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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>RIDE</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="ride"> ride, verb, rode or (Archaic) rid, ridden or (Archaic) rid, riding, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1. to sit on a horse and make it go. Ex. The messenger rode hard, changing horses often to carry the warning. <DD> 2. to sit on a camel, bicycle, or other animal or mechanical device,and make it go. Ex. The bicycle tipped over as he rode along paying no attention to where he was going. <DD> 3. to be carried along as if on horseback; be carried along by anything. Ex. to ride on a train, to ride in a car. <DD> 4. to be capable of being ridden. Ex. a horse that rides easily. <DD> 5. to be carried along in any way. Ex. The eagle rides on the wind. (Figurative.) Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes (Shakespeare). <DD> 6. to move or float. Ex. The ship rode into port. (Figurative.) The moon rode clear and high in heaven (Scott). <DD> 7. to lie at anchor. Ex. a windy, tossing anchorage where yawls and ketches ride (John Masefield). <DD> 8. to rest or turn on something, such as a pivot or axle. Ex. Strong as the axletree on which heaven rides (Shakespeare). <DD> 9. to extend or project; overlap. <DD>v.t. 1. to sit on and manage. Ex. to ride a camel, to ride a bicycle. (Figurative.) [The leader] and the ministers he has backed believe they can ride the Communist tiger (Atlantic). <DD> 2. to ride over, along, or through. Ex. to ride a hundred miles. <DD> 3. to do or perform. Ex. to ride a hundred miles. <DD> 4. to be mounted on; be carried on. Ex. The gull rides the winds. <DD> 5. to move on; float along. Ex. The ship rode the waves. <DD> 6. to extend or project over; overlap (something). <DD> 7. to cause to ride or be carried. Ex. He rode his little brother piggyback. The villagers had a strong desire to ... ride him on a rail for body-snatching (Mark Twain). <DD> 8. (Figurative.) to control, dominate, or tyrannize over. Ex. to be ridden by foolish fears. The tradesman ... is ridden by the routine of his craft (Emerson). <DD> 9. (Informal.) to make fun of; tease; harass; nag. Ex. Don't ride him for the blunder this time. <DD> 10. to keep (a ship) moored. <DD>noun 1. a trip on horseback, in a carriage, car, train, or boat, or on any other thing that carries. Ex. On Sunday we take a ride into the country. My brother enjoyed his ride on the merry-go-round. <DD> 2. a path, trail, or road, made for riding. <DD> 3. any wrestling hold that limits the other wrestler's maneuverability, such as gripping the opponent's ankle. A wrestler can earn points by using a variety of rides. expr. hitch a ride, (U.S. Informal.) to get a free ride. Ex. I had asked the Ambassador if I could hitch a ride back to Bad Godesberg with him (New Yorker). expr. let ride, to leave undisturbed or inactive. Ex. Let the matter ride until the next meeting. expr. ride down, <DD> a. to knock down. Ex. He rode down anyone who got in his way. <DD> b. (Figurative.) to overcome. Ex. The support of the Commons ... enabled Harley to ride down all resistance (John R. Green). <DD> c. to overtake by riding. Ex. He ... was on the point of riding down a large old roomy family carriage (Thackeray). <DD> d. to exhaust by riding. Ex. The Czar was very active ..., and rode down four horses (London Gazette). expr. ride for a fall. See under fall. expr. ride herd on. See under herd (1). expr. ride high, to enjoy success; do very well. Ex. The conservatives, from looking like a beaten party earlier this year, are beginning to feel as if they were riding high (Manchester Guardian). expr. ride out, <DD> a. to withstand (a gale or storm) without great damage. Ex. The small boat rode out the storm without damage. <DD> b. (Figurative.) to endure successfully. Ex. Such weapons could ride out an enemy attack and still hit back effectively (Wall Street Journal). expr. ride up, to slide up out of place. Ex. That coat rides up at the back. expr. take for a ride, (Slang.) <DD> a. to murder. Ex. [He] was taken for a ride ... and dumped out dead near Controni's Laurentian estate (Maclean's). <DD> b. to cheat. Ex. The taxpayer is being taken for a ride (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="rideable"> rideable, adjective. =ridable.</DL> <A NAME="rider"> rider, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who rides. Ex. The West is famous for its riders. Riders objected to jammed Friday night trains (Newsweek). <DD> 2. anything added to a record, document, legislative bill, or statement after it was supposed to be complete. Ex. Now all the Council had to do was tack the rider on again and send the bill back to the Assembly (Newsweek). (SYN) addendum. <DD> 3. an object resting on another, usually with one part hanging down on each side, such as a strand of wire that can be moved back and forth on the beam of a balance as a minute weight. </DL> <A NAME="riderless"> riderless, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without a rider. </DL> <A NAME="ridership"> ridership, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) the number of passengers served by a transit system. Ex. Bus ridership had been declining over the years until the energy crisis ... made buses more attractive than cars to many commuters (Newsweek). </DL> <A NAME="ridge"> ridge, noun, verb. ridged, ridging.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the long and narrow upper part of something. Ex. the ridge of an animal's back, the ridge of a hill. <DD> 2. a line where two sloping surfaces meet. Ex. the ridge of a roof. <DD> 3. a long, narrow chain of hills or mountains. Ex. the Blue Ridge of the Appalachian Mountains. <DD> 4. a long, narrow elevation on the ocean floor. Ex. the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. <DD> 5. any raised narrow strip. Ex. the ridges in plowed ground, the ridges on corduroy cloth. <DD> 6. (Meteorology.) a trough of high barometric pressure. Ex. A rather weak ridge of high pressure will extend from this high over the northern Mississippi Valley and the Northern Plains States (New York Times). <DD>v.t. 1. to form or make into ridges. <DD> 2. to mark with ridges; cover with ridges. <DD>v.i. to form ridges. </DL> <A NAME="ridgeback"> ridgeback, noun. =Rhodesian ridgeback.</DL> <A NAME="ridgeboard"> ridgeboard, noun. =ridgepole.</DL> <A NAME="ridgeling"> ridgeling, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a male animal, especially a horse, bull, or ram, one or both of whose testicles have not descended to the scrotum. <DD> 2. an animal that has been imperfectly castrated. </DL> <A NAME="ridgepiece"> ridgepiece, noun. =ridgepole.</DL> <A NAME="ridgeplate"> ridgeplate, noun. =ridgepole.</DL> <A NAME="ridgepole"> ridgepole, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the horizontal timber along the top of a roof or tent; rooftree. </DL> <A NAME="ridger"> ridger, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a cultivator for heaping loose soil against young plants in rows. Its two moldboards are side by side on a wheel at the rear. </DL> <A NAME="ridgeroof"> ridge roof,<DL COMPACT><DD> a raised or peaked roof. </DL> <A NAME="ridgetop"> ridgetop, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the top of a ridge. </DL> <A NAME="ridgeway"> ridgeway, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a road along or following a ridge, especially the ridge of downs or low hills. </DL> <A NAME="ridgling"> ridgling, noun. =ridgeling.</DL> <A NAME="ridgy"> ridgy, adjective, ridgier, ridgiest.<DL COMPACT><DD> rising in a ridge or ridges. Ex. ridgy ground, ridgy cloth. </DL> <A NAME="ridicule"> ridicule, verb, -culed, -culing, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. to laugh at; make fun of; mock. Ex. Sometimes boys ridicule their sisters' friends. My father discouraged me by ridiculing my performances (Benjamin Franklin). <DD>noun 1. laughter in mockery; words or actions that make fun of somebody or something. Ex. Silly mistakes and odd clothes often invite ridicule. (SYN) derision. <DD> 2. (Archaic.) ridiculous quality. Ex. to see the ridicule of this monstrous practice (Joseph Addison). <DD> 3. (Archaic.) something ridiculous. noun ridiculer. </DL> <A NAME="ridiculous"> ridiculous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> deserving ridicule; absurd; laughable. Ex. It would be ridiculous to walk backward all the time. adv. ridiculously. noun ridiculousness. </DL> <A NAME="riding"> riding (1), noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the act of a person or thing that rides. <DD> 2. a road for persons riding a bicycle or on horseback. <DD>adj. 1. that rides; traveling. <DD> 2. used for riding or when riding. Ex. An average riding horse eats about 4 to 6 tons of hay a year (Sunset). </DL> <A NAME="riding"> riding (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. one of the three administrative divisions of Yorkshire, England. <DD> 2. a similar division elsewhere, as in Canada or New Zealand. Ex. He flew back to his own riding in Toronto just in time to watch the voters give him the greatest majority ever won by a candidate in the constituency's history (Maclean's). </DL> <A NAME="ridingboot"> riding boot,<DL COMPACT><DD> a high boot worn by horseback riders. </DL> <A NAME="ridingcrop"> riding crop,<DL COMPACT><DD> a short whip with a loop on one end instead of a lash. </DL> <A NAME="ridinghabit"> riding habit,<DL COMPACT><DD> a dress or suit worn by horseback riders. </DL> <A NAME="ridinglight"> riding light,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Nautical.) a light hung on a ship riding at anchor. </DL> <A NAME="ridley"> ridley, noun. =bastard turtle.</DL> <A NAME="ridotto"> ridotto, noun, pl. -tos.<DL COMPACT><DD> a public ball, often in masquerade. </DL> <A NAME="riel"> riel, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the unit of money of Kampuchea, equal to 100 sen. </DL> <A HREF="riemanni.dic">NEXT</A>