verb, rode or (Archaic
) rid; rid⋅den or (Archaic
) rid; rid⋅ing; noun | 1. | to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal. |
| 2. | to be borne along on or in a vehicle or other kind of conveyance. |
| 3. | to move or float on the water: the surfboarders riding on the crests of the waves. |
| 4. | to move along in any way; be carried or supported: He is riding along on his friend's success. Distress is riding among the people. |
| 5. | to have a specified character for riding purposes: The car rides smoothly. |
| 6. | to be conditioned; depend (usually fol. by on): All his hopes are riding on getting that promotion. |
| 7. | Informal. to continue without interruption or interference: He decided to let the bet ride. |
| 8. | to be carried on something, as a litter, a person's shoulders, or the like. |
| 9. | to work or move up from the proper place or position (usually fol. by up): Her skirt rode up above her knees. |
| 10. | to extend or project over something, as the edge of one thing over the edge of another thing. |
| 11. | to turn or rest on something: the great globe of the world riding on its axis. |
| 12. | to appear to float in space, as a heavenly body: A blood-red moon rode in the cloudless sky. |
| 13. | to lie at anchor, as a ship. |
| 14. | to sit on and manage (a horse, bicycle, etc.) so as to be carried along. |
| 15. | to sit or move along on (something); be carried or borne along on: The ship rode the waves. We ride a bus. |
| 16. | to ride over, along, or through (a road, boundary, region, etc.); traverse. |
| 17. | to ridicule or harass persistently: The boys keep riding him about his poor grades. |
| 18. | to control, dominate, or tyrannize over: a man ridden by fear; a country that is ridden by a power-mad dictator. |
| 19. | to cause to ride. |
| 20. | to carry (a person) on something as if on a horse: He rode the child about on his back. |
| 21. | to execute by riding: to ride a race. |
| 22. | to rest on, esp. by overlapping. |
| 23. | to keep (a vessel) at anchor or moored. |
| 24. | Jazz. to play improvisations on (a melody). |
| 25. | a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle. |
| 26. | a means of or arrangement for transportation by motor vehicle: We'll handle rides to be sure everyone gets home quickly. |
| 27. | the vehicle used for transportation: I've got to hang up now—my ride's here. |
| 28. | a vehicle or device, as a Ferris wheel, roller coaster, or merry-go-round, on which people ride for amusement. |
| 29. | a way, road, etc., made esp. for riding. |
| 30. | ride out,
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| 31. | ride down,
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| 32. | ride for a fall, to conduct oneself so as to invite misfortune or injury. |
| 33. | ride herd on. herd 1 (def. 6). |
| 34. | ride shotgun. shotgun (def. 9). |
| 35. | ride the beam, Aeronautics. to fly along the course indicated by a radio beam. |
| 36. | take for a ride, Slang.
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ride out
Survive, outlast, as in They rode out the storm, or Times were hard during the depression, but we managed to ride it out. [First half of 1500s]