🚴 To travel on 🚗 A journey 🎢 A fun attraction ⛴️ To float on 🎯 To depend on 🙄 To nag 🐂 To mate 🦶 To press lightly 🛣️ To move smoothly

to ride

286 1.0

To be supported on something so it stays or moves a little

verb
/raɪd/

: surcar

He decided to ride his bike along the coast every morning, enjoying the fresh air.
ride the waves

So come along for the ride as we pimp out our conference room.

Examples

Several times a month that summer, he rode his bicycle 20 miles to his teacher's house and back.

Academic text (1996)
Claire and i rode together for seven years.

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
And the question is, can I ride on it right?
I am not trying to ride home with them tonight.
This is how you ride around with your bike on your bike.
I was face to face with them as they rode toward me.

The Magnificent Seven (1960)
I just rode down in the elevator with him.

Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
I'm gonna ride till I can't no more.
Young apes and monkeys clutch their mothers' hair and ride on them when traveling.

Academic text (1995)
Val, Earl, and Rhonda look frantically for Burt, who was riding out front in the scoop.

Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

to take a ride

vsto ride

56 1.9

To go for a short drive to have fun and relax

is the general being carried meaning, not specifically for leisure

to catch a ride

vsto ride

14 3.2

To travel in someone else's car as a passenger

is the general being carried meaning, not only when a lift is offered

to boat

vsto ride

10 1.0

To travel on water in a small vehicle like a rowboat or motorboat

is the general being carried meaning, not limited to water transport

to ride horseback

vsto ride

2 3.7

To sit on a horse and guide it as it moves

is the general being carried or supported meaning, not this animal mode

to tube

vsto ride

Informal

1 6.0

To ride on an inflated ring on water or snow

is the general being carried or supported meaning, not this specific water activity

Antonyms

to drop

∞ 1.0

To let something fall suddenly or by accident

to sink

258 1.0

To go down below the surface of water and become underwater

Idioms

to ride the rails

4 7.4

To travel long distances by train in a relaxed or adventurous way

to ride off into the sunset

Informal

3 6.5

Leave a situation happily to begin a new life

to ride the wave

3 4.2

To use a current trend or chance while it lasts to get advantage

to ride the bench

Jargon

2 7.5

To stay on the sidelines and not play in a game

to ride the pine

Slang

2 9.5

Sit on the bench and not play during a sports game

to ride roughshod

1 8.8

Treat people badly and ignore their feelings or rights

to ride hard and put away wet

Archaic

9.9

To be extremely tired and worn after hard work or rough treatment

to ride on a rail

Archaic

9.9

To be publicly punished or laughed at in a way that shames you

to ride on someone's coattail

Informal

6.9

Use another person's success to get benefits without much effort

to ride one's luck

Informal

7.4

To rely on good luck instead of working for success

to ride the short bus

Slur

9.9

To call someone not smart to insult them

to ride the wave of popularity

5.4

To gain from a sudden rise in public interest

to ride with the punches

Informal

7.2

To accept and adapt to difficult times without giving up

to ride tall in the saddle

8.2

Feel and act confident

ticket to ride

Informal

6.9

A way to gain success or better opportunities

Phrasal Verbs

to take a ride

56 1.9

To go for a short drive to have fun and relax

to ride off

24 3.9

To leave a place by riding a horse, bike, or motorcycle

to ride out

20 5.3

To stay safe through a difficult or dangerous time

to catch a ride

14 3.2

To travel in someone else's car as a passenger

to ride away

11 2.7

To go away while on a horse, bike, or motorcycle

to ride high

Informal

11 5.9

To be very successful and confident for a time

to ride up

9 5.1

Clothing that moves up on the body and feels uncomfortable

to ride horseback

2 3.7

To sit on a horse and guide it as it moves

to ride herd on

Informal

1 8.9

Keep a close watch on people and their work

to ride herd

1 8.8

To sit on a horse and guide a group of cows

to ride roughshod over

1 8.5

Treat other people's feelings, rights, or opinions as not important and ignore them rudely

to thumb a ride

Archaic

1 8.2

To get a free ride from a passing car by standing by the road and showing your thumb

to ride bitch

Offensive

1 9.9

To sit behind the driver on a motorcycle

to offer a ride

1 2.0

Take someone somewhere in your car to help them

to take the ride

1 7.7

To accept an experience without knowing what will happen

to let it ride

7.0

Allow a situation to continue without changing it

to let the project ride

6.1

Allow a project to continue without making changes

to ride on the back of

5.4

To use past success to help you now

to ride luck

Informal

7.3

To take a risk and hope things go well

to ride someone's bumper

Informal

7.9

To drive very closely behind another car in a dangerous way

to ride tandem

4.8

To travel on a bicycle with one person sitting behind another

Compounds

free ride

Informal

37 4.2

A benefit you get without paying or working

boat ride

16 1.3

A short trip on a boat to see places or for fun

wild ride

15 3.6

An exciting, fast attraction at an amusement park like a roller coaster

full ride

13 3.4

A scholarship that pays all college costs, including tuition, fees, room, and meals

hay ride

1 3.0

A ride in a wagon filled with hay for fun on a farm

rollercoaster ride

1 4.0

An experience with many sudden ups and downs in feelings or events

airship ride

6.7

A trip in a large blimp that carries people to look at the land below

backie ride

Australian

9.6

A ride sitting behind someone on a bicycle or motorbike

Nantucket sleigh ride

Archaic

9.9

A wild, dangerous ride like when a whale pulls a small boat very fast

How Supported

to rest

182 1.0

to ride

286 1.0

to lean

418 1.5

to float

645 1.0

Surface Forms

ride infinitive

riding present participle

rides third person singular

rode past

ridden past participle

Etymology

Ride meaning to be supported or float comes from the same root ridan, which is about being carried. So when a ship 'rides' at anchor, it is being carried or held by the water.