RIDE (ridden, rode)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ride mean? 

• RIDE (noun)
  The noun RIDE has 2 senses:

1. a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)

2. a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement

  Familiarity information: RIDE used as a noun is rare.

• RIDE (verb)
  The verb RIDE has 14 senses:

1. sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions

2. be carried or travel on or in a vehicle

3. continue undisturbed and without interference

4. move like a floating object

5. harass with persistent criticism or carping

6. be sustained or supported or borne

7. have certain properties when driven

8. be contingent on

9. lie moored or anchored

10. sit on and control a vehicle

11. climb up on the body

12. ride over, along, or through

13. keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot

14. copulate with

  Familiarity information: RIDE used as a verb is familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

drive; ride

Context example:

he took the family for a drive in his new car

Hypernyms ("ride" is a kind of...):

journey; journeying (the act of traveling from one place to another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ride"):

joyride (a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure)

spin (a short drive in a car)

lift (a ride in a car)

Derivation:

ride (be carried or travel on or in a vehicle)

ride (sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions)

ride (sit on and control a vehicle)

ride (continue undisturbed and without interference)

ride (have certain properties when driven)

ride (ride over, along, or through)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ride" is a kind of...):

mechanical device (mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ride"):

carousel; carrousel; merry-go-round; roundabout; whirligig (a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement)

Ferris wheel (a vertical rotating mechanism consisting of a large wheel with suspended seats that remain upright as the wheel rotates; provides a ride at an amusement park)

big dipper; chute-the-chute; roller coaster (elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines))

Holonyms ("ride" is a part of...):

amusement park; funfair; pleasure ground (a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement)

• RIDE (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

ride; sit

Context example:

The girl liked to drive the young mare

Hypernyms (to "ride" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Verb group:

ride (sit on and control a vehicle)

Domain category:

horseback riding; riding (travel by being carried on horseback)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ride"):

override (ride (a horse) too hard)

ride herd (driving animals such as horses and cattle while riding along with them)

outride (ride better, faster, or further than)

ride horseback (ride on horseback)

prance (cause (a horse) to bound spring forward)

canter (ride at a cantering pace)

extend; gallop (cause to move at full gallop)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

ride (a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile))

rider (a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel))

riding (travel by being carried on horseback)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be carried or travel on or in a vehicle

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

He rides the subway downtown every day

Hypernyms (to "ride" is one way to...):

travel (undergo transportation as in a vehicle)

Verb group:

ride (ride over, along, or through)

ride (sit on and control a vehicle)

drive; ride (have certain properties when driven)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ride"):

boat (ride in a boat on water)

piggyback (ride on someone's shoulders or back)

snowmobile (ride a snowmobile)

hitch; hitchhike; thumb (travel by getting free rides from motorists)

joyride; tool; tool around (ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it)

bus (ride in a bus)

cab; taxi (ride in a taxicab)

sled; sleigh (ride (on) a sled)

rail; train (travel by rail or train)

cycle; motorbike; motorcycle (ride a motorcycle)

bicycle; bike; cycle; pedal; wheel (ride a bicycle)

chariot (ride in a chariot)

tube (ride or float on an inflated tube)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Antonym:

walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)

Derivation:

rider (a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it)

ride (a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Continue undisturbed and without interference

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

Let it ride

Hypernyms (to "ride" is one way to...):

continue; go along; go on; keep; proceed (continue a certain state, condition, or activity)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

ride (a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile))

Sense 4

Meaning:

Move like a floating object

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

The moon rode high in the night sky

Hypernyms (to "ride" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 5

Meaning:

Harass with persistent criticism or carping

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

bait; cod; rag; rally; razz; ride; tantalise; tantalize; taunt; tease; twit

Context example:

His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie

Hypernyms (to "ride" is one way to...):

bemock; mock (treat with contempt)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ride"):

barrack; flout; gibe; jeer; scoff (laugh at with contempt and derision)

banter; chaff; jolly; josh; kid (be silly or tease one another)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 6

Meaning:

Be sustained or supported or borne

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

The brothers rode to an easy victory on their father's political name

Hypernyms (to "ride" is one way to...):

float (move lightly, as if suspended)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 7

Meaning:

Have certain properties when driven

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

drive; ride

Context example:

My new truck drives well

Verb group:

drive (operate or control a vehicle)

ride (be carried or travel on or in a vehicle)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s Adjective/Noun

Derivation:

ride (a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile))

Sense 8

Meaning:

Be contingent on

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

depend on; depend upon; devolve on; hinge on; hinge upon; ride; turn on

Context example:

Your grade will depends on your homework

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ride"):

build on; build upon; repose on; rest on (be based on; of theories and claims, for example)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 9

Meaning:

Lie moored or anchored

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

Ship rides at anchor

Hypernyms (to "ride" is one way to...):

lie (be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Sense 10

Meaning:

Sit on and control a vehicle

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town

Hypernyms (to "ride" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Verb group:

ride (be carried or travel on or in a vehicle)

ride; sit (sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

ride (a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile))

rider (a traveler who actively rides a vehicle (as a bicycle or motorcycle))

Sense 11

Meaning:

Climb up on the body

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

This skirt keeps riding up my legs

Hypernyms (to "ride" is one way to...):

climb; climb up; go up; mount (go upward with gradual or continuous progress)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sense 12

Meaning:

Ride over, along, or through

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

Ride the freeways of California

Hypernyms (to "ride" is one way to...):

journey; travel (travel upon or across)

Verb group:

ride (be carried or travel on or in a vehicle)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

ride (a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile))

Sense 13

Meaning:

Keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

Don't ride the clutch!

Hypernyms (to "ride" is one way to...):

engage; lock; mesh; operate (keep engaged)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 14

Meaning:

Copulate with

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

mount; ride

Context example:

The bull was riding the cow

Hypernyms (to "ride" is one way to...):

copulate; couple; mate; pair (engage in sexual intercourse)

Domain category:

mammal; mammalian (any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

 Context examples 

He rode on, and after a while it seemed to him that he heard a voice in the sand at his feet.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

“I shall not ride to-morrow, certainly,” said Fanny; “I have been out very often lately, and would rather stay at home. You know I am strong enough now to walk very well.”

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

My master made his daughter Glumdalclitch ride behind him.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

He saw me; for the moon had opened a blue field in the sky, and rode in it watery bright: he took his hat off, and waved it round his head.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

It was seventy miles, and he could ride it on Sunday and be ready for work Monday morning.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“Think it’ll ride?” one of the men asked.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

"That was a good ride," said the little girl.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

We ride to death of some one.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

You have had a very fine day for your ride.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Laurie came every day, and wheedled Aunt March till Amy was allowed to go out with him, when they walked and rode and had capital times.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)