ride

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To sit on and control a bicycle, motorcycle, horse, or similar.

   I ride my bicycle to work every day.

2. 2
   verb

   To travel in or on a vehicle as a passenger.

   I ride to work on the bus.

3. 3
   verb

   To depend on something for success (used with 'on').

   The outcome rides on the results of the election.

Common collocations

• ride a horse Verb + noun

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…

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