ride
English
/ɹaɪd/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
- (intransitive) To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
- (transitive) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
- (intransitive) Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
- (transitive) To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
- (transitive) To traverse by riding.
- (transitive) To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
- (intransitive) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
- (intransitive) To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
- (intransitive) Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
- (intransitive) To rely, depend (on).
- (intransitive) Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
- (lacrosse) To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
- To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
- (surgery) To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
- (radio) To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
- (music) In jazz, a steady rhythmical style.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English riden inherited from Old English rīdan inherited from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną derived from Proto-Indo-European *Hreydʰ-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*Hreydʰ-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- along English
- atride English
- bedridden English
- beride English
- black English
- blackride English
- blackrider English
- boardrider English
- bowrider English
- camel rider English
- check English
- checkride English
- dick English
- dickride English
- dickrider English
- forerider English
- free English
- freeride English
- hag English
- hagride English
- hay English
- hayride English
- hell English
- hellride English
- horserider English
- horseriding English
- joy English
- joyride English
- joyrider English
- lowrider English
- lowriding English
- midride English
- multiride English
- nightrider English
- nonrider English
- nonriding English
- nose English
- noseride English
- nutrider English
- outride English
- overridable English
- override English
- overrideable English
- overrider English
- postrider English
- preride English
- rideability English
- rideable English
- ridealong English
- rideman English
- rider English
- ridered English
- rideress English
- riderless English
- ridership English
- rideshare English
- ridesharer English
- ridesharing English
- ridesourcing English
- ridest English
- riding English
- riding association English
- riding hood English
- riding robe English
- roughrider English
- roughriding English
- share English
- sharer English
- sharing English
- sourcing English
- stockrider English
- surfrider English
- surfriding English
- tail English
- tailride English
- underride English
- unrideable English
- upride English
- autoraeda Latin
- raeda Latin
- Reitpferd German
- Ritter German
- reiten German
- wellenreiten German
- aanrijden Dutch, Flemish
- berijden Dutch, Flemish
- doodrijden Dutch, Flemish
- gansrijden Dutch, Flemish
- grijsrijden Dutch, Flemish
- inrijden Dutch, Flemish
- omrijden Dutch, Flemish
- overrijden Dutch, Flemish
- rijbaan Dutch, Flemish
- rijbewijs Dutch, Flemish
- rijden Dutch, Flemish
- rijder Dutch, Flemish
- rijdier Dutch, Flemish
- rijgedrag Dutch, Flemish
- rijkunst Dutch, Flemish
- rijles Dutch, Flemish
- rijontzegging Dutch, Flemish
- rijpaard Dutch, Flemish
- rijschool Dutch, Flemish
- rijstrook Dutch, Flemish
- rijtuig Dutch, Flemish
- rijverbod Dutch, Flemish
- rijweg Dutch, Flemish
- rijwiel Dutch, Flemish
- rijzweep Dutch, Flemish
- roodrijder Dutch, Flemish
- schaatsenrijden Dutch, Flemish
- zwartrijden Dutch, Flemish
- rai Spanish, Castilian
- *Hreydʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *reydʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wreyt- Proto-Indo-European
- ri Norwegian Bokmål
- ride Norwegian Bokmål
- *raidjaz Proto-Germanic
- *rīdaną Proto-Germanic
- rida Swedish
- ryttare Swedish
- ライダー Japanese
- rida Norwegian Nynorsk
- beridan Old English
- oferridan Old English
- ridere Old English
- rīdan Old English
- atriden Middle English
- beriden Middle English
- overriden Middle English
- riden Middle English
- ryder Middle English
- rydyng Middle English
- upriden Middle English
- ríða Old Norse
- ride Danish
- Indriði Icelandic
- ríða Icelandic
- riden Middle Dutch
- rītan Old High German
- ritire Old Irish
- ridire Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ridireach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ridireachd Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ryta Faroese
- ríða Faroese
- rīten Middle High German
- Reider Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- reiden Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *rīdan gmw-pro
- riden Middle Low German
- rider Middle Low German
- rīdan Old Saxon
- riþa Old Swedish
- ride Western Frisian
- rīda Old Frisian
- writhæ Old Danish
- rèi Sranan Tongo
- hay
- hag
- joy
- hell
- tail
- free
- dick
- nose
- check
- along
- share
- rider
- black
- sharer
- riding
- atride
- beride
- upride
- ridest
- hayride
- joyride
- rideman
- hagride
- sharing
- ridered
- preride
- outride
- midride
- lowrider
- dickride
- freeride
- rideress
- nutrider
- rideable
- bowrider
- nonrider
- hellride
- joyrider
- sourcing
- noseride
- tailride
- override
- nonriding
- overrider
- underride
- multiride
- bedridden
- postrider
- rideshare
- checkride
- forerider
- ridership
- riderless
- blackride
- surfrider
- dickrider
- lowriding
- ridealong
- blackrider
- surfriding
- stockrider
- horserider
- boardrider
- ridesharer
- unrideable
- nightrider
- roughrider
- riding robe
- rideability
- ridesharing
- overridable
- camel rider
- riding hood
- horseriding
- roughriding
- ridesourcing
- overrideable
- riding association