pret. rode or rid; pp. rid

To be carried on horseback, or on any beast, or in any vehicle. We ride on a horse, on a camel, in a coach, chariot, wagon.

To be borne on or in a fluid. A ship rides at anchor; the ark rode on the flood; a balloon rides in the air. He rode on a cherub and did fly; yea, he did fly on the wings of the wind. Psalm 18:10.

To be supported in motion. Strong as the axle-tree on which heaven rides.

To practice riding. He rides often for his health.

To manage a horse well. He rode, he fenc’d, he mov’d with graceful ease.

To be supported by something subservient; to sit. On whose foolish honesty my practices rid easy. To ride easy, in seaman’s language, is when a ship does not labor or feel a great strain on her cables. To ride hard, is when a ship pitches violently, so as to strain her cables, masts and hull. To ride out, as a gale, signifies that a ship does not drive during a storm.

To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse. They ride the air in whirlwind.

To manage insolently at will; as in priestridden. The nobility could no longer endure to be ridden by bakers, cobblers and brewers.

To carry.

An excursion on horseback or in a vehicle.

A saddle horse.

A road cut in a wood or through a ground for the amusement of riding; a riding.