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ride English

Meaning ride meaning

What does ride mean?
Definitions in simple English

ride Verb

— If you ride something you sit on it while it moves. I can ride a horse, but I cannot ride a motorcycle.

ride Noun

— A ride is a journey you take by riding. It was a long ride from Canada to Mexico. — A ride is a vehicle like a car, motorcycle or bicycle. That is a nice ride you are driving. — A ride is a machine that you ride on for fun. Roller-coasters and merry-go-rounds are my favorite rides at the park. — A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle. Can you give me a ride?

ride

— verb (= sit) sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions She never sat a horse! Did you ever ride a camel? The girl liked to drive the young mare — verb be carried or travel on or in a vehicle I ride to work in a bus He rides the subway downtown every day — noun (= drive) a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile) he took the family for a drive in his new car — verb move like a floating object The moon rode high in the night sky — verb continue undisturbed and without interference Let it ride — verb (= tease, razz) harass with persistent criticism or carping The children teased the new teacher Don't ride me so hard over my failure His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie — verb copulate with The bull was riding the cow — verb keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot Don't ride the clutch! — verb ride over, along, or through Ride the freeways of California — verb sit on and control a vehicle He rides his bicycle to work every day She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town — verb climb up on the body Shorts that ride up This skirt keeps riding up my legs — verb lie moored or anchored Ship rides at anchor — verb be sustained or 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 — noun a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement — verb (= drive) have certain properties when driven This car rides smoothly My new truck drives well — verb (= depend on) be contingent on The outcomes rides on the results of the election Your grade will depends on your homework

Synonyms ride synonyms

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ride English » English

drive mount go travel riding lift ascend climb straddle motor trip take sit journey get on depend on turn on tease taunt run hinge upon hinge on go up fare devolve on depend upon carry board bestride wend walk twit transport tool tantalize tantalise stride over roll reach razz rally rag proceed plow ahead pedal passage outing move motocycle lead

Topics ride topics

What do people use ride to talk about?
Physical actions Move Travel Travel by land

Railroad
Social behavior Social activity Social event

Festival, show
Work and occupation Hunt and fish

Things done to animals

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    ride
Physical actions Move Travel Travel by land

Vehicle
Physical actions Move something Take somewhere

Drive along
Universe, creation Water Movement of water

Wave
Universe, creation Animal Animal actions

Animal movement
Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

Ignore

Conjugation ride conjugation

How do you conjugate ride?

ride · verb

Examples ride examples

How do I use ride in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Can you ride a horse?
Will you give me a ride?
The bus ride made her feel so sick that she began to vomit.
I want to ride a horse.
You need a ride?
Tom can't ride a bicycle.
We'll give you a ride.
Could you give me a ride to the bus stop?
Sami was waiting for a ride, too.
Sami said he had a ride.
Tom seized an unsecured bus at night and he took a ride for pleasure with it until early morning.
Tom is waiting for a ride.
I will go for a ride on my bicycle when the sun is down.
You can't ride a horse.
Can you give me a ride to the station?
Could you give me a ride to the station?
Mayuko can ride a bicycle.
Will you give me a ride to my hotel?
It is dangerous to ride a motorbike without a helmet.
You must be crazy to ride a bicycle that has no brakes!
Bill can ride a bicycle.
Can I ride this horse for a while?
Give me a ride on your shoulders, Daddy.
It can be dangerous for young people to ride motorcycles.

Movie subtitles

While it's been a spectacular ride in the last decade to find these planets, most of them are giant planets.
Hey. Nice ride.
My car broke down and I could sure use a ride.
You know what, I got your back. I'm your ride or die.
Mmm. I am digging this new ride, my man.
You know, I'm a ride or die.
Then, Jared offered him a ride.
I begged him to take me, and in the end he said I could have one ride.
When you're done playing waiter, Mr. Wyatt wants us to ride along the right-of-way, clear out any squatters.
Don't know what the big rush is. We got a long ride ahead of us.
It was a nice day for a ride? Get on.
This is your ride.
And they are talking of a full ride.
Cool, just don't wreck my ride.
It's the last one I'll ride.
He taught you to walk, to ride a horse, and to use a sword and rifle.
Yeah, it's like. it's fun to ride, until someone sees you on it.
I only wanted to go for a ride and see how it felt to drive such a car.
You go for a ride in my car, and now you're asking for work?
Ride and tell them that the soldiers are coming.
Did you enjoy your ride?
Well, uh, get your mother-in-law to ride him, eh?
Someday, you and I are gonna take a ride, Rico and when we do, I'll have the cuffs on you too.
Well, Rico, it looks like you and I are going to take that little ride together.
Stew and I went for a long ride.
I told Mr. Nathan not to ride him.
Say, you trying to ride me?
They call me Taxi. because I won't ride in nothing else.
We get to fly an aircraft, and ride a horse on a field in Mongolia.
I am digging this new ride, my man.
I'm gonna get in the cavalry and ride.
Well, if that ride you gave us didn't kill us, nothing will.
Imagine it. For 30 miles we ride together in his car and never once did he so much as make a pass at me.
Here's your ride.
Nice ride.
And thanks for the buggy ride.
You know, when I was a little boy I was taught to ride and be a gentleman.

News and current affairs

In the process, markets take investors on a wild rollercoaster ride, with the European crisis (riddled with even more confusion and volatility) serving to aggravate their queasiness.
Equity owners in banks should not get a free ride.
But neither depositors nor their banks should be given a free ride.
But the continuing success of the floating exchange-rate system does not imply a smooth ride in 2011.
One day, Northern Alliance soldiers came to the teahouse and offered to give me a ride to Mazar-i-Sharif.
Deprived pensioners burn old books to keep warm, because they are cheaper than coal, they ride on heated buses all day, and a third leave part of their homes cold.
Will these countries continue to sacrifice for the common European good when, time after time, the big countries tell them to go to the back of the bus and be grateful for the ride?
Equilibrium requires that outsiders not tip the balance of a ship of state already enduring a rough ride.
More prosaically, leaders with contextual intelligence, like surfers, have the ability to judge and adjust to new waves and ride them successfully.
It has been a great ride for the US, and America's financial supremacy has certainly eased the burden of being a superpower.
When the Chinese premier, OPEC heads of state, and the world's richest supermodel all express concern about the dollar, you can be sure we are in for a bumpy ride.
Fasten your seat belts for a very bumpy ride.
In both countries, the Parliaments were hostile to the Presidents, and the Presidents tried to ride roughshod over the Parliaments, ruling by decree and essentially ignoring hostile parliaments.
The International Monetary Fund would ride into Kiev or Moscow, negotiate with the Government over the terms of a loan, and then expect the Government to impose the IMF's conditions on the Parliament.
Another Roller Coaster Ride for Exchange Rates in 2009?
Skyscrapers rise out of the desert, yet women are not permitted to ride with men in their lifts.
A bumpy ride is acceptable as long as the landing is smooth.
Housing prices are on a rollercoaster ride, and we may never be able to make complete sense of their movements, other than to understand the volatility that they represent.
But most Afghans live in remote villages - those in Badakhshan can be reached only after a day's bumpy ride on a donkey.
The counterpart of here, because exchange rates always ride on differential performance, is a continued poor supply side performance in Europe and Japan's ongoing and pervasive economic distress.
It is hard to avoid the conclusion that part of the motivation for this was French President Nicolas Sarkozy's reluctance to see Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the IMF's managing director, ride in from Washington to the rescue of the eurozone.

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