rideverb
uk/raɪd/us/raɪd/rode, riddenA1 [ I or T ] to sit on something such as a bicycle, motorbike, or horse and travel along on it controlling its movements:
[ I ] to ride a horse:
A2 [ I or T ] to travel in a vehicle, such as a car, bus, or train:
[ T ] US to try to control someone and force them to work:
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- Can you ride a bike?
- I've told you many a time not to ride your bike on the pavement.
- She won't have any troubles learning to ride a horse - you can see she's a natural.
- She mounted her horse and rode off.
- As a young girl, she spent every weekend riding her pony.
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Horse riding
- curry
- dismount
- dressage
- gait
- gymkhana
- high-spirited
- horseback riding
- horseshoe
- horsey
- jib at sth
- mount
- mounted
- prance
- puissance
- rein
- rein sth in
- showjumping
- silk
- trot
- unsaddle
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Phrasal verb(s)
ridenoun [ C ]
uk/raɪd/us/raɪd/B1 a journey on a horse or bicycle, or in a vehicle:
B1 mainly US UK usually lift a free journey in a car to a place where you want to go:
US a person who gives you a ride in their car:
US informal someone's car:
B1 a machine in an amusement park that people travel in or are moved around by for entertainment:
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- Hang on tight - it's going to be a very bumpy ride.
- A five-mile bike ride? That's kids' stuff.
- It's a 20-minute bus ride.
- I gave her a piggyback ride.
- I gave her a ride when her car broke down.
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Journeys
- adventure
- break-journey
- carpool
- carsick
- convoy
- field trip
- flight
- foray
- grand tour
- journey
- mystery tour
- odyssey
- outward-bound
- peregrination
- pilgrimage
- round trip
- sail
- short-haul
- the long haul idiom
- trip
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