(v. i.) To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.
(v. i.) To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below.
(v. i.) To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie.
(v. i.) To be supported in motion; to rest.
(v. i.) To manage a horse, as an equestrian.
(v. i.) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.
(v. t.) To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to ride a bicycle.
(v. t.) To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
(v. t.) To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
(v. t.) To overlap (each other); -- said of bones or fractured fragments.
(n.) The act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle.
(n.) A saddle horse.
(n.) A road or avenue cut in a wood, or through grounds, to be used as a place for riding; a riding.
Example Sentences:
(1) To be fair to lads who find themselves just a bus ride from Auschwitz, a visit to the camp is now considered by many tourists to be a Holocaust "bucket list item", up there with the Anne Frank museum, where Justin Bieber recently delivered this compliment : "Anne was a great girl.
(2) These lanes encourage cyclists to 'ride in the gutter' which in itself is a very dangerous riding position – especially on busy congested roads as it places the cyclist right in a motorist's blind spot.
(3) My father wrote to the official who had ruled I could not ride and asked for Championships to be established for girls.
(4) The commission heard AWH charged luxury accommodation in Queensland, limousine rides and Liberal party donations to Sydney Water.
(5) The following year, I organised and took part in a cycle ride from John O'Groats to Land's End, covering 900 miles in nine days through this beautiful country.
(6) Each moment was scripted, from the placement of his riding boots in the stirrups of the riderless black horse that accompanied his procession through Washington, to tonight’s burial at sunset back in California.
(7) Yu Xiangzhen, former Red Guard Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Almost half a century on, it floods back: the hope, the zeal, the carefree autumn days riding the rails with fellow teenagers.
(8) For services to Business and the community in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
(9) Unless a leader is riding 20 points high in the polls, speculation will mount about their fitness for the job.
(10) It’s unthinkable that they wouldn’t do that.” The Saw ride at Thorpe Park in Surrey and the Dragon’s Fury and Rattlesnake rollercoasters at Chessington World of Adventures, also in Surrey, have also been shut down by Merlin Entertainments, which owns all three parks.
(11) Didi Chuxing also claims it accounts for 87% of China’s ride-hailing market, in which US-based Uber is trying to break through.
(12) The voices in the soundtrack are those of real refugees who guide the viewer through the experience – from arriving in an unfamiliar city to acute worry for loved ones left behind, concern about not being allowed to work, and the Home Office interview on which so much rides .
(13) His comments provoked a storm on social media, with political tensions riding high as Erdoğan prepares to stand in presidential elections on 10 August.
(14) Frahm witnessed how every morning Weiwei puts a flower into the basket of a bicycle just outside his studio, which he will continue until he is free again to ride it out through the gates.
(15) Conte’s tenure as national manager has been anything other than a smooth ride.
(16) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Locals sell fruit and cuscus, a possum-like marsupial, at the market in Lorengau Not long before the accident, witness said, the driver had been riding around with local women and another taskforce officer, drinking and “not fully clothed”, as Guardian Australia reported on Monday .
(17) The ride-sharing story illustrates the promise of these new businesses – and the dangers.
(18) The Campbell family has been breeding ponies in Glenshiel for more than 100 years and now runs a small pony trekking centre offering one-hour treks along the pebbly shores of Loch Duich and through the Ratagan forest as well as all-day trail rides up into the hills for the more adventurous.
(19) One team told her the sponsor had dropped out so she would have to ride for nothing.
(20) In addition, each ride has specific risk assessments to ensure that these processes are current.” He added: “As well as the daily assessment and testing, all rides are verified regularly by independent inspectors in compliance with the HSE guidelines for safe operation.
Rider
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, rides.
(n.) Formerly, an agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveler.
(n.) One who breaks or manages a horse.
(n.) An addition or amendment to a manuscript or other document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is imposed.
(n.) A problem of more than usual difficulty added to another on an examination paper.
(n.) A Dutch gold coin having the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.
(n.) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.
(n.) An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame.
(n.) The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.
(n.) A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard.
(n.) A robber.
Example Sentences:
(1) An untiring advocate of the joys and merits of his adopted home county, Bradbury figured Norfolk as a place of writing parsons, farmer-writers and sensitive poets: John Skelton, Rider Haggard, John Middleton Murry, William Cowper, George MacBeth, George Szirtes.
(2) Yogi Breisner, performance manager for the British eventing team, said: "It is a real shame that it has been called off, especially in an Olympic year when a lot of the riders and horses would have been on show.
(3) Or perhaps it was just because I was a little kid and more interested in them Weetabix skinheads, Roland Rat and Knight Rider.
(4) "A lot of my mates were let down by Easy Rider, they thought it was going to be a lot better – but it didn't disappoint me at all."
(5) But it made sure there weren’t surprises like this one: when Natalie Burg, of Michigan, was newly married, she discovered that adding a rider for maternity coverage would more than double the cost of her health insurance, from $120 a month to more than $300.
(6) Barra’s main rivals in the single-speed category were Willo and a rider nicknamed Neu York, representing the Gorilla Smash Squad.
(7) Fifty-seven percent of riders were wearing helmets during the mishap.
(8) I can't make myself into a big, powerful rider who can put out 300 watts per hour.
(9) – A 16km (10-mile) subway extension to take riders from central Rio to the Olympic Park in the western suburb of Barra da Tijuca is likely to be finished just a few weeks before the games open.
(10) The Surf's Up Surf School has been operating from the beach for 15 years and has an experienced team of instructors (including a former New Zealand national-level coach, Kelly O'Toole) who are prepared to work with everyone from complete beginners to elite riders.
(11) The Tasmanian Motorcycle Rider Training scheme is assessed in terms of its value in reducing the accident risk.
(12) "I just wanted to go out there and enjoy it," said Dujardin, who is only the second British rider to win double gold at one Games, following the eventer Richard Meade 40 years ago.
(13) 11.47pm GMT New England Here's an expert view of the Revs from one of our weekly experts , MB Carradine , of the Midnight Riders : No one projected the Revolution would finish 3rd in the East, and rightfully so.
(14) The UCI should also pay more attention to medical issues in cycling and when Therapeutic Use Exemptions should be granted Words of warning Sanctioned riders should be used ‘as an educational tool’ to inform their peers about the dangers of doping through interviews, appearances, lectures and recorded messages pointing out the impact of doping on their lives, ‘the social stigma, financial impact, health effects and self-esteem issues’ Voice of the union The UCI should ‘facilitate the creation of a strong riders’ union … to give riders a collective voice particularly on issues of ownership, revenue sharing, the racing calendar and anti-doping.
(15) And if you're going to film me in HD my agent says I need a rider in my contract for a makeup artist."
(16) Lance Armstrong held the meanest grudges in cycling, in effect ruining the career of Christophe Bassons after the French rider dared to talk publicly about doping.
(17) Honeychile Rider is even more unworldly, depicted in Dr No as part intuitive animal, part innocent child.
(18) It’s not about promoting it to lycra-clad riders.
(19) But there was disappointment on Monday for Lee Pearson, the dressage rider who had nine gold medals in his locker coming into the Games and was one of the most recognisable faces of the build-up.
(20) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Lakota youth riders of the “Horse Nation” gallop bareback at Standing Rock.