<p><strong>verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>rode or (Archaic) rid; rid·den or (Archaic) rid; rid·ing.</li><li>to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.</li><li>to be borne along on or in a vehicle or other kind of conveyance.</li><li>to move or float on the water: the surfboarders riding on the crests of the waves.</li><li>to move along in any way; be carried or supported: He is riding along on his friend's success.</li><li>Distress is riding among the people.</li><li>to have a specified character for riding purposes: The car rides smoothly.</li><li>to be conditioned; depend (usually followed by on): All his hopes are riding on getting that promotion.</li><li>Informal. to continue without interruption or interference: He decided to let the bet ride.</li><li>to be carried on something, as a litter, a person's shoulders, or the like.</li><li>to work or move up from the proper place or position (usually followed by up): Her skirt rode up above her knees.</li><li>to extend or project over something, as the edge of one thing over the edge of another thing.</li><li>to turn or rest on something: the great globe of the world riding on its axis.</li><li>to appear to float in space, as a heavenly body: A blood-red moon rode in the cloudless sky.</li><li>to lie at anchor, as a ship.</li></ul><p><strong>verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>rode or (Archaic) rid; rid·den or (Archaic) rid; rid·ing.</li><li>to sit on and manage (a horse, bicycle, etc.) so as to be carried along.</li><li>to sit or move along on (something); be carried or borne along on: The ship rode the waves. We ride a bus.</li><li>to ride over, along, or through (a road, boundary, region, etc.); traverse.</li><li>to ridicule or harass persistently: The boys keep riding him about his poor grades.</li><li>to control, dominate, or tyrannize over: a man ridden by fear; a country that is ridden by a power-mad dictator.</li><li>to cause to ride.</li><li>to carry (a person) on something as if on a horse: He rode the child about on his back.</li><li>to execute by riding: to ride a race.</li><li>to rest on, especially by overlapping.</li><li>to keep (a vessel) at anchor or moored.</li><li>Jazz. to play improvisations on (a melody).</li></ul><p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.</li><li>a means of or arrangement for transportation by motor vehicle: We'll handle rides to be sure everyone gets home quickly.</li><li>the vehicle used for transportation: I've got to hang up now—my ride's here.</li><li>a vehicle or device, as a Ferris wheel, roller coaster, or merry-go-round, on which people ride for amusement.</li><li>a way, road, etc., made especially for riding.</li></ul><p><strong>verb phrase</strong></p><ul><li>to sustain (a gale, storm, etc.) without damage, as while riding at anchor.</li><li>to sustain or endure successfully.</li></ul>