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say it: rahyd
ride is a verb and noun meaning "sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions". It is pronounced /ˈɹaɪd/ — rahyd. It carries 16 recorded senses.
riding
be sustained or supported or borne
“His glasses rode high on his nose”
“The child rode on his mother's hips”
“She rode a wave of popularity”
“The brothers rode to an easy victory on their father's political name”
be contingent on
“The outcomes rides on the results of the election”
“Your grade will depends on your homework”
sit on and control a vehicle
“He rides his bicycle to work every day”
“She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town”
keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot
“Don't ride the clutch!”
a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for ride come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.