ride
noun
1. a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
Similar word(s): drive
Definition categories: act, journey, journeying
2. a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement
Definition categories: man–made
Sentences with ride as a noun:
- Can I have a ride on your bike?
- That is a nice ride you are driving.
- Can you give me a ride?
verb
1. sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
- Did you ever ride a camel?
Similar word(s): sit
Definition categories: motion, go, locomote, move, travel
2. be carried or travel on or in a vehicle
- I ride to work in a bus
- He rides the subway downtown every day
Definition categories: motion, travel
3. continue undisturbed and without interference
- Let it ride
Definition categories: stative, continue, keep, proceed
4. move like a floating object
Definition categories: motion, go, locomote, move, travel
5. harass with persistent criticism or carping
- Don't ride me so hard over my failure
Similar word(s): bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit
Definition categories: communication, bemock, mock
6. be sustained or supported or borne
Definition categories: stative, float
7. have certain properties when driven
- This car rides smoothly
Similar word(s): drive
Definition categories: stative
8. be contingent on
- The outcomes rides on the results of the election
Definition categories: stative
9. lie moored or anchored
- Ship rides at anchor
Definition categories: stative, lie
10. sit on and control a vehicle
- He rides his bicycle to work every day
- She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town
Definition categories: motion, go, locomote, move, travel
11. climb up on the body
- Shorts that ride up
Definition categories: motion, climb, mount
12. ride over, along, or through
- Ride the freeways of California
Definition categories: motion, journey, travel
13. keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot
- Don't ride the clutch!
Definition categories: contact, engage, lock, mesh, operate
14. copulate with
Similar word(s): mount
Definition categories: contact, copulate, couple, mate, pair
Sentences with ride as a verb:
- A horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.