Ride meaning in English

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Definition

to ride (a horse, a bicycle, a motorcycle): to travel on (a horse, a bicycle, a motorcycle) verb
I've never ridden a horse in my life. I've never sat on one and traveled on it before.

This is an irregular verb:
I ride / I rode / I have ridden
a ride: a journey, a trip, an excursion, an outing; a free journey in a car; a machine in an amusement park noun
It's a five-minute bike ride from work to my home. It takes me five minutes traveling on my bike.
Can you give me a ride? Can you take me to work in your car? I don't have any money to pay for a taxi.
to go for a ride (in a car): to take a drive, to travel around (in a car) verb

UK: Can I offer you a ride home?
US: I've never ridden a motorcycle, but yesterday I rode a horse.

Examples

  • "That'll be thirty-five quid for the ride, love."
  • "For the television ads, I have this vision of a half-nude virgin girl, riding a zebra and being chased by leopards."
  • "Horatio : Eat a hippopotamus, ride a pigeon..."
  • "- The unicorns are for riding, not for eating."
  • "We're going for a little ride!"
  • "I would like to buy a ticket to ride please."
  • "Little girl (Ellie Mae) : But I can't ride a kitty cat, Daddy."
  • "Ellie Mae : But I can't ride a kitty cat, Daddy."
  • "Can I ride her out of the store?"
  • "But we mostly ride horses"
  • "Can I ride her out the store?"
  • "Life is a highway, I wanna ride it all night long."
  • "I hardly think there are any virgins left at this company, and certainly no one who knows how to ride a zebra!"
  • "Thursday : Sources report that the jet setting juice juggernaut was partying hard in the underwater city of Atlantis , riding sea horses and organizing illegal dolphin fights."
  • "Taxi Driver : This is not at all my problem. You owe me thirty dollars for the ride, and shut the door on your way out."
  • "(Ride horses)"
  • "Ride a whale while wearing a cowboy hat."
  • "And who would play this zebra-riding virgin girl?"

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