ride

Noun

• a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement

• a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
  • he took the family for a drive in his new car
    

Verb

• copulate with
  • The bull was riding the cow
    

• keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot
  • Don't ride the clutch!
    

• ride over, along, or through
  • Ride the freeways of California
    

• climb up on the body
  • Shorts that ride up
    
  • This skirt keeps riding up my legs
    

• sit on and control a vehicle
  • He rides his bicycle to work every day
    
  • She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town
    

• lie moored or anchored
  • Ship rides at anchor
    

• be contingent on
  • The outcomes rides on the results of the election
    
  • Your grade will depends on your homework
    

• have certain properties when driven
  • This car rides smoothly
    
  • My new truck drives well
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• move like a floating object
  • The moon rode high in the night sky
    

• continue undisturbed and without interference
  • Let it ride
    

• be carried or travel on or in a vehicle
  • I ride to work in a bus
    
  • He rides the subway downtown every day
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  drive , mount , depend on , devolve on , depend upon , turn on , hinge on , hinge upon , sit