Definition of ride

• v. i. - To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.
• v. i. - To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below.
• v. i. - To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie.
• v. i. - To be supported in motion; to rest.
• v. i. - To manage a horse, as an equestrian.
• v. i. - To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.
• v. t. - To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to ride a bicycle.
• v. t. - To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
• v. t. - To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
• v. t. - To overlap (each other); -- said of bones or fractured fragments.
• n. - The act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle.
• n. - A saddle horse.
• n. - A road or avenue cut in a wood, or through grounds, to be used as a place for riding; a riding.