Ride
verb
To sit on and control the movement of a vehicle or an animal, especially a horse.
Tom rides his bike to school every day.
verb
To travel by vehicle, without controlling it yourself.
He rides the bus to work.
Often appears as...
- ride a bus
- ride the subway
noun
A journey in a vehicle, especially when you are not driving.
Can you give me a ride to the station?
Often appears as...
- offer someone a ride
- need a ride
verb
To allow or be subject to something, often passively or reluctantly.
We'll have to ride out the storm in the cabin.
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
A large machine at a fair that people ride for pleasure or excitement.
My favorite ride at the fair is the roller coaster.
verb
To bully, persecute, or intimidate.
She has been riding me all day about the project.
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
verb
To sit on and control the movement of a vehicle or an animal, especially a horse.
Tom rides his bike to school every day.
verb
To travel by vehicle, without controlling it yourself.
He rides the bus to work.
Often appears as...
- ride a bus
- ride the subway
noun
A journey in a vehicle, especially when you are not driving.
Can you give me a ride to the station?
Often appears as...
- offer someone a ride
- need a ride
verb
To allow or be subject to something, often passively or reluctantly.
We'll have to ride out the storm in the cabin.
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
A large machine at a fair that people ride for pleasure or excitement.
My favorite ride at the fair is the roller coaster.
verb
To bully, persecute, or intimidate.
She has been riding me all day about the project.
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Active Control
Use 'ride' when actively controlling a vehicle or animal with necessary skills.
She learned to ride a horse when she was young.
Pro Tip 2/2Common Vehicles
'Ride' usually refers to bikes, motorcycles, horses, but not typically cars.
He rides a motorcycle to work on sunny days.
Pro Tip 1/2Active Control
Use 'ride' when actively controlling a vehicle or animal with necessary skills.
She learned to ride a horse when she was young.
Pro Tip 2/2Common Vehicles
'Ride' usually refers to bikes, motorcycles, horses, but not typically cars.
He rides a motorcycle to work on sunny days.
Pro Tip 1/2Active Control
Use 'ride' when actively controlling a vehicle or animal with necessary skills.
She learned to ride a horse when she was young.
Pro Tip 2/2Common Vehicles
'Ride' usually refers to bikes, motorcycles, horses, but not typically cars.
He rides a motorcycle to work on sunny days.
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How do tornadoes form? -...
but the truth is, there's still a lot we don't know about how tornadoes form. The conditions that may give rise to one tornado won't necessarily cause another. But we have learned a lot since people first started recording tornadoes, like how to recognize the signs when one is brewing in the sky. Are you coming along for the ride?
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How math saved my life PIPE...
too much to drink and they needed a ride home so I went to pick them up I wound up singing a song and I had a coke paid the bill and left well unbeknownst to us there was two thugs there that would get tipped off by a server as to who had cash and they would attack and rob you when you left so as we leave this bar I
Video examples
How does your body...
after you swallow it? Medicine that slides down your throat can help treat a headache, a sore back, or a throbbing sprained ankle. But how does it get where it needs to go in the first place? The answer is that it hitches a ride in your circulatory blood stream, cycling through your body in a race to do its job
Video examples
How does a jellyfish...
Even tiny lobster slipper larvae can cling to the bell of a jellyfish and hitch a ride, snacking on the jelly while they preserve their own energy for growth. Small agile fish use the jellies as moving reefs for protection, darting between tentacles without ever touching them.
Video examples
Why do we love? A...
we can be certain that it will be an emotional rollercoaster ride. It's scary and exhilarating. It makes us suffer and makes us soar. Maybe we lose ourselves. Maybe we find ourselves. It might be heartbreaking, or it might just be the best thing in life.
Video examples
Shimon Schocken's rides...
to realize that this vision was misplaced, and that there was another vision supremely more important and more readily available. It all of a sudden dawned on me, in this project, that the purpose of these rides
Video examples
Orca's Extraordinary...
she is thought to be the first of her kind in the world to hunt seals in this riding the tide she carefully enters her young calf in tow one false move and she risks stranding them both
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Biker Chicks PIPE National...
are amongst us on the same mindset like most outlaw bikers the pirate riders favor harley-davidson motorcycles drink beer and support one another
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Sharks Feast On Whale PIPE...
riding on the currents supported by its broad wing-shaped fins this one may not have eaten for two months
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American Journalist
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You won't catch me riding a horse, because I'm afraid of them.
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Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride.
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English Clergyman
A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him.
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It's been a pretty fun ride, to tell you the truth.
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I love getting paid to ride a horse.
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American Athlete
Life is a pretty awesome ride.
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Musician
I did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car.
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Franklin P. Jones
American Journalist
Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
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Garrett McNamara
You won't catch me riding a horse, because I'm afraid of them.
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Gary Allan
American Musician
Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride.
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Thomas Fuller
English Clergyman
A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him.
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R. Lee Ermey
American Soldier
It's been a pretty fun ride, to tell you the truth.
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Tony Hale
American Actor
Veep' has been one of the best rides of my life.
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I love mo'bikes and riding them is my passion.
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I love getting paid to ride a horse.
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Life is a pretty awesome ride.
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