Ride+over

  • 1Ride — Ride, v. t. 1. To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to ride a bicycle. [1913 Webster] [They] rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the air In whirlwind. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2Ride — Ride, v. i. [imp. {Rode} (r[=o]d) ({Rid} [r[i^]d], archaic); p. p. {Ridden}({Rid}, archaic); p. pr. & vb. n. {Riding}.] [AS. r[=i]dan; akin to LG. riden, D. rijden, G. reiten, OHG. r[=i]tan, Icel. r[=i][eth]a, Sw. rida, Dan. ride; cf. L. raeda a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3ride — /ruyd/, v., rode or (Archaic) rid; ridden or (Archaic) rid; riding; n. v.i. 1. to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal. 2. to be borne along on or in a vehicle or other kind of conveyance. 3. to …

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  • 4ride — [c]/raɪd / (say ruyd) verb (rode or, Archaic, rid, ridden or, Archaic, rid, riding) – …

  • 5ride — v. & n. v. (past rode; past part. ridden) 1 tr. travel or be carried on (a bicycle etc.) or esp. US in (a vehicle). 2 intr. (often foll. by on, in) travel or be conveyed (on a bicycle or in a vehicle). 3 tr. sit on and control or be carried by (a …

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  • 6ride — [[t]raɪd[/t]] v. rode, rid•den, rid•ing, n. 1) to sit on, manage, and be carried on a horse or other animal in motion 2) to be borne along on or in a vehicle or other conveyance 3) to move along in any way; be carried or supported: riding on his… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 7ride roughshod over — Synonyms and related words: beat down, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, clamp down on, coerce, compel, cow, daunt, despotize, domineer, domineer over, enslave, grind, grind down, henpeck, hit and run, intimidate, inundate, keep down,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 8ride — 1. verb /ɹʌɪd/ a) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc. I will take my horse early tomorrow morning and ride over to Stoke, and settle with one of them. b) To travel in such a way on (a horse, vehicle …

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  • 9ride — [rīd] vi. rode, ridden, riding [ME riden < OE ridan, akin to Ger reiten < IE base * reidh , to go, be in motion > L reda, four wheel carriage] 1. a) to sit on and be carried along by a horse or other animal, esp. one controlled by the… …

    English World dictionary

  • 10Ride quality — refers to the degree of protection offered vehicle occupants from uneven elements in the road surface, or the terrain if driving off road. A car with very good ride quality is also a comfortable car to ride in. Cars which disturb vehicle… …

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