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ride

/ɹaɪd/

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noun

An instance of riding.
"Can I have a ride on your bike?"
A vehicle.
"That's a nice ride; what did it cost?"
An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
"Can you give me a ride?"
A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
A saddle horse.
A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.

To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
(chiefly US and South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
"The cab rode him downtown."
Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
"The witch cackled and rode away on her broomstick."
To traverse by riding.
To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
"How many races have you ridden this year?"
To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
"A horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast."
To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with.
To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
To rely, depend (on).
Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
In jazz, a steady rhythmical style.

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