/ɹajˈdz/ - [raydz] -
We found 3 definitions of rides from 2 different sources.
NounPlural: rides |
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ride - a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement | ||
mechanical device mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles | ||
amusement park, pleasure ground, funfair a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement | ||
carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement | ||
ferris wheel a vertical rotating mechanism consisting of a large wheel with suspended seats that remain upright as the wheel rotates; provides a ride at an amusement park | ||
ride - a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile); "he took the family for a drive in his new car" | ||
drive | ||
journey, journeying the act of traveling from one place to another | ||
lift the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up" | ||
joyride a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure; "they took their girlfriends for joyrides in stolen cars" | ||
Verb |
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ride - be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day" | ||
walk obtain a base on balls | ||
ride, drive copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" | ||
ride copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" | ||
travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" | ||
tube place or enclose in a tube | ||
chariot ride in a chariot | ||
bicycle, bike, pedal, wheel, cycle ride a bicycle | ||
motorbike, motorcycle, cycle ride a motorcycle | ||
rail, train complain bitterly | ||
sled, sleigh ride (on) a sled | ||
boat ride in a boat on water | ||
cab, taxi travel slowly; "The plane taxied down the runway" | ||
bus remove used dishes from the table in restaurants | ||
joyride, tool around, tool ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it; "We tooled down the street" | ||
hitchhike, thumb, hitch travel by getting free rides from motorists | ||
snowmobile ride a snowmobile | ||
piggyback bring into alignment with; "an amendment to piggyback the current law" | ||
ride copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" | ||
ride - sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions; "She never sat a horse!"; "Did you ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young mare" | ||
sit | ||
locomote, travel, move, go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" | ||
horseback riding, riding travel by being carried on horseback | ||
override ride (a horse) too hard | ||
ride herd driving animals such as horses and cattle while riding along with them; "Joe was riding herd during the day" | ||
outride ride better, faster, or further than; "The champion bicyclist outrode all his competitors" | ||
ride horseback ride on horseback | ||
prance ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward | ||
canter ride at a canter; "The men cantered away" | ||
gallop, extend ride at a galloping pace; "He was galloping down the road" | ||
ride copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" | ||
ride - sit on and control a vehicle; "He rides his bicycle to work every day"; "She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town" | ||
ride copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" | ||
sit, ride serve in a specific professional capacity; "the priest sat for confession"; "she sat on the jury" | ||
locomote, travel, move, go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" | ||
ride - ride over, along, or through; "Ride the freeways of California" | ||
journey, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" | ||
ride - copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" | ||
mount | ||
copulate, mate, couple, pair engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring" | ||
mammal, mammalian any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk | ||
ride - continue undisturbed and without interference; "Let it ride" | ||
go along, go on, proceed, continue, keep start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went on"; "the computer came up" | ||
ride - keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot; "Don't ride the clutch!" | ||
mesh, operate, lock, engage work together in harmony | ||
ride - move like a floating object; "The moon rode high in the night sky" | ||
locomote, travel, move, go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" | ||
ride - climb up on the body; "Shorts that ride up"; "This skirt keeps riding up my legs" | ||
climb up, climb, go up, mount improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder" | ||
ride - lie moored or anchored; "Ship rides at anchor" | ||
lie tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29" | ||
ride - 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" | ||
float convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data" | ||
ride - harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" | ||
tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally | ||
bemock, mock treat with contempt; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" | ||
jeer, flout, gibe, scoff, barrack laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" | ||
banter, chaff, jolly, josh, kid be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" | ||
ride - have certain properties when driven; "This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well" | ||
drive | ||
ride - be contingent on; "The outcomes rides on the results of the election"; "Your grade will depends on your homework" | ||
depend on, devolve on, depend upon, turn on, hinge on, hinge upon | ||
build on, build upon, repose on, rest on be based on; of theories and claims, for example; "What's this new evidence based on?" |