ride
To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
Example
“I ride to work every day and park the bike outside the office.”
Other meanings
To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
Synonyms
- sit
Related words
- ride a hobby
- ride-along
- ride along
- ride and tie
- ride bitch
- ride by
- ride dirty
- ride down
- ride down on
- ride fence
- ride fences
- ride for
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "rīdan".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “ride” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.