ride
To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
Verb 4 meanings
To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
“I ride to work every day and park the bike outside the office.”
To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
“The cab rode him downtown.”
Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
Noun 4 meanings
An instance of riding.
“Can I have a ride on your bike?”
A vehicle.
“That's a nice ride; what did it cost?”
An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
“the kids went on all the rides”
A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
“Can you give me a ride home?”
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”).
RIDE at a glance
RIDE has 4 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (R 1 + I 1 + D 2 + E 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,456 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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