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Meaning of ride

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

ride

Pronunciation:/ɹaɪd//ɹaɪd/

noun

Definitions

  1. An instance of riding.

    Example: Can I have a ride on your bike?

  2. A vehicle.

    Example: That's a nice ride; what did it cost?

  3. An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.

  4. A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.

    Example: Can you give me a ride?

verb

Definitions

  1. To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.

  2. To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.

  3. (chiefly US and South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.

    Example: The cab rode him downtown.

  4. Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.