1Sit on and control the movement of (an animal, especially a horse), typically as a recreation or sport.

1. 1.1no object, with adverbial Travel on a horse or other animal.
   we rode on horseback

   some of the officers were riding back

   Example sentencesExamples

   • After he moved to Florida, he worked with dressage trainer, Bent Jensen who rode for Denmark in the Barcelona Olympics.
   • I'm not sure that modern jockeys generally are riding enough, and practising enough.
   • Two days had passed when three angry horsemen rode back into town.
   • I have not ridden since I traveled from the port city of Esshai to Shael, when I was eleven and the Searcher brought me there to become an Assassin.
   • Finally, the four riders rode up to the castle gate.
   • Some bareback riders ride relatively upright, while others lie back along the horse's back.
   • With the exception of that, however, the two vampires rode in silence.
   • He heeled the horse forward, riding at a slow gallop until they were almost upon the others.
   • The cavalry rode on special saddles that effectively locked them in place as they rode and all but allowed them to keep their arms free to fight with.
   • The trio, all in their late 50s, ride for leisure and travel, not mayhem.
   • For the past ten years they have ridden together, travelling further afield since buying a horsebox.
   • He has been leading jockey twice and in terms of Festival winners, is the most successful jockey still riding.
   • Skyler got up and mounted his horse then rode back to his palace alone.
   • Four-time French champion jockey Olivier Peslier will ride regularly for Alain and Gerard Wertheimer beginning next year.
   • A cowboy rides into town and stops at the saloon for a drink.
   • Then with that black face showing through the thin veneer of white he turned his horse toward camp and rode off at full gallop.
   • They rode in silence for a little while until they reached a toll bridge.
   • Two hours later Mitch Campbell rode at an easy canter up to the Ponderosa ranch house.
   • Their dog, Charlie, came running toward our horses as we rode down their drive.
   • They heard hoofbeats and turned to see several armed men riding at a gallop towards them.

   Synonyms

   travel, go, move, progress, proceed, make one's way
2. 1.2 Sit on and control (a bicycle or motorcycle) for recreation or as a means of transport.
   he rode a Harley Davidson across the U.S

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Riders riding big bikes are presumed to be rough, rude and bullies.
   • Officers said it appeared the man riding the motorcycle lost control on the corner where there was loose sand on the road, and then smashed into the pole.
   • And unlike many people, she did not find it like riding a bicycle.
   • Alan noticed the bike a couple of weeks after he first rode his own bicycle to Tracy's weekly appointment.
   • If, indeed, he or she has ever ridden a bike at all.
   • She has endured ‘months of hell’ from people riding motorbikes and quad bikes on King George's playing field behind her house.
   • Ant broke his collar bone and pelvis bone while riding a motorcycle very fast.
   • Some time ago I complained to the police about scooters, motor cycles and quad bikes being ridden in Peel Park and Bradford Moor Park.
   • When a cyclist rides a bicycle at night with a small phosphorescent spot attached to the rim of one of the wheels, the path that the spot describes as the bicycle moves is a cycloid.
   • Nine of the riders rode mountain bikes and 16 rode road bikes.
   • Undaunted, but a little impressed, Mike just wanted to ride his bicycle, far and fast.
   • If your child is young and has not ridden a bicycle very long, buy a bicycle with coaster brakes.
   • I spent my formative years in New Malden, during which time I learned to ride a bicycle, a motor cycle and finally drive a car.
   • Good heavens, I ride a bicycle to school; need I say more?
   • My favorite form of cardio exercise is riding a tandem bicycle with my husband.
   • Another allegation was that he rode a motorbike and quad bike erratically.
   • No one should ride a scooter or motorcycle without wearing a helmet.
   • He had never ridden a motorcycle before, nor had ever planned to.
   • Ben Johnston, 19, also put his legs up behind him to obscure his registration plate while riding the moped, after he realised he was certain to lose his licence.
   • It is, for example, a great deal easier to demonstrate how to ride a bicycle than to verbalize it.
3. 1.3ride in/onno object Travel in or on (a vehicle) as a passenger.
   I started riding on the buses

   Example sentencesExamples

   • He refuses to wear a seat belt when he's riding in the passenger side of a car.
   • We have never had a serious injury of any of the occupants riding in the vehicles.
   • He even got to drive the same truck he'd ridden in with his father as a kid.
   • I rode in a donkey cart for a sightseeing tour of the village of Rogozen.
   • Prosecutors say he denied having a role but changed his story, saying he rode in the truck and threw a stun grenade at guards.
   • He is also forbidden to ride in or on any vehicle without the consent of the owner or to drive without a licence.
   • The victims were riding in a tractor and trailer which drove over a landmine.
   • Like I said, I have no idea why there are two sunroofs but everyone who rode in the car commented on it.
   • As he rode in the vehicle half of his heart was overjoyed that he would be returning home so quickly.
   • John F. Kennedy was riding in an open motorcade on a goodwill-hunting visit to Texas.
   • They are particularly keen to trace two young men who were riding in the gondola immediately in front of the one carrying Miss Savage.
   • A passenger rides in one of seven cars, each mounted near the edge of its own circular platform but free to pivot about the center.
   • Deaths from weapon fire while riding in a vehicle were coded as intentional violence.
   • Private First Class Nicholas Greer first rode in a helicopter when he was only two years old.
   • She rode in it to the Silver Jubilee thanksgiving service at St Paul's Cathedral on June 7, 1977.
   • One day, Gunpei was riding in a car in the passenger seat when the driver rear-ended a truck in front of them.
   • He rode in the back of the bus, and he reminds me of that, how he couldn't go to college because they weren't integrated.
   • Also there a oodles of new vehicles for you to ride in which is always exciting.
   • However, he was still part of the marathon as he rode in a jeep the final three days giving support to those still running.
   • I realised there was more to life than riding in stretch limousines and getting into VIP sections.
4. 1.4North American Travel in (a vehicle) or on (a public transport system) as a passenger.
   she rides the bus across 42nd Street

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Passengers can pick up a coupon for a $2 discount on fair admission when they pay to ride the bus.
   • Women cannot ride a taxi or walk unaccompanied by a close male relative.
   • We rode buses, trolley cars, trains, trams, ferries and took a cab to make our way there and back.
   • They rode the school bus only for the first two or three weeks during tomato picking season.
   • Blacks in Montgomery, Alabama refused to ride the city's buses in a protest that eventually led to a landmark defeat for segregation.
   • I wanted to know why Lelia Voelker looked exactly the way she did when we rode the bus together.
   • We borrow money, try to cut down, ride a bus instead of a taxi, but everything you try to do is of no use.
   • The vice president's wife rode a hydraulic lift to reach the top of the 40-foot tree.
   • It also explains that ‘all students who misbehave while riding the school bus will be disciplined.’
   • She was 10 and possibly never had ridden in a car or seen TV.
   • The constant threat of terror forces you to think about everything, from being in crowded places to choosing a restaurant to even riding a bus.
   • People who live far away ride a bus for hours to reach the hospital.
   • After school Alison ended up riding her old bus.
   • When the bus pulled up, they got on, and rode silently to school.
   • If you drive a sports utility vehicle, you'll use more sky than if you ride a bus; hence you'll pay more scarcity rent.
   • As long as two other people abandon their cars and start riding the bus, the system will think it is doing a great job, as it will think it has gained one rider.
   • And now that he is older, she rides a ferry and a bus each way twice a week, so her 10-year-old can go to Hebrew school.
   • As children, we would ride in cars with no seatbelts or air bags.
   • Passengers would fly to the space dock in a reusable launch vehicle, then ride a space elevator up to the hotel.
   • A shocking new study tonight shows how simply riding the bus to school can be harmful to your child's health.
5. 1.5 Go through or over (an area) on horseback, a bicycle, etc.
   ride the full length of the Ridgeway

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Jim Paavila, another member of the biking group's executive, estimates on a busy day, there are hundreds of people riding trails in the area.
   • They are not against country folk or anyone else riding the fields and meadows on horseback.
   • Maybe it takes riding the landscape with a native or old-timer who can point something out, to let you know how the geography has changed.
   • He rides the area around Bachelor nowadays.
   • Apart from this year's London - to-York ride, the Angels have also ridden coast to coast in England, Scotland and Ireland for charity.
6. 1.6 Compete in (a race) on horseback or on a bicycle or motorcycle.
   I rode a good race

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Hernandez, who was riding his third race and second winner at Calder, credited the victory to Rizo's prerace instructions.
   • While not perfect - steering your mount can be tricky at times - this game is ideal for those horseracing fans who have never ridden a bad race from their own armchair.
   • The track's jockeys refused to ride the final four races on a ten-race card on Sunday, citing unsafe conditions on the main track.
   • We have a regular customer who goes over there and rides the race every year.
   • Derek rode a splendid race, coming to challenge on the back straight and staying on powerfully to win by two lengths.
   • He was cool and went the inside route and rode a great race.
   • Because I was riding races, Dad kept on asking what weight I was.
   • He's as strong as any of the lighter riders I know and he does know how to ride a race - he knows where the winning post is.
   • When Britain's most famous jockey says he wants to ride a race again, you can bet that he thinks he made a mess of things.
   • What's the most appalling weather you've ridden a race in?
   • So that's why they simply say, ‘We don't think you should ride a bike race and we're taking your licence.’
   • The two riders rode the race in tandem last year and fate has thrust them together again.
   • I would have liked to talk to him longer, but he had just ridden an incredibly exhausting race.
   • Whatever happens, Savoldelli has ridden a brilliant race with minimal help in the mountains.
   • Local rider Michael Mulcahy rode a fantastic race after puncturing and finished a creditable 10th.
   • I felt like I was riding so well, and the team rode a great race.
   • He also says the information that he passed on to these people didn't affect the way he rode the race.
   • He's 32 but rode his first race just six years ago, when he was persuaded to enter the Army championships.
   • He rode a hard race in 2003 for victory but had to make do with third place this time around.
   • I mean, when I'm hired to ride a race, I'm working for the owner in a sense.
7. 1.7no object, with adverbial or complement (of a vehicle, animal, etc.) be of a particular character for riding on or in.
   the van rode as well as some cars of twice the price

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The GMT800 platform makes this latest version even better - it's tight, quiet, rides better and is well built overall.
   • This car rides like the granite-wheeled sedans on The Flintstones.
   • The Satellite rides like a bike that costs twice as much.
   • On the highway the big truck rides like a large sedan, firm, quiet and comfortable.
8. 1.8informal Transport (someone) in a vehicle.
   the taxi driver who rode Kelly into the airport not long ago

   Example sentencesExamples

   • He used to tell me that he used to ride my grandmother to Amritsar to see a movie on his bicycle and then go back to Lahore.
   • I was ridden for five days to my destination, so that the farmer that currently owned me could collect the money.
   • There'll be no taxi riding people back to their houses.

2Be carried or supported by (something with a great deal of momentum)

1. 2.1no object Project or overlap.
   when two lithospheric plates collide, one tends to ride over the other

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Breaking waves ride over each other reddened by the lividity of a fulminous sky, mount and collapse, as they wrest down a tall toppling ship not far out of landfall.
   • If the magazine spring is too slow, a feed failure will occur as the slide will ride over the top of the new round.
   • We know that the most critical element of an accuracy job is the way the bottom barrel lugs ride over the slide stop pin.
   • At the same time, the continental crust tends to ride over the oceanic crust, for it is the lighter of the two.
   • Higher yet, and the cue stick will ride over the ball, probably causing it to go nowhere.
   • Rebated rims are considered less reliable by some shooters who are concerned that the rifle bolt might ride over the rim rather than push it forward.
2. 2.2no object (of a vessel) sail or float.
   a large cedar barque rode at anchor

   figurative the moon was riding high in the sky

   Example sentencesExamples

   • As the on-scene crew reported that the vessel obviously was riding very low and taking waves over the deck, several courses of action were discussed.
   • Other intricately rigged ships ride steadily in the inner harbour.
   • In a fishing harbour near Bari in southern Italy, a flotilla of small boats rides low in the sea, weighed down by festival-goers.
   • Stripping extra windage is especially important when hauled out and unable to ride with the wind.
   • At times he wakes in panic, to find ‘that I am foolishly alone, that no one waits at the base of the stairs and no boat rides restlessly in the waters by the pier’.
   • With one mighty shove from them, the boat rides out.
   • I can see whitecaps out on the water, but the ship rides so smooth that I can hardly tell we're underway.
   • Apart from the first violent outburst of buffeting, the ship rode smoothly and he hoped that would be the worst of it.
   • As they rode at anchor in Hobson's Bay they were amazed and delighted by the contrast to the silence and loneliness of their Antarctic sojourn.
   • The first object which saluted my eyes when I arrived on the coast was the sea, and a slave ship which was then riding at anchor and waiting for its cargo.
   • The chotts were the remnants of the Sea of Triton, claimed Roudaire, where ancient ships once rode at anchor.
   • From their front veranda we could look through a small grove of oaks to a quiet bay where sailing boats rode at anchor.
   • The ship would ride till dusk, when it would settle in Thelin's port.
   • The whole boat is riding higher - not just the front end.

3be riddenBe full of or dominated by.

4Yield to (a blow) so as to reduce its impact.

5vulgar slang Have sexual intercourse with.

6North American Annoy, pester, or tease.

1A journey made on horseback, on a bicycle or motorcycle, or in a vehicle.

1. 1.1North American A person giving someone a lift in their vehicle.
   their ride into town had dropped them off near the bridge

   Example sentencesExamples

   • If you stay here the night I can get you a ride into one of the border towns tomorrow morning.
   • The issue with their schooling is actually the same as many other students - co-ordinating rides to school!
   • And, well, after Mysti talked to me, I kind of needed a ride to town so I could help.
   • I'd have dumped him on the spot if he hadn't been my ride home, but we went back to his house and watched videos, and then I didn't want to dump him anymore.
   • After cleaning up and finding a ride into town, Seth and I didn't hesitate with spending most of the money on Tomas' credit card.
   • My ride pulled to the road's shoulder, hazards flashing.
2. 1.2US informal A motor vehicle.
   that green Chevy over there, that's my ride

   Example sentencesExamples

   • And nowadays, the marketplace wants dubs and shiny bling bling to spruce up otherwise unbearably ordinary rides.
   • For young consumers intent on immediately customizing their new rides, that extra money might turn into the most powerful incentive of all.
   • Still, for those with the means and the need for SUV speed with Porsche image, this might be the ride.
   • He had seen his ride behind the jeep, and he just wanted to go home.
   • Compared to most open-wheel rides, stock cars are heavy and have virtually no give on their front ends.
   • After a night of guzzling beers in a field, the group awakens to find the fan belt in one of their pimped rides has been tampered with.
3. 1.3 The quality of comfort or smoothness offered by a vehicle while it is being driven, as perceived by the driver or passenger.
   the ride is comfortable, though there is a slight roll when cornering

   Example sentencesExamples

   • There are a lot of trade-offs in determining the ride and handling.
   • The ride is firm, but not harsh and the SportCross handles corners like the sedan.
   • Nissan's new minivan has a decent ride, but it's not as comfy as the Sienna.
   • BMW's unique Telelever front suspension helps prevent fork dive under heavy breaking while maintaining a compliant ride.
   • Some of us still like a little bounce in our ride.
   • It's all the utility of a crossover with the ride and handling of a sports sedan.
   • For a relatively affordable price, this vehicle offers a smooth ride and easy comfort.
   • The ride and NVH is surprisingly good for what amounts to a box on wheels.
   • The ride is suppler than on many a car of similar performance, and mid-corner bumps and surface changes are taken easily in the Golf's stride.
   • At the same time, the suspension keeps body roll to a minimum, but not at the cost of a harsh ride.
   • This gives the MDX a ride that resembles a sportier version of its minivan sibling Odyssey.
   • It helps in cutting fuel expenses at the same time in making your ride livelier.
   • Going larger would have degraded the ride significantly.
   • The ride is made sportier by the combination of the bigger tires and slightly stiffer bushings, and steering is tightened up via a different steering gear.
   • On the expressway, the ride is that of a plush luxury car.
   • She thinks the Rendezvous duplicates the softer ride of a Buick sedan without being sloppy, thanks in part to an independent rear suspension.
   • Scenic II combines the spaciousness of an MPV with the ride and handling of a sedan.
   • The ride was especially harsh over a short stretch of washboard road.
   • I didn't have any trouble finding any of the buttons and switches inside and I wasn't surprised by the ride and handling.
   • This leads to a stiffer ride, poor fuel economy due to higher rolling resistance, and limitations in its repairability.
4. 1.4 A path, typically one through woods, for riding horses.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • On Sunday, the first evening of the ride, a Nez Perce chief will bless the trail ride.
   • Land formations and sightings of land, water and air creatures from 12 actual trail rides are documented in great detail.

   Synonyms

   footpath, pathway, footway, pavement, track, jogging track, trail, trackway, bridleway, bridle path, riding, towpath, walk, walkway, promenade, esplanade, avenue, lane, alley, alleyway, passage, passageway, byway, sidetrack, berm, causeway, right of way
5. 1.5Canadian A demonstration of horse riding as an entertainment.

2A roller coaster, merry-go-round, or other amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.

3vulgar slang An act of sexual intercourse.

4A cymbal used for keeping up a continuous rhythm.