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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Rode+(r[=o]d)+({Rid" rel="nofollow">Ride \Ride\, v. i. [imp. Rode (r[=o]d) ({Rid [r[i^]d],
Ridden({Rid" rel="nofollow">archaic); p. p. Ridden({Rid, archaic); p. pr. & vb. n.
Riding.] [AS. r[=i]dan; akin to LG. riden, D. rijden, G.
reiten, OHG. r[=i]tan, Icel. r[=i][eth]a, Sw. rida, Dan.
ride; cf. L. raeda a carriage, which is from a Celtic word.
Cf. Road.]
1. To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.
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To-morrow, when ye riden by the way. --Chaucer.
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Let your master ride on before, and do you gallop
after him. --Swift.
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2. To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a
car, and the like. See Synonym, below.
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The richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not
by riding in gilden carriages, but by walking the
streets with trains of servants. --Macaulay.
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3. To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie.
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Men once walked where ships at anchor ride.
--Dryden.
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4. To be supported in motion; to rest.
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Strong as the exletree
On which heaven rides. --Shak.
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On whose foolish honesty
My practices ride easy! --Shak.
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5. To manage a horse, as an equestrian.
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He rode, he fenced, he moved with graceful ease.
--Dryden.
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6. To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle;
as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.
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To ride easy (Naut.), to lie at anchor without violent
pitching or straining at the cables.
To ride hard (Naut.), to pitch violently.
To ride out.
(a) To go upon a military expedition. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
(b) To ride in the open air. [Colloq.]
To ride to hounds, to ride behind, and near to, the hounds
in hunting.
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Syn: Drive.
Usage: Ride, Drive. Ride originally meant (and is so used
throughout the English Bible) to be carried on
horseback or in a vehicle of any kind. At present in
England, drive is the word applied in most cases to
progress in a carriage; as, a drive around the park,
etc.; while ride is appropriated to progress on a
horse. Johnson seems to sanction this distinction by
giving ``to travel on horseback'' as the leading sense
of ride; though he adds ``to travel in a vehicle'' as
a secondary sense. This latter use of the word still
occurs to some extent; as, the queen rides to
Parliament in her coach of state; to ride in an
omnibus.
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``Will you ride over or drive?'' said Lord
Willowby to his quest, after breakfast that
morning. --W. Black.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Ride \Ride\, v. t.
1. To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to
ride a bicycle.
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[They] rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the
air
In whirlwind. --Milton.
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2. To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
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The nobility could no longer endure to be ridden by
bakers, cobblers, and brewers. --Swift.
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3. To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
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Tue only men that safe can ride
Mine errands on the Scottish side. --Sir W.
Scott.
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4. (Surg.) To overlap (each other); -- said of bones or
fractured fragments.
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To ride a hobby, to have some favorite occupation or
subject of talk.
To ride and tie, to take turn with another in labor and
rest; -- from the expedient adopted by two persons with
one horse, one of whom rides the animal a certain
distance, and then ties him for the use of the other, who
is coming up on foot. --Fielding.
To ride down.
(a) To ride over; to trample down in riding; to overthrow
by riding against; as, to ride down an enemy.
(b) (Naut.) To bear down, as on a halyard when hoisting a
sail.
To ride out (Naut.), to keep safe afloat during (a storm)
while riding at anchor or when hove to on the open sea;
as, to ride out the gale.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Ride \Ride\, v. t.
1. To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to
ride a bicycle.
[They] rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the
air In whirlwind. --Milton.
2. To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
The nobility could no longer endure to be ridden by
bakers, cobblers, and brewers. --Swift.
3. To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
Tue only men that safe can ride Mine errands on the
Scottish side. --Sir W.
Scott.
4. (Surg.) To overlap (each other); -- said of bones or
fractured fragments.
To ride a hobby, to have some favorite occupation or
subject of talk.
To ride and tie, to take turn with another in labor and
rest; -- from the expedient adopted by two persons with
one horse, one of whom rides the animal a certain
distance, and then ties him for the use of the other, who
is coming up on foot. --Fielding.
To ride down.
(a) To ride over; to trample down in riding; to overthrow
by riding against; as, to ride down an enemy.
(b) (Naut.) To bear down, as on a halyard when hoisting a
sail.
To ride out (Naut.), to keep safe afloat during (a storm)
while riding at anchor or when hove to on the open sea;
as, to ride out the gale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Rode+(r[=o]d)+({Rid" rel="nofollow">Ride \Ride\, v. i. [imp. Rode (r[=o]d) ({Rid [r[i^]d],
Ridden({Rid" rel="nofollow">archaic); p. p. Ridden({Rid, archaic); p. pr. & vb. n.
Riding.] [AS. r[=i]dan; akin to LG. riden, D. rijden, G.
reiten, OHG. r[=i]tan, Icel. r[=i][eth]a, Sw. rida, Dan.
ride; cf. L. raeda a carriage, which is from a Celtic word.
Cf. Road.]
1. To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.
To-morrow, when ye riden by the way. --Chaucer.
Let your master ride on before, and do you gallop
after him. --Swift.
2. To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a
car, and the like. See Synonym, below.
The richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not
by riding in gilden carriages, but by walking the
streets with trains of servants. --Macaulay.
3. To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie.
Men once walked where ships at anchor ride.
--Dryden.
4. To be supported in motion; to rest.
Strong as the exletree On which heaven rides.
--Shak.
On whose foolish honesty My practices ride easy!
--Shak.
5. To manage a horse, as an equestrian.
He rode, he fenced, he moved with graceful ease.
--Dryden.
6. To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle;
as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.
To ride easy (Naut.), to lie at anchor without violent
pitching or straining at the cables.
To ride hard (Naut.), to pitch violently.
To ride out.
(a) To go upon a military expedition. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
(b) To ride in the open air. [Colloq.]
To ride to hounds, to ride behind, and near to, the hounds
in hunting.
Syn: Drive.
Usage: Ride, Drive. Ride originally meant (and is so used
throughout the English Bible) to be carried on
horseback or in a vehicle of any kind. At present in
England, drive is the word applied in most cases to
progress in a carriage; as, a drive around the park,
etc.; while ride is appropriated to progress on a
horse. Johnson seems to sanction this distinction by
giving ``to travel on horseback'' as the leading sense
of ride; though he adds ``to travel in a vehicle'' as
a secondary sense. This latter use of the word still
occurs to some extent; as, the queen rides to
Parliament in her coach of state; to ride in an
omnibus.
``Will you ride over or drive?'' said Lord
Willowby to his quest, after breakfast that
morning. --W. Black.
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
to ride out /tə ɹˈaɪd ˈaʊt/
kilovagol
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