ride definition

1. a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement
2. sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
• examples: She never sat a horse!
• examples: Did you ever ride a camel?
• examples: The girl liked to drive the young mare
3. be carried or travel on or in a vehicle
• examples: I ride to work in a bus
• examples: He rides the subway downtown every day
4. continue undisturbed and without interference
• examples: Let it ride
5. move like a floating object
• examples: The moon rode high in the night sky
6. be sustained or supported or borne
• examples: His glasses rode high on his nose
• examples: The child rode on his mother's hips
• examples: She rode a wave of popularity
• examples: The brothers rode to an easy victory on their father's political name
7. lie moored or anchored
• examples: Ship rides at anchor
8. sit on and control a vehicle
• examples: He rides his bicycle to work every day
• examples: She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town
9. climb up on the body
• examples: Shorts that ride up
• examples: This skirt keeps riding up my legs
10. ride over, along, or through
• examples: Ride the freeways of California
11. keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot
• examples: Don't ride the clutch!
12. copulate with
• examples: The bull was riding the cow