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To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.

To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.

(chiefly US and South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.

Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.

To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.

To traverse by riding.

To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.

(figuratively) To exploit or take advantage of (a situation).

To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.

(slang) To mount (someone) to have sex with them.

(slang) To have sex with (someone).

(colloquial) To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).

Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.

To rely, depend (on).

Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).

(lacrosse) To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.

To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.

(surgery) To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.

To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.

(music) In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.

An instance of riding.

(informal) A vehicle.

An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.

A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.

(UK) A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.

(archaic) A saddle horse.

(Ireland) A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.

(jazz) A steady rhythmical style.

(ride cymbal)

(figurative) A wild, bewildering experience of some duration.

(vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse.

📑 Synonyms: shag fuck cop bang

A district inspected by an excise officer.

(historical) A fault caused by the overlapping of leads, etc.