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The Meaning of ride

  • (v. i.) To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.
  • (v. i.) To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below.
  • (v. i.) To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie.
  • (v. i.) To be supported in motion; to rest.
  • (v. i.) To manage a horse, as an equestrian.
  • (v. i.) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.
  • (v. t.) To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to ride a bicycle.
  • (v. t.) To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
  • (v. t.) To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
  • (v. t.) To overlap (each other); -- said of bones or fractured fragments.
  • (n.) The act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle.
  • (n.) A saddle horse.
  • (n.) A road or avenue cut in a wood, or through grounds, to be used as a place for riding; a riding.

Synonyms

thrust , driveway , drive , movement , private road , cause , crusade , driving , effort , driving force , campaign , parkway , bait , devolve on , turn on , hinge on , tease , hinge upon , pose , depend on , depend upon , baby-sit , cod , sit around , posture , tantalise , sit , mount , model , rag , razz , taunt , seat , twit , sit down , tantalize , rally , get at , reproof , mobilise , chide , rile , dun , crucify , bedevil , reprimand , lambaste , mobilize , devil , badger , get to , frustrate , annoy , chew out , beat up , gull , trounce , fool , berate , chew up , rebound , lecture , drum up , nark , card , torment , tease apart , dress down , irritate , befool , come up , remonstrate , pester , call up , take in , jaw , rebuke , nettle , fluff , vex , beleaguer , lambast , dupe , put on , bother , gravel , take to task , muster up , summon , bawl out , slang , muster , call on the carpet , put one across , loosen , have words , put one over , chafe , scold , call down , bug , tug , force back , get , ram , take , repel , aim , labour , motor , push , repulse , labor , force , push back , beat back , rely upon , trip out , excite , get off , trip , commove , agitate , arouse , sex , charge , charge up , rouse , wind up , switch on , rely on , rise , bestride , mount up , climb on , climb , hop on , jump on , climb up , wax , go up , get on , compel , propel , resist , impel , urge on , travel , go , move , locomote

Antonyms

walk

Rhymes

abide , actinide , allied , alongside , apartheid , applied , arsenide , aside , astride , backside , backslide , bayside , bedside , belied , beside , betide , bide , blindside , bride , broadside , bromide , burnside , carbide , certified , chide , clarified , classified , clyde , cockeyed , codified , coincide , collide , complied , confide , countryside , cried , cyanide , decertified , decide , declassified , decried , defied , denied , deride , died , dignified , dioxide , disqualified , dissatisfied , diversified , divide , dockside , downside , dried , dyed , eid , eide , eyed , fireside , flied , fluoride , formaldehyde , fortified , fratricide , fried , fungicide , genocide , germicide , glide , glucoside , glycoside , gratified , gride , guide , guyed , halide , heid , heide , herbicide , hide , hillside , homicide , horrified , hyde , hydride , hydrosulfide , ide , identified , implied , infanticide , insecticide , inside , intensified , iodide , ironside , joyride , justified , lakeside , landslide , lied , liquefied , liquide , lyde , macbride , magnified , malahide , mcbride , mcbryde , misapplied , misguide , misidentified , modified , mollified , monosaccharide , mortified , mountainside , multiplied , nationwide , nonqualified , nucleotide , nullified , occupied , oceanside , ossified , outside , overqualified , override , oversimplified , oversupplied , oxide , pacified , peptide , peroxide , pesticide , pied , plied , polyamide , polysaccharide , pool-side , preoccupied , preside , pride , pried , prophesied , provide , pryde , purified , qualified , ratified , rawhide , reclassified , rectified , relied , replied , reside , reunified , ringside , riverside , roadside , satisfied , scheid , schmied , seaside , seide , shied , side , sighed , signified , silverside , simplified , slide , snide , specified , spied , statewide , stratified , stride , subdivide , subside , suicide , sulfide , sunnyside , superoxide , supplied , syed , telluride , terrified , thalidomide , tide , tied , tried , triglyceride , unclassified , underside , undignified , unidentified , unified , unjustified , unoccupied , unqualified , unratified , unsatisfied , unspecified , untied , untried , unverified , upside , verified , vide , vied , wayside , westside , wide , worldwide , wyden , yuletide