ride

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot

   Don't ride the clutch!

2. 2
   verb

   be carried or travel on or in a vehicle

   I ride to work in a bus

3. 3
   verb

   climb up on the body

   Shorts that ride up

4. 4
   verb

   sit on and control a vehicle

   I ride my bicycle to work every day.

5. 5
   verb

   continue undisturbed and without interference

   Let it ride

6. 6
   verb

   lie moored or anchored

   Ship rides at anchor

7. 7
   verb

   be contingent on

   The outcomes rides on the results of the election

8. 8
   verb

   have certain properties when driven

   This car rides smoothly

Etymology

From Middle English riden, from Old English rīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīdan, from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną (“to ride”), from Proto-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”), Far…