FromMiddle English riden , fromOld English rīdan , fromProto-West Germanic *rīdan , fromProto-Germanic *rīdaną ( “ to ride ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *Hreydʰ- ( “ to ride ” ) , from*h₃reyH- ( “ to move ” ) , from*h₃er- ( “ to move, stir ” ) .
Cognates
From Proto-Germanic:North Frisian ride ,ridj ,rir ( “ to ride ” ) ,West Frisian ride ( “ to ride ” ) ,Dutch rijden ,ryden ( “ to ride; to drive ” ) ,German reiten ,reuten ( “ to ride ” ) ,German Low German rieden ( “ to ride; to drive ” ) ,Limburgish rieje ( “ to ride; to drive ” ) ,Luxembourgish reiden ( “ to ride ” ) ,Vilamovian raeita ,rajta ( “ to ride ” ) ,Danish ride ( “ to ride ” ) ,Faroese andIcelandic ríða ( “ to ride ” ) ,Norwegian Bokmål ri ,ride ( “ to ride ” ) ,Norwegian Nynorsk ri ,rida ,ride ( “ to ride ” ) ,Swedish rida ( “ to ride ” ) .
FromIndo-European :Cornish ardh ( “ height ” ) ,Irish arad ,ard ,árd ( “ high, tall ” ) ,Manx ard ( “ high, tall ” ) ,Scottish Gaelic àrd ( “ high ” ) ,Welsh ardd ( “ hill, upland ” ) ,Latin irrītō ( “ to excite, incite, stimulate; to exasperate ” ) ,Ancient Greek ὀρῑ́νω ( orī́nō ,“ to move, stir ” ) ,Albanian rashë ( “ to have fallen; to have flopped ” ) ,Russian ре́ять ( réjatʹ ,“ to fly, hover, soar ” ) ,Armenian հառնել ( haṙnel ,“ to get up; to rise up ” ) ,Northern Kurdish rîtin ( “ to shit ” ) ,Persian ریدن ( ridan ,“ to shit; to fuck up, to screw up ” ) ,Tocharian A ar- ( “ to evoke; to produce, yield ” ) ,Tocharian B er- ( “ to evoke; to produce, yield ” ) ,Hittite 𒅈𒉡𒊻𒍣 ( ar-nu-uz-zi ,“ to address, send ” ) ,Sanskrit रीति ( rīti ,“ course, motion; current, stream; line, row ” ) .
ride (third-person singular simple present rides ,present participle riding ,simple past rode or ( obsolete ) rade or ( obsolete ) rid ,past participle ridden or ( now colloquial and nonstandard ) rode )
( ambitransitive ) Totransport oneself by sitting on and directing ahorse , later also abicycle etc.[from 8th c., transitive usage from 9th c.] Iride to work every day and park the bike outside the office.
c. 1597 (date written),William Shakespeare , “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, [ … ] ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC ,(please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals) :Go Peto, to horse: for thou, and I, / Haue thirtie miles toride yet ere dinner time.
1852 ,William Makepeace Thackeray , “I Go on the Vigo Bay Expedition, Taste Salt Water and Smell Powder”, inThe History of Henry Esmond, Esq. [ … ] , volume II, London: [ … ] Smith, Elder, & Company , [ … ] ,→OCLC ,page96 :Herid to the end of the village, where he alighted and ſent a man thence to Mr. Tuſher with a meſſage that a gentleman of London would ſpeak to him on urgent buſineſs.
1923 April 28, “Mrs. Rinehart”, inTime , New York, N.Y.:Time Inc. ,→ISSN ,→OCLC :It is characteristic of her that she hates trains, that she arrives from a rail-road journey a nervous wreck; but that she canride a horse steadily for weeks through the most dangerous western passes.
1930 ,William Faulkner , “Darl”, inAs I Lay Dying (Penguin Modern Classics ), Harmondsworth, Middlesex[ London] :Penguin Books in association withChatto & Windus , published1980 ,→ISBN ,page81 :'He would haverid that horse, too,' pa says, 'if I hadn't a stopped him. A durn spotted critter wilder than a catty-mount. A deliberate flouting of her and me.'
( ambitransitive ) To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.[from 9th c., transitive usage from 19th c.] 1960 June 20, “Biznelcmd”, inTime , New York, N.Y.:Time Inc. ,→ISSN ,→OCLC :In an elaborately built, indoor San Francisco, passengersride cable cars through quiet, hilly streets.
( transitive , informal , chieflyUS andSouth Africa ) Totransport (someone) in a vehicle.[from 17th c.] The cabrode him downtown.
( intransitive ) Of a ship: tosail , to float on the water.[from 10th c.] a. 1701 ,[John] Dryden , “Book I”, inOvid ,Ovid’s Art of Love. [ … ] , London: [ … ] Jacob Tonson [ … ] , published1709 ,→OCLC ,pages19–20 :Why name I ev'ry Place where Youths abound? / 'Tis Loſs of Time; and a too fruitful Ground. / TheBajan Baths, where Ships at Anchorride , / And wholeſome Streams from Sulphur Fountains glide:[ …]
( transitive , intransitive ) To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.[from 10th c.] The witch cackled androde away on her broomstick.
( transitive ) To traverse by riding.1999 , David Levinson, Karen Christensen,Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present :Early women tobogganistsrode the course in the requisite attire of their day: skirts. In spite of this hindrance, some women riders turned in very respectable performances.
( transitive ) To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.How many races have youridden this year?
( transitive , figuratively ) Toexploit ortake advantage of (a situation).1964 June 16, “All Eyes On Lema At U.S. Open This Week”, inThe Indianapolis Star , volume62 , number11 , Indianapolis, Ind., page22 :Now the question is: Can Lemaride his present impetus to a third tournament victory in the pressure-loaded Open or will he run out of steam?
2006 October 7, Andrew Pollack, “Which Cows Do You Trust?”, inThe New York Times [2] :By labeling milk free of the artificial hormone, the dairy industry canride the popularity of natural foods, without the greater expense and special feeds required to produce milk that can be fully certified as “organic.”
( intransitive ) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.A horserides easy or hard, slow or fast.
( ambitransitive , slang ) Tomount (someone) tohave sex with them.[from 13th c.] 1997 , Linda Howard,Son of the Morning , page345 :Sherode him hard, and he squeezed her breasts, and she came again.
2006 , Noire[ pseudonym] ,Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale , New York, N.Y.:One World ,Ballantine Books ,→ISBN ,page152 :Isisrode my mug like she was on a ten-inch dick, and as soon as she nutted I tossed her ass off a me and flipped her on her back, then fucked the shit outta her cause it was payback time.
( ambitransitive , Ireland , slang ) Tohave sex with (someone).( transitive , colloquial ) Tonag orcriticize ; toannoy (someone).[from 19th c.] 2002 , Myra MacPherson,Long Time Passing: Vietnam and the haunted generation , page375 :“One old boy startedriding me about not having gone to Vietnam; I just spit my coffee at him, and he backed off.
( intransitive ) Of clothing: to graduallymove (up) andcrease ; toruckle .[from 19th c.] 2008 July 27, Ann Kessel,The Guardian :In athletics, triple jumper Ashia Hansen advises a thong for training because, while knickersride up, ‘thongs have nowhere left to go’: but in Beijing Britain's best are likely, she says, to forgo knickers altogether, preferring to go commando for their country under their GB kit.
( intransitive ) Torely ,depend (on).[from 20th c.] 2006 March 9, “Grappling with deficits”, inThe Economist :With so muchriding on the new payments system, it was thus a grave embarrassment to the government when the tariff for 2006-07 had to be withdrawn for amendments towards the end of February.
( intransitive ) Of clothing: torest (in a given way on a part of the body).[from 20th c.] 2001 September 16, Jenny Eliscu, “Oops...she's doing it again ”, inThe Observer :She's wearing inky-blue jeans thatride low enough on her hips that her aquamarine thong peeks out teasingly at the back.
( lacrosse ) To playdefense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.To manageinsolently at will; todomineer over . ( surgery ) To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.( radio , television , transitive ) Tomonitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.vocalriding
2006 , Simran Kohli,Radio Jockey Handbook :The board operator normally watches the meter scale marked for modulation percentage,riding the gain to bring volume peaks into the 85% to 100% range.
2017 , Michael O'Connell,Turn Up the Volume: A Down and Dirty Guide to Podcasting , page22 :“You don't want themriding the volume knob, so that's why you learn how to do your levels properly to make the whole thing transparent for the listener.[ …]
( music ) Injazz , to play in a steady rhythmical style.2000 , Max Harrison, Charles Fox, Eric Thacker,The Essential Jazz Records: Modernism to postmodernism , page238 :The quintet in Propheticape muses out-of-measured-time until Holland leads it into swift,riding jazz.
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to transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, bicycle etc.
Afrikaans:ry (af) Aklanon:sakay Altai:Southern Altai:минер ( miner ) Arabic:رَكِبَ (ar) ( rakiba ) ,( horse ) اِمْتَطَى ( imtaṭā ) ,اقتعد Egyptian Arabic:ركب ( rikib ) Hijazi Arabic:ركب ( rikib ) South Levantine Arabic:ركب ( ríkib ) Armenian:հեծնել (hy) ( hecnel ) Belarusian:скака́ць impf ( skakácʹ ) Bikol:Central Bikol:lunad (bcl) Burmese:စီး (my) ( ci: ) ,စိုင်း (my) ( cuing: ) Buryat:унаха ( unaxa ) Catalan:colcar (ca) ,muntar (ca) ,cavalcar (ca) Chinese:Eastern Min:骑 ( kie ) Mandarin:騎 / 骑 (zh) ( qí ) Czech:jet (cs) Danish:( horse ) ride (da) ,( bicycle ) køre (da) Dutch:rijden (nl) Esperanto:rajdi (eo) Estonian:please add this translation if you can Finnish:ratsastaa (fi) ( on horseback ) ,ajaa (fi) ( on a vehicle ) French:( on a vehicle ) rouler (fr) ,( on an animal ) monter (fr) ,chevaucher (fr) Frisian:North Frisian:( Föhr-Amrum ) ridj West Frisian:ride Friulian:cjavalgjâ Galician:montar (gl) ,cabalgar (gl) Georgian:please add this translation if you can German:( horse ) reiten (de) ,( bicycle ) fahren (de) Greek:Ancient Greek:ἐλαύνω ( elaúnō ) Hawaiian:hoʻoholo ( on horseback ) ,holo ,holoholo ( on other vehicles ) Hebrew:רָכַב (he) m ( rakháv ) Higaonon:sakay Hindi:सवार होना ( savār honā ) Hmong:White Hmong:caij Hungarian:( horse ) lovagol (hu) ,( bicycle ) biciklizik (hu) ,kerékpározik (hu) Icelandic:ríða (is) Ido:kavalkar (io) Indonesian:(pleaseverify ) naik (id) ,(pleaseverify ) menaiki (id) ,(pleaseverify ) mengendarai (id) ,(pleaseverify ) menunggang (id) Italian:( horse; transitive and intransitive ) (pleaseverify ) cavalcare (it) ,( bicycle; transitive ) (pleaseverify ) guidare (it) ,( bicycle; intransitive ) (pleaseverify ) andare in bici Japanese:乗る (ja) ( のる , noru) Kalmyk:унх ( unx ) Khmer:ជិះ (km) ( cih ) Korean:타다 (ko) ( tada ) ,말을 타다 ( mareul tada ) Kyrgyz:мин- ( min- ) Lao:ຂີ່ (lo) ( khī ) Latgalian:( horse ) juot ,raituot ,( bike ) braukt Latin:equitō ,caballico Latvian:jāt (lv) ,( bike ) braukt (lv) Lithuanian:( horse ) joti (lt) Low German:German Low German:rieden Malay:menaiki (ms) ,menunggang (ms) Māori:eke Maranao:sakay Mongolian:унах (mn) ( unax ) Nepali:चढ्नु (ne) ( caḍhnu ) Norwegian:Bokmål:ri (no) ,ride (no) Nynorsk:ri Occitan:cavalgar ,montar (oc) Old Church Slavonic:ꙗхати ( jaxati ) Old English:rīdan Persian:سواری کردن (fa) ( savâri kardan ) ,راندن (fa) ( rândan ) Polish:( concrete ) jechać (pl) impf ,pojechać (pl) pf ,( abstract ) jeździć (pl) impf ,skakać (pl) impf Portuguese:andar de ,cavalgar (pt) ( to ride a horse ) Russian:( concrete ) е́хать (ru) impf ( jéxatʹ ) ,пое́хать (ru) pf ( pojéxatʹ ) ,( abstract ) е́здить (ru) impf ( jézditʹ ) ,( for recreation ) ката́ться (ru) impf ( katátʹsja ) ,поката́ться (ru) pf ( pokatátʹsja ) ,прокати́ться (ru) pf ( prokatítʹsja ) ,скака́ть (ru) impf ( skakátʹ ) ( on a horse ) Sardinian:caddigare ,cadhigare ,caddicare ,cadhicare ,cuadhigai Serbo-Croatian:jahati (sh) Sicilian:cavarcari (scn) ,cravaccari (scn) ,accavarcari (scn) Slovene:( bicycle ) voziti (sl) ,( horse ) jezditi ,( horse ) jahati (sl) Sotho:palama (st) Spanish:montar (es) ,cabalgar (es) ( horse ) ,caballear (es) ( horse ) ,ruar (es) ,andar (es) Swedish:rida (sv) ( animal ) ,åka (sv) ( bike ) Thai:ขี่ (th) ( kìi ) ,ขับ (th) ( kàp ) Tibetan:please add this translation if you can Tongan:heka Turkish:sürmek (tr) ,binmek (tr) Ottoman Turkish:بینمك ( binmek ) Ugaritic:𐎗𐎋𐎁 ( rkb ) Ukrainian:ї́хати (uk) ( jíxaty ) ,ї́здити (uk) ( jízdyty ) ,скака́ти impf ( skakáty ) Venetan:cavalcar Vietnamese:lái (vi) ,cưỡi (vi) ,cỡi Volapük:monitön (vo) Welsh:reidio (cy) ,( horse ) marchogaeth (cy) ,( bicycle ) beicio (cy) Yakut:миин ( miin ) Yiddish:פֿאָרן ( forn ) Zhuang:please add this translation if you can
to be transported in a vehicle as a passenger
Afrikaans:ry (af) American Sign Language:BentV@InThumb-PalmDown-C@CenterChesthigh BentV@InThumb-PalmDown-C@DistalCenterChesthigh Arabic:رَكِبَ (ar) ( rakiba ) Armenian:հեծնվել (hy) ( hecnvel ) Bulgarian:пътувам (bg) ( pǎtuvam ) Burmese:စီး (my) ( ci: ) Catalan:colcar (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:乘 (zh) ( chéng ) ,搭乘 (zh) ( dāchéng ) ,坐 (zh) ( zuò ) Czech:jet (cs) Danish:køre (da) Dutch:rijden (nl) ,meerijden (nl) Esperanto:rajdi (eo) Finnish:ajaa (fi) ,matkustaa (fi) ,olla kyydissä French:monter (fr) en, à Frisian:West Frisian:ride Galician:montar (gl) Georgian:please add this translation if you can German:fahren (de) Hawaiian:holo ,holoholo Hebrew:נָסַע (he) m ( nasá ) Hungarian:( car ) autózik (hu) ,( bus/coach ) buszozik (hu) ,( train ) vonatozik (hu) ,( underground ) metrózik (hu) ( etc. ) ,( more commonly expressed as ) autóval /busszal /etc. megy Italian:( transitive and intransitive ) (pleaseverify ) guidare (it) ,( intransitive ) (pleaseverify ) andare in macchina Japanese:乗る (ja) ( のる , noru) Korean:타다 (ko) ( tada ) Lao:please add this translation if you can Latgalian:braukt Latin:vehō (la) Latvian:braukt (lv) Lithuanian:važiuoti (lt) ,keliauti Māori:eke Mongolian:please add this translation if you can Norwegian:ri (no) Bokmål:kjøre (no) Nynorsk:kjøyre Old Church Slavonic:ꙗхати ( jaxati ) Persian:راندن (fa) ( rândan ) Polish:( concrete ) jechać (pl) impf ,pojechać (pl) pf ,( abstract ) jeździć (pl) impf Portuguese:andar de ,pegar (pt) Russian:( concrete ) еха́ть (ru) impf ( jexátʹ ) ,пое́хать (ru) pf ( pojéxatʹ ) ,( abstract ) е́здить (ru) impf ( jézditʹ ) ,( for recreation ) ката́ться (ru) impf ( katátʹsja ) ,поката́ться (ru) pf ( pokatátʹsja ) ,прокати́ться (ru) pf ( prokatítʹsja ) Slovene:voziti (sl) Sotho:palama (st) Spanish:pasear (es) ,raitear ( Honduras ) ,ruar (es) Swedish:åka (sv) Thai:โดยสาร (th) ( dooi-sǎan ) ,สาร (th) ( sǎan ) ,ไป ...โดยสาร ( bpai ... dooi-sǎan ) Tocharian B:klānk- Tongan:heka Turkish:binmek (tr) Ukrainian:ї́хати (uk) ( jíxaty ) ,ї́здити (uk) ( jízdyty ) Vietnamese:đi (vi) Welsh:mynd (cy) ,teithio (cy)
to transport someone in a vehicle
to sail, float on the water
to travel lightly and quickly, as on horseback
to mount someone to have sex with them
colloquial: to criticize or annoy
of clothing: to gradually move up and crease
of clothing: to rest on a part of the body
lacrosse: to play defense or midfielders as an attackman
ride (plural rides )
An instance of riding.Can I have aride on your bike?
We took the horses for an early-morningride in the woods.
go for a quickride
( informal ) Avehicle .That's a niceride ; what did it cost?
pimp myride
Anamusement ridden at afair oramusement park .the kids went on all therides
Alift given to someone in another person's vehicle.Can you give me aride home?
( UK ) A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; abridleway or other wide country path.2015 , Roderic Jeffries,Death in the Coverts ,→ISBN :"Could you see theride that goes down and round the point of the woods...?" "I could see down it till it went round the corner."... "...Then Mr Fawcett comes down theride , rushing his chair along like it was a racing car... He carried on down theride . Next thing Miss Harmsworth comes down theride from the field..."
( UK , dialect , archaic ) Asaddle horse .1904 ,Country Gentleman :Stella, who in her day was a beautifulride .
( Ireland ) A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.2007 July 14, Michael O'Neill, “Re: More mouthy ineffectual poseurs...[was Re: Live Earth - One Of The Most Important Events On This Particular Planet - don't let SCI distract you”, insoc.culture.irish (Usenet ):Absolutely, and I agree about Madonna. An absoluteride *still*. :-) M.
( jazz ) A steady rhythmical style.Ellipsis ofride cymbal .( figurative ) A wild,bewildering experience of some duration.That story was aride from start to finish.
2002 , “Manila”, performed bySeelenluft ft. Michael Smith:We all started to dance / Without wearing no life vest / We all started to dance / It was quite aride
( slang , vulgar ) An act ofsexual intercourse .Synonyms: shag ,fuck ,cop ,bang I gave my boyfriend aride before breakfast.
Adistrict inspected by anexcise officer . ( printing , historical ) Afault caused by theoverlapping ofleads , etc.instance of riding
Afrikaans:rit American Sign Language:BentV@InThumb-PalmDown-C@CenterChesthigh BentV@InThumb-PalmDown-C@DistalCenterChesthigh Arabic:رُكُوب m ( rukūb ) Bulgarian:езда f ( ezda ) Catalan:viatge (ca) Cebuano:sakay Chinese:Mandarin:趟 (zh) Czech:jízda (cs) f Danish:ridt n Dutch:rit (nl) m Finnish:ajelu (fi) ,ajo (fi) ;ratsastus (fi) ( horseride ) French:tour (fr) m ,course (fr) f German:Fahrt (de) f Hebrew:נְסִיעָה f ( nesía ) ,( informal ) סִיבוּב (he) m ( sivúv ) Hungarian:utazás (hu) ,út (hu) ,menet (hu) ,( depending on the carrier ) autózás (hu) ,biciklizés (hu) ,buszozás ,vonatozás ,lovaglás (hu) ( etc. ) Ingrian:ajo Italian:giro (it) m ,corsa (it) f Japanese:please add this translation if you can Korean:승마 (ko) ( seungma ) Lao:please add this translation if you can Latin:viaticus m Latvian:brauciens m Polish:jazda (pl) f Portuguese:volta (pt) f ,andada (pt) f ,passeio (pt) m Russian:езда́ (ru) f ( jezdá ) ,пое́здка (ru) f ( pojézdka ) ,ката́ние (ru) n ( katánije ) ( for recreation ) Sorbian:Lower Sorbian:jězd m Spanish:viaje (es) m ,raite m ( Americas ) ,raid (es) m ( Mesoamerica ) ,ray (es) m ( El Salvador ) ,rai (es) m ( Honduras ) ,raiteada f ( Honduras ) ,vectación f ,vuelta (es) f ,pedaleada (es) f ( on a velocipede ) Swedish:åktur (sv) c ,ridtur (sv) c Thai:please add this translation if you can
Arabic:آليَّة f Dutch:kar (nl) f ,bak (nl) m Finnish:rassi (fi) ,kärry (fi) ,kaara (fi) ,menopeli (fi) French:bagnole (fr) f Hebrew:רֶכֶב (he) m ( rékhev ) Hungarian:járgány (hu) ,kocsi (hu) ,( slang ) verda (hu) Italian:( car ) macchina (it) f ,auto (it) f Occitan:banhòla f Polish:bryka (pl) f Portuguese:carango m ,possante (pt) m ( Brazil ) Russian:та́чка (ru) f ( táčka ) Spanish:máquina (es) f ,buga (es) f Swedish:åk (sv) n ,kärra (sv) Turkish:araç (tr)
lift (in a vehicle)
Afrikaans:saamrygeleentheid Albanian:please add this translation if you can Bulgarian:стоп m ( stop ) Chinese:Mandarin:運輸 / 运输 (zh) ( yùnshū ) ,運到 / 运到 (zh) ( yùndào ) ;讓搭車 / 让搭车 ( ràng dāchē ) Cornish:gorrans m Czech:svezení n Danish:lift (da) n ,kørelejlighed c Dutch:lift (nl) m Finnish:kyyti (fi) Georgian:მგზავრობა ( mgzavroba ) German:Mitfahrgelegenheit (de) f ,Beförderungsfahrt f Greek:μεταφορά (el) f ( metaforá ) Hebrew:( informal, Israeli ) טְרֶמְפּ (he) m ( tremp ) ,( formal ) הַסָּעָה f ( hasaá ) Hungarian:fuvar (hu) ,elvitel (hu) ( normally phrased with a verb instead ) elvisz (hu) Ingrian:kyytti Irish:síob f Italian:passaggio (it) m Japanese:乗せる こと( noseru koto ) ;車 に乗せて やること( kuruma ni nosete yaru koto ) Khmer:ជូន (km) ( cuun ) Korean:please add this translation if you can Lao:ຍົກ ( nyok ) Macedonian:префрлање n ( prefrlanje ) ,одвезување n ( odvezuvanje ) Mongolian:please add this translation if you can Norwegian:Bokmål:skyss (no) m Nynorsk:skyss m Polish:podwiezienie (pl) n Portuguese:carona (pt) m ( Brazil ) ,boleia (pt) f ( Portugal ) ,bigu (pt) m Romanian:please add this translation if you can Russian:подво́з (ru) m ( podvóz ) ( до места назначения ) Scottish Gaelic:togail f ,lioft m Serbo-Croatian:please add this translation if you can Slovene:prevoz Sotho:lefite Spanish:autoestop (es) m ,aventón (es) m ( colloquial ) ,jalón (es) m ( colloquial ) ,autostop (es) m ,raite m ( Mesoamerica ) ,raid (es) m ( Mesoamerica ) ,ray (es) m ( El Salvador ) ,rai (es) m ( Honduras ) ,raiteada f ( Honduras ) ,pon (es) m ( Puerto Rico ) ,llevada (es) f Swahili:lifti (sw) Swedish:skjuts (sv) c Thai:please add this translation if you can Turkish:otostop (tr) Vietnamese:đi nhờ Welsh:lifft (cy) m ,esgynnydd (cy) m
Borrowed fromFaroese ryta ,rita orIcelandic rita , fromOld Norse rytr , derived from the verbrjóta ( “ to cry ” ) , from the verbProto-Germanic *reutaną .
ride c (singular definite riden ,plural indefinite rider )
black-legged kittiwake ( Rissa tridactyla ) FromOld Norse ríða , fromProto-Germanic *rīdaną , cognate withEnglish ride ,German reiten .
ride (past tense red ,past participle redet ,c reden ,definite or plural redne )
toride ( to sit on the back of an animal ) ( slang ) to haveintercourse with( sex position with one person sitting on top of another like on a horse) Fromrider .
ride f (plural rides )
wrinkle ,line (on face etc.)ripple ridge ride
inflection ofrider : first / third-person singular present indicative / subjunctive second-person singular imperative ride
second-person plural imperative ofrir ride
third-person singular present indicative ofridere rīdē
second-person singular present active imperative ofrīdeō ride
alternative form ofriden FromOld Frisian rīda , fromProto-West Germanic *rīdan . Cognates includeWest Frisian ride .
ride
( Mooring ) toride (on a horse, mount)Conjugation of
ride (
Mooring dialect)
FromOld Norse ríða .
ride (imperative rid ,present tense rider ,passive rides ,simple past red or rei ,past participle ridd ,present participle ridende )
toride ( e.g. a horse ) “ride” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .ride (present tense rid ,past tense reid ,past participle ride or ridd or ridt ,present participle ridande ,imperative rid )
alternative form ofrida rīde
inflection ofrīdan : first-person singular present indicative singular present subjunctive ride
inflection ofrīdan : second-person singular preterite indicative singular preterite subjunctive ride
second-person plural imperative ofrir FromOld Frisian rīda , fromProto-West Germanic *rīdan .
ride
( intransitive ) toride ( ambitransitive ) todrive “ride (I) ”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011