noun 1. a pleasant trip, e.g. on a horse or a bike or in a car ○ Does anyone want to come for a bike ride? ○ Can I have a ride on your motorbike? ○ He took us all for a ride in his new car. ○ The station is only a short bus ride from the college. 2. □ to take someone for a ride to trick someone ○ Free beer? – There’s no free beer, someone’s been taking you for a ride! ○ The young recruit was really taken for a ride when the others told him that there was a party at the colonel’s house and he believed them. 3. the action of travelling ○ You will enjoy the smoothness of the ride in the new four-wheel-drive model. ■ verb to go on a horse, on a bike, etc. ○ He rode his bike across the road without looking. ○ She’s never ridden (on) an elephant. ○ My little sister is learning to ride, but she’s frightened of big horses.
slang
“to RIDE the high horse,” or “RIDE roughshod over one,” to be
overbearing or oppressive; “to RIDE the black donkey,” to be in an ill
humour.
overbearing or oppressive; “to RIDE the black donkey,” to be in an ill
humour.
ride
(rid), v. i. [imp. Rode (rod) (Rid [rid], archaic); p. p. Ridden (Rid, archaic); p. pr. & vb. n. Riding .] [AS. ridan; akin to LG. riden, D. rijden, G. reiten, OHG. ritan, Icel. riða, Sw. rida, Dan. ride; cf. L. raeda a carriage, which is from a Celtic word. Cf. Road.]
1. To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse. “To-morrow, when ye riden by the way.” Chaucer. “Let your master ride on before, and do you gallop after him.” Swift.
2. To be borne in a carriage; as to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below. “The richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not by riding in gilden carriages, but by walking the streets with trains of servants.” Macaulay.
3. To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie. “Men once walked where ships at anchor ride.” Dryden.
4. To be supported in motion; to rest. “Strong as the exletree
On which heaven rides.” Shak. “On whose foolish honesty
My practices ride easy!” Shak.
5. To manage a horse, as an equestrian. “He rode, he fenced, he moved with graceful ease.” Dryden.
6. To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast. To ride easy (Naut.), to lie at anchor without violent pitching or straining at the cables. — To ride hard (Naut.), to pitch violently. — To ride out. (a) To go upon a military expedition. [Obs.] Chaucer. (b) To ride in the open air. [Colloq.] — To ride to hounds, to ride behind, and near to, the hounds in hunting. Syn. — Drive. — Ride, Drive. Ride originally meant (and is so used throughout the English Bible) to be carried on horseback or in a vehicle of any kind. At present in England, drive is the word applied in most cases to progress in a carriage; as a drive around the park, etc.; while ride is appropriated to progress on a horse. Johnson seems to sanction this distinction by giving ´to travel on horseback´ as the leading sense of ride; though he adds ´to travel in a vehicle´ as a secondary sense. This latter use of the word still occurs to some extent; as the queen rides to Parliament in her coach of state; to ride in an omnibus. “´Will you ride over or drive?´ said Lord Willowby to his quest, after breakfast that morning.” W. Black.
1. To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse. “To-morrow, when ye riden by the way.” Chaucer. “Let your master ride on before, and do you gallop after him.” Swift.
2. To be borne in a carriage; as to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below. “The richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not by riding in gilden carriages, but by walking the streets with trains of servants.” Macaulay.
3. To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie. “Men once walked where ships at anchor ride.” Dryden.
4. To be supported in motion; to rest. “Strong as the exletree
On which heaven rides.” Shak. “On whose foolish honesty
My practices ride easy!” Shak.
5. To manage a horse, as an equestrian. “He rode, he fenced, he moved with graceful ease.” Dryden.
6. To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast. To ride easy (Naut.), to lie at anchor without violent pitching or straining at the cables. — To ride hard (Naut.), to pitch violently. — To ride out. (a) To go upon a military expedition. [Obs.] Chaucer. (b) To ride in the open air. [Colloq.] — To ride to hounds, to ride behind, and near to, the hounds in hunting. Syn. — Drive. — Ride, Drive. Ride originally meant (and is so used throughout the English Bible) to be carried on horseback or in a vehicle of any kind. At present in England, drive is the word applied in most cases to progress in a carriage; as a drive around the park, etc.; while ride is appropriated to progress on a horse. Johnson seems to sanction this distinction by giving ´to travel on horseback´ as the leading sense of ride; though he adds ´to travel in a vehicle´ as a secondary sense. This latter use of the word still occurs to some extent; as the queen rides to Parliament in her coach of state; to ride in an omnibus. “´Will you ride over or drive?´ said Lord Willowby to his quest, after breakfast that morning.” W. Black.
ride
v. t. 1. To sit on, so as to be carried; as to ride a horse; to ride a bicycle. “[They] rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the air
In whirlwind.” Milton.
2. To manage insolently at will; to domineer over. “The nobility could no longer endure to be ridden by bakers, cobblers, and brewers.” Swift.
3. To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding. “Tue only men that safe can ride
Mine errands on the Scottish side.” Sir W. Scott.
4. (Surg.) To overlap (each other); — said of bones or fractured fragments. To ride a hobby, to have some favorite occupation or subject of talk. — To ride and tie, to take turn with another in labor and rest; — from the expedient adopted by two persons with one horse, one of whom rides the animal a certain distance, and then ties him for the use of the other, who is coming up on foot. Fielding. — To ride down. (a) To ride over; to trample down in riding; to overthrow by riding against; as to ride down an enemy. (b) (Naut.) To bear down, as on a halyard when hoisting a sail. — To ride out (Naut.), to keep safe afloat during (a storm) while riding at anchor or when hove to on the open sea; as to ride out the gale.
In whirlwind.” Milton.
2. To manage insolently at will; to domineer over. “The nobility could no longer endure to be ridden by bakers, cobblers, and brewers.” Swift.
3. To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding. “Tue only men that safe can ride
Mine errands on the Scottish side.” Sir W. Scott.
4. (Surg.) To overlap (each other); — said of bones or fractured fragments. To ride a hobby, to have some favorite occupation or subject of talk. — To ride and tie, to take turn with another in labor and rest; — from the expedient adopted by two persons with one horse, one of whom rides the animal a certain distance, and then ties him for the use of the other, who is coming up on foot. Fielding. — To ride down. (a) To ride over; to trample down in riding; to overthrow by riding against; as to ride down an enemy. (b) (Naut.) To bear down, as on a halyard when hoisting a sail. — To ride out (Naut.), to keep safe afloat during (a storm) while riding at anchor or when hove to on the open sea; as to ride out the gale.
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