ride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹaɪd/
rhymes: -aɪd
Forms: form: rides
Etymology: From Middle English riden, from Old English rīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīdan, from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreydʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH-.
Cognates
From Proto-Germanic: North Frisian ride (“to ride”), Saterland Frisian riede (“to ride”), West Frisian ride (“to ride”), Low German rieden (“to ride”), Dutch rijden (“to ride”), German reiten (“to ride”), Danish ride (“to ride”), Swedish rida (“to ride”).
From Indo-European: Welsh rhwyddhau (“to hurry”).
Senses: examples: text: Can I have a ride on your bike?
text: We took the horses for an early-morning ride in the woods.
text: go for a quick ride
glosses: An instance of riding.
examples: text: That's a nice ride; what did it cost?
text: pimp my ride
glosses: A vehicle.
examples: text: the kids went on all the rides
glosses: An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
examples: text: Can you give me a ride home?
glosses: A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
examples: text: "Could you see the ride that goes down and round the point of the woods...?"
"I could see down it till it went round the corner."...
 "...Then Mr Fawcett comes down the ride, rushing his chair along like it was a racing car... He carried on down the ride. Next thing Miss Harmsworth comes down the ride from the field..."
ref: 2015, Roderic Jeffries, Death in the Coverts, →ISBN:
glosses: A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
examples: text: Stella, who in her day was a beautiful ride.
ref: 1904, Country Gentleman:
glosses: A saddle horse.
examples: text: Absolutely, and I agree about Madonna. An absolute ride *still*. :-) M.
ref: 2007 July 14, Michael O'Neill, “Re: More mouthy ineffectual poseurs...[was Re: Live Earth - One Of The Most Important Events On This Particular Planet - don't let SCI distract you”, in soc.culture.irish (Usenet):
glosses: A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
qualifier: jazz
glosses: A steady rhythmical style.
glosses: Ellipsis of ride cymbal.
examples: text: That story was a ride from start to finish.
text: We all started to dance / Without wearing no life vest / We all started to dance / It was quite a ride
ref: 2002, “Manila”, performed by Seelenluft ft. Michael Smith:
glosses: A wild, bewildering experience of some duration.
examples: text: I gave my boyfriend a ride before breakfast.
synonyms: shag
fuck
cop
bang
glosses: An act of sexual intercourse.
glosses: A district inspected by an excise officer.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A fault caused by the overlapping of leads, etc.
Derived terms: air ride
air-ride
amusement ride
bike-and-ride
bike ride
catch a ride
coffin ride
dark ride
death ride
dial-a-ride
dial-a-ride problem
flat ride
freedom ride
free helicopter ride
free-ride
free ride
full ride
gangster ride
ghost ride
go along for the ride
G ride
G-ride
g-ride
hay ride
joy ride
kiddie ride
log ride
mustache ride
Nantucket sleigh ride
Nantucket sleigh-ride
nickel ride
ride cymbal
ride height
ride pass
rollercoaster ride
rough ride
skimmity-ride
swing ride
take a ride to Tyburn
take for a ride
take the ride
tan ride
test-ride
thumb a ride
ticket to ride
wall ride
white-knuckle ride