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ride — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ride verb To travel while sitting on and controlling a horse, bike, or similar vehicle.

Senses

ride is used for these senses in English:

  • black-legged kittiwake A seabird species in the gull family Laridae, Rissa tridactyla.
  • kittiwake (UK, Ireland) the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), no other kittiwake being found in Europe.
  • ride (ambitransitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc. [from 8th c., transitive usage from 9th c.]

ride — full definition

  1. verb To travel while sitting on and controlling a horse, bike, or similar vehicle.
  2. verb To travel as a passenger in a vehicle.
  3. verb To take advantage of or coast along on a situation, trend, or momentum.
  4. verb Informal: to nag, criticize, or pressure someone persistently.

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