Word Definition

Ride

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