rode, he fenced, he moved with graceful ease. --Dryden. 6. To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast. To ride easy (Naut.), to lie at anchor without violent pitching or straining at the cables. To ride hard (Naut.), to pitch violently. To ride out. (a) To go upon a military expedition. [Obs.] --Chaucer. (b) To ride in the open air. [Colloq.] To ride to hounds, to ride behind, and near to, the hounds in hunting. Syn: Drive. Usage: Ride, Drive. Ride originally meant (and is so used throughout the English Bible) to be carried on horseback or in a vehicle of any kind. At present in England, drive is the word applied in most cases to progress in a carriage; as, a drive around the park, etc.; while ride is appropriated to progress on a horse. Johnson seems to sanction this distinction by giving "to travel on horseback" as the leading sense of ride; though he adds "to travel in a vehicle" as a secondary sense. This latter use of the word still occurs to some extent; as, the queen rides to Parliament in her coach of state; to ride in an omnibus. "Will you ride over or drive?" said Lord Willowby to his quest, after breakfast that morning. --W. Black.
Ride\, v. i. [imp. Rode (r[=o]d) (Rid [r[i^]d], archaic); p. p. Ridden(Rid, archaic); p. pr. & vb. n. Riding.] [AS. r[=i]dan; akin to LG. riden, D. rijden, G. reiten, OHG. r[=i]tan, Icel. r[=i][eth]a, Sw. rida, Dan. ride; cf. L. raeda a carriage, which is from a Celtic word. Cf. Road.]1. To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse. To-morrow, when ye riden by the way. --Chaucer. Let your master ride on before, and do you gallop after him. --Swift. 2. To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below. The richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not by riding in gilden carriages, but by walking the streets with trains of servants. --Macaulay. 3. To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie. Men once walked where ships at anchor ride. --Dryden. 4. To be supported in motion; to rest. Strong as the exletree On which heaven rides. --Shak. On whose foolish honesty My practices ride easy! --Shak. 5. To manage a horse, as an equestrian. He rode, he fenced, he moved with graceful ease. --Dryden. 6. To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast. To ride easy (Naut.), to lie at anchor without violent pitching or straining at the cables. To ride hard (Naut.), to pitch violently. To ride out. (a) To go upon a military expedition. [Obs.] --Chaucer. (b) To ride in the open air. [Colloq.] To ride to hounds, to ride behind, and near to, the hounds in hunting. Syn: Drive. Usage: Ride, Drive. Ride originally meant (and is so used throughout the English Bible) to be carried on horseback or in a vehicle of any kind. At present in England, drive is the word applied in most cases to progress in a carriage; as, a drive around the park, etc.; while ride is appropriated to progress on a horse. Johnson seems to sanction this distinction by giving "to travel on horseback" as the leading sense of ride; though he adds "to travel in a vehicle" as a secondary sense. This latter use of the word still occurs to some extent; as, the queen rides to Parliament in her coach of state; to ride in an omnibus. "Will you ride over or drive?" said Lord Willowby to his quest, after breakfast that morning. --W. Black.
Ride\, v. t. 1. To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to ride a bicycle. [They] rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the air In whirlwind. --Milton. 2. To manage insolently at will; to domineer over. The nobility could no longer endure to be ridden by bakers, cobblers, and brewers. --Swift. 3. To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding. Tue only men that safe can ride Mine errands on the Scottish side. --Sir W. Scott. 4. (Surg.) To overlap (each other); -- said of bones or fractured fragments. To ride a hobby, to have some favorite occupation or subject of talk. To ride and tie, to take turn with another in labor and rest; -- from the expedient adopted by two persons with one horse, one of whom rides the animal a certain distance, and then ties him for the use of the other, who is coming up on foot. --Fielding. To ride down. (a) To ride over; to trample down in riding; to overthrow by riding against; as, to ride down an enemy. (b) (Naut.) To bear down, as on a halyard when hoisting a sail. To ride out (Naut.), to keep safe afloat during (a storm) while riding at anchor or when hove to on the open sea; as, to ride out the gale.
Ride\, n. 1. The act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle. 2. A saddle horse. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. 3. A road or avenue cut in a wood, or through grounds, to be used as a place for riding; a riding.
Rid"ing\, n. 1. The act or state of one who rides. 2. A festival procession. [Obs.] When there any riding was in Cheap. --Chaucer. 3. Same as Ride, n., 3. --Sir P. Sidney. 4. A district in charge of an excise officer. [Eng.]
Road\, n. [AS. r[=a]d a riding, that on which one rides or travels, a road, fr. r[=i]dan to ride. See Ride, and cf. Raid.]1. A journey, or stage of a journey. [Obs.] With easy roads he came to Leicester. --Shak. 2. An inroad; an invasion; a raid. [Obs.] --Spenser. 3. A place where one may ride; an open way or public passage for vehicles, persons, and animals; a track for travel, forming a means of communication between one city, town, or place, and another. The most villainous house in all the London road. --Shak. Note: The word is generally applied to highways, and as a generic term it includes highway, street, and lane. 4. [Possibly akin to Icel. rei[eth]i the rigging of a ship, E. ready.] A place where ships may ride at anchor at some distance from the shore; a roadstead; -- often in the plural; as, Hampton Roads. --Shak. Now strike your saile, ye jolly mariners, For we be come unto a quiet rode [road]. --Spenser. On, or Upon, the road, traveling or passing over a road; coming or going; on the way. My hat and wig will soon be here, They are upon the road. --Cowper. Road agent, a highwayman, especially on the stage routes of the unsettled western parts of the United States; -- a humorous euphemism. [Western U.S.] The highway robber -- road agent he is quaintly called. --The century. Road book, a quidebook in respect to roads and distances. Road metal, the broken, stone used in macadamizing roads. Road roller, a heavy roller, or combinations of rollers, for making earth, macadam, or concrete roads smooth and compact. -- often driven by steam. Road runner (Zo["o]l.), the chaparral cock. Road steamer, a locomotive engine adapted to running on common roads. To go on the road, to engage in the business of a commercial traveler. [Colloq.] To take the road, to begin or engage in traveling. To take to the road, to engage in robbery upon the highways. Syn: Way; highway; street; lane; pathway; route; passage; course. See Way.
Tie\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tied(Obs. Tight); p. pr. & vb. n. Tying.] [OE. ti?en, teyen, AS. t[=i]gan, ti['e]gan, fr. te['a]g, te['a]h, a rope; akin to Icel. taug, and AS. te['o]n to draw, to pull. See Tug, v. t., and cf. Tow to drag.]1. To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind. "Tie the kine to the cart." --1 Sam. vi. 7. My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. --Prov. vi. 20,21. 2. To form, as a knot, by interlacing or complicating a cord; also, to interlace, or form a knot in; as, to tie a cord to a tree; to knit; to knot. "We do not tie this knot with an intention to puzzle the argument." --Bp. Burnet. 3. To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold. In bond of virtuous love together tied. --Fairfax. 4. To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine. Not tied to rules of policy, you find Revenge less sweet than a forgiving mind. --Dryden. 5. (Mus.) To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them. 6. To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with. To ride and tie. See under Ride. To tie down. (a) To fasten so as to prevent from rising. (b) To restrain; to confine; to hinder from action. To tie up, to confine; to restrain; to hinder from motion or action.
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