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Webster 1913 Edition
Ride
Ride
,Verb.
I.
[
imp.
Rode
(rōd)
(Rid
[rĭd], archaic
); p. p.
Ridden
(Rid
, archaic
); p. pr. & vb. n.
Riding
.] [AS.
rīdan
; akin to LG. riden
, D. rijden
, G. reiten
, OHG. rītan
, Icel. rīða
, Sw. rida
, Dan. ride
; cf. L. raeda
a carriage, which is from a Celtic word. Cf. Road
.] 1.
To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.
To-morrow, when ye
riden
by the way. Chaucer.
Let your master
ride
on before, and do you gallop after him. Swift.
2.
To be borne in a carriage;
as, to
. See Synonym, below. ride
in a coach, in a car, and the likeThe richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not by
riding
in gilden carriages, but by walking the streets with trains of servants. Macaulay.
3.
To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie.
Men once walked where ships at anchor
ride
. Dryden.
4.
To be supported in motion; to rest.
Strong as the exletree
On which heaven
On which heaven
rides
. Shakespeare
On whose foolish honesty
My practices
My practices
ride
easy! Shakespeare
5.
To manage a horse, as an equestrian.
He
rode
, he fenced, he moved with graceful ease. Dryden.
6.
To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle;
as, a horse
. rides
easy or hard, slow or fastTo ride easy
(Naut.)
, to lie at anchor without violent pitching or straining at the cables.
– To ride hard
(Naut.)
, to pitch violently.
– To ride out
. (a)
To go upon a military expedition.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
(b)
To ride in the open air.
[Colloq.]
– To ride to hounds
, to ride behind, and near to, the hounds in hunting.
Syn. – Drive.
–
Ride
, Drive
. Ride originally meant (and is so used throughout the English Bible) to be carried on horseback or in a vehicle of any kind. At present in England, drive is the word applied in most cases to progress in a carriage; as, a drive around the park, etc.; while ride is appropriated to progress on a horse. Johnson seems to sanction this distinction by giving “to travel on horseback” as the leading sense of ride; though he adds “to travel in a vehicle” as a secondary sense. This latter use of the word still occurs to some extent; as, the queen rides to Parliament in her coach of state; to ride in an omnibus. “Will you
ride
over or drive
?” said Lord Willowby to his quest, after breakfast that morning. W. Black.
Ride
,Verb.
T.
1.
To sit on, so as to be carried;
as, to
ride
a horse; to ride
a bicycle.[They] rend up both rocks and hills, and
In whirlwind.
ride
the airIn whirlwind.
Milton.
2.
To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
The nobility could no longer endure to be
ridden
by bakers, cobblers, and brewers. Swift.
3.
To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
Tue only men that safe can
Mine errands on the Scottish side.
ride
Mine errands on the Scottish side.
Sir W. Scott.
4.
(Surg.)
To overlap (each other); – said of bones or fractured fragments.
To ride a hobby
, to have some favorite occupation or subject of talk.
– To ride and tie
, to take turn with another in labor and rest; – from the expedient adopted by two persons with one horse, one of whom rides the animal a certain distance, and then ties him for the use of the other, who is coming up on foot.
Fielding.
– To ride down
. (a)
To ride over; to trample down in riding; to overthrow by riding against;
. as,
to ride down
an enemy(b)
(Naut.)
To bear down, as on a halyard when hoisting a sail.
– To ride out
(Naut.)
, to keep safe afloat during (a storm) while riding at anchor or when hove to on the open sea;
as,
. to ride out
the galeRide
,Noun.
1.
The act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle.
2.
A saddle horse.
[Prov. Eng.]
Wright.
3.
A road or avenue cut in a wood, or through grounds, to be used as a place for riding; a riding.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ride
RIDE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To be carried on horseback, or on any beast, or in any vehicle. We ride on a horse, on a camel, in a coach, chariot, wagon, &c.2.
To be borne on or in a fluid. A ship rides at anchor; the ark rode on the flood; a balloon rides in the air.He rode on a cherub and did fly; yea, he did fly on the wings of the wind. Ps. 18.
3.
To be supported in motion.Strong as the axle-tree on which heaven rides.
4.
To practice riding. He rides often for his health.5.
To manage a horse well.He rode, he fenc'd, he mov'd with graceful ease.
6.
To be supported by something subservient; to sit.On whose foolish honesty my practices rid easy.
To ride easy, in seaman's language, is when a ship does not labor or feel a great strain on her cables.
To ride hard, is when a ship pitches violently, so as to strain her cables, masts and hull.
To ride out, as a gale, signifies that a ship does not drive during a storm.
RIDE
, v.t.1.
To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse.They ride the air in whirlwind.
2.
To manage insolently at will; as in priestridden.The nobility could no longer endure to be ridden by bakers, cobblers and brewers.
3.
To carry. [Local.]RIDE
, n.1.
An excursion on horseback or in a vehicle.2.
A saddle horse. [Local.]3.
A road cut in a wood or through a ground for the amusement of riding; a riding.