Meaning

12 senses
  1. An instance of riding.

    Can I have a ride on your bike?

    We took the horses for an early-morning ride in the woods.

    Fahrt

    езда́jezdá, пое́здкаpojézdka, ката́ниеkatánije

  2. (informal)A vehicle.

    That's a nice ride; what did it cost?

    pimp my ride

    Mitfahrgelegenheit, Beförderungsfahrt

    та́чкаtáčka, подво́зpodvóz

    a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)

  3. An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.

    the kids went on all the rides

    Fahrgeschäft

    ката́ниеkatánije

  4. A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.

    Can you give me a ride home?

  5. (UK)A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.

  6. (Ireland)A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.

  7. A steady rhythmical style.

  8. (figuratively)A wild, bewildering experience of some duration.

    That story was a ride from start to finish.

  9. (slang, vulgar)An act of sexual intercourse.

    I gave my boyfriend a ride before breakfast.

  10. A district inspected by an excise officer.

  11. (historical)A fault caused by the overlapping of leads, etc.

  12. (UK, archaic, dialectal)A saddle horse.

Examples

2364 sentences
  1. I like to ride on trains.

    Мені подобається їздити на потязі. — deniko

    ruМне нравится ездить на поездах. — odexed

    deIch fahre gerne Zug. — MUIRIEL

  2. I'll give you a ride home.

    Я підвезу тебе додому. — deniko

    ruЯ тебя отвезу домой. — FeuDRenais

    deIch fahre dich nach Hause. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I gave Tom a ride home.

    Я підвіз Тома додому. — deniko

    ruЯ подвёз Тома до дома. — marafon

    deIch habe Tom nach Hause gefahren. — doemaar14

  4. I need a ride to school.

    Мені потрібно, щоб мене підкинули до школи. — deniko

  5. Tom gave me a ride home.

    Том підвіз мене додому. — deniko

    ruТом подвёз меня до дома. — odexed

    deTom fuhr mich nach Hause. — wolfgangth

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
instance of riding:
(informal) vehicle:
lift (in a vehicle):
Deutsch
By meaning 3
instance of riding:
lift (in a vehicle):
amusement:

Origin

From Middle English riden, from Old English rīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīdan, from P

From Middle English riden, from Old English rīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīdan, from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną (“to ride”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreydʰ- (“to ride”), from *h₃reyH- (“to move”), from *h₃er- (“to move, stir”).

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Forms

plural: rides
Singularride
Pluralrides

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile):drive

Word family

48 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • ride a bicycle
  • ride a horse
  • to ride a
  • how to ride
  • ride a unicycle
  • a ride home
  • rode his bicycle
  • ride a motorcycle
  • ride my bicycle
  • need a ride
  • ride a bike
  • ride home

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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