Definition of Ride

Verb: ride (rode,ridden) rId

(riding) Sit and travel on the back of an animal, usually while controlling its motion
"Did you ever ride a camel?";
- sit
Be carried or travel on or in a vehicle
"I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day"
Continue undisturbed and without interference
"Let it ride"
Move like a floating object
"The moon rode high in the night sky"
[N. Amer] Deliberately provoke by mocking or poking fun, often in an aggressive manner
"Don't ride me so hard over my failure";
- tease, razz [N. Amer], rag, cod, bait, taunt, twit, rally, wind up [Brit]
Be sustained, 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"
Have certain properties when driven
"This car rides smoothly";
- drive
Be contingent on
"The outcomes rides on the results of the election";
- depend on, devolve on, depend upon, turn on, hinge on, hinge upon
Lie moored or anchored
"Ship rides at anchor"
Sit on and control a vehicle
"He rides his bicycle to work every day"; "She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town"
Climb up on the body
"Shorts that ride up"; "This skirt keeps riding up my legs"
Ride over, along, or through
"Ride the freeways of California"
Keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot
"Don't ride the clutch!"
Copulate with
"The bull was riding the cow";
- mount

Noun: ride rId

A journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
"he took the family for a ride in his new car";
- drive
A mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement
An instance of riding; the act of riding an animal