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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ride \Ride\, v. t. 1. To sit on so as to be carried; as to ride a horse; to ride a bicycle. [They] rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the air In whirlwind. --Milton. 2. To manage insolently at will to domineer over The nobility could no longer endure to be ridden by bakers, cobblers, and brewers. --Swift. 3. To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding. Tue only men that safe can ride Mine errands on the Scottish side --Sir W. Scott. 4. (Surg.) To overlap (each other); -- said of bones or fractured fragments. {To ride a hobby}, to have some favorite occupation or subject of talk. {To ride and tie}, to take turn with another in labor and rest; -- from the expedient adopted by two persons with one horse, one of whom rides the animal a certain distance, and then ties him for the use of the other who is coming up on foot. --Fielding. {To ride down}. a To ride over to trample down in riding; to overthrow by riding against; as to ride down an enemy. b (Naut.) To bear down as on a halyard when hoisting a sail. {To ride out} (Naut.), to keep safe afloat during (a storm) while riding at anchor or when hove to on the open sea; as to ride out the gale. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ride \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 carriage, which is from a Celtic word Cf {Road}.] 1. To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse. To-morrow, when ye riden by the way --Chaucer. Let your master ride on before and do you gallop after him --Swift. 2. To be borne in a carriage; as to ride in a coach, in a car and the like See Synonym, below. The richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not by riding in gilden carriages, but by walking the streets with trains of servants. --Macaulay. 3. To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie. Men once walked where ships at anchor ride. --Dryden. 4. To be supported in motion; to rest. Strong as the exletree On which heaven rides. --Shak. On whose foolish honesty My practices ride easy! --Shak. 5. To manage a horse, as an equestrian. He rode, he fenced, he moved with graceful ease. --Dryden. 6. To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast {To ride easy} (Naut.), to lie at anchor without violent pitching or straining at the cables. {To ride hard} (Naut.), to pitch violently. {To ride out}. a To go upon a military expedition. [Obs.] --Chaucer. b To ride in the open air. [Colloq.] {To ride to hounds}, to ride behind, and near to the hounds in hunting. Syn: Drive. Usage: {Ride}, {Drive}. Ride originally meant (and is so used throughout the English Bible) to be carried on horseback or in a vehicle of any kind At present in England, drive is the word applied in most cases to progress in a carriage; as a drive around the park, etc.; while ride is appropriated to progress on a horse. Johnson seems to sanction this distinction by giving ``to travel on horseback'' as the leading sense of ride; though he adds ``to travel in a vehicle'' as a secondary sense This latter use of the word still occurs to some extent; as the queen rides to Parliament in her coach of state; to ride in an omnibus. ``Will you ride over or drive?'' said Lord Willowby to his quest, after breakfast that morning. --W. Black. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ride \Ride\, n. 1. The act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle. 2. A saddle horse. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. 3. A road or avenue cut in a wood, or through grounds, to be used as a place for riding; a riding. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bodkin \Bod"kin\ (b[o^]d"k[i^]n), n. [OE. boydekyn dagger; of uncertain origin; cf W. bidog hanger, short sword, Ir bideog Gael. biodag.] 1. A dagger. [Obs.] When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. --Shak. 2. (Needlework) An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a ?tiletto; an eyeleteer. 3. (Print.) A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking ?ut letters from a column or page in making corrections. 4. A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle. Wedged whole ages in a bodkin's eye. --Pope. 5. A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair. {To sit}, {ride}, or {travel bodkin}, to sit closely wedged between two persons. [Colloq.] --Thackeray. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ride n 1: a journey in a vehicle driven by someone else; "he took the family for a drive in his new car" [syn: {drive}] 2: a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement v 1: sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions; "She never sat a horse!" "Did you ever ride a camel?" [syn: {sit}] 2: be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day" [ant: {walk}] 3: continue undisturbed and without interference; "Let it ride" 4: move like a floating object; "The moon rode high in the night sky" 5: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure" [syn: {tease}, {rag}, {cod}, {tantalize}, {bait}, {taunt}, {twit}, {rally}] 6: have certain properties when driven; "This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well" [syn: {drive}] 7: lie moored or anchored; "Ship rides at anchor" 8: climb up on the body; "Shorts that ride up"; "This skirt keeps riding up my legs" 9: ride over along or through: "Travel the highways of America" 10: keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot; "Don't ride the clutch!" 11: copulate with as of animals; "The bull was riding the cow" [syn: {mount}] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: RIDE Research Issues in Data Engineering (IEEE-CS)
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