ride

Pronunciation: /ɹaɪd/

The English word “ride” has 20 meanings listed here.

verb

To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
To traverse by riding.
To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
To exploit or take advantage of (a situation).
To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
To mount (someone) to have sex with them.
To have sex with (someone).
To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
To rely, depend (on).
Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.

Etymology

From Middle English riden, from Old English rīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīdan, from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną (“to ride”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreydʰ- (“to ride”), from *h₃reyH- (“to move”), from *h₃er- (“to move, stir”). Cognates From Proto-Germanic: North Frisian ride, ridj, rir (“to ride”), West Frisian ride (“to ride”), Dutch rijden, ryden (“to ride; to drive”), German reiten, reuten…

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