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The synonyms of “Ride” are: drive, mount, sit, depend on, depend upon, devolve on, hinge on, hinge upon, turn on, bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit, sit on, be mounted on, bestride, travel, go, move, progress, proceed, make one's way, pester, badger, hound, harry, plague, torment, bedevil, persecute, bother, annoy, exasperate, worry, disturb, trouble, agitate, provoke, vex, trip, journey, run, expedition, excursion, outing, jaunt, tour, airing, turn, sally, footpath, pathway, track, jogging track, trail, trackway, riding, towpath, walk, walkway, promenade, esplanade, avenue, lane, alley, alleyway, passage, passageway, byway, sidetrack, berm, causeway, right of way
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “ride” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| airing | A transmission of a television or radio programme. An airing cupboard. |
| alley | A lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins. A skittle alley. |
| alleyway | A narrow street with walls on both sides. |
| avenue | A broad road in a town or city, typically having trees at regular intervals along its sides. An avenue of limes. |
| berm | An artificial ridge or embankment, such as one built as a defence against tanks. Berms of shovelled earth. |
| byway | A little-known area of knowledge. The arcane byways of the laws of privilege. |
| causeway | A road that is raised above water or marshland or sand. An island reached at low tide by a causeway. |
| drive | Hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver. Cattle were no longer taken on long drives but were delivered by rail. |
| esplanade | A long, open, level area, typically beside the sea, along which people may walk for pleasure. |
| excursion | A short journey or trip, especially one taken as a leisure activity. Pardon this long excursion on this subject. |
| expedition | The people involved in an expedition. A shopping expedition. |
| footpath | A path for people to walk along, especially a right of way in the countryside. |
| jaunt | A journey taken for pleasure. Her regular jaunts to Europe. |
| jogging track | Running at a jog trot as a form of cardiopulmonary exercise. |
| journey | A long and often difficult process of personal change and development. Her spiritual journey towards Roman Catholicism. |
| lane | A narrow road, especially in a rural area. The car moved into the outside lane. |
| outing | A journey taken for pleasure. Her daily outing to the shops. |
| passage | A narrow way allowing access between buildings or to different rooms within a building a passageway. The outward passage took 10 days. |
| passageway | A long, narrow way, typically having walls either side, that allows access between buildings or to different rooms within a building. Her hotel was at the end of a narrow passageway off the main street. |
| pathway | A sequence of chemical reactions undergone by a compound or class of compounds in a living organism. These neural pathways control vocalization. |
| promenade | A formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year. An evening promenade. |
| riding | The sport or activity of riding horses. A riding accident. |
| right of way | An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature. |
| run | A running pace. There s been a big run on nostalgia toys this year. |
| sally | A witty or lively remark, especially one made as an attack or as a diversion in an argument; a retort. The garrison there made a sally against us. |
| sidetrack | A railway branch line or siding. A sidetrack to the original discovery well. |
| tour | A period of time spent in military service. They took an extended tour of Europe. |
| towpath | A path beside a river or canal, originally used as a pathway for horses towing barges. |
| track | An endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground. 130 kilometres of track. |
| trackway | An ancient roadway. A narrow beaten trackway into the forest. |
| trail | A trailer for a film or broadcast. The hotel is well off the tourist trail. |
| trip | A stumble or fall due to catching one’s foot on something. The pressure activates the tripper and releases the water. |
| turn | A place where a road meets or branches off another a turning. He did me a good turn. |
| walk | A person s manner of walking. They crossed the field at a leisurely walk. |
| walkway | A path set aside for walking. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “ride” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| agitate | Cause to be agitated excited or roused. The thought of questioning Toby agitated him extremely. |
| annoy | Cause annoyance in disturb especially by minor irritations. The decision really annoyed him. |
| badger | Persuade through constant efforts. Tom had finally badgered her into going. |
| bait | Lure entice or entrap with bait. The other boys revelled in baiting him about his love of literature. |
| be mounted on | Work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function. |
| bedevil | (of a person) torment or harass. Projects like this are bedevilled by a shortage of cash. |
| bestride | Stand astride over; straddle. Creatures that bestride the dividing line between amphibians and reptiles. |
| bother | Make confused or perplexed or puzzled. The driver didn t bother to ask why. |
| cod | Fool or hoax. |
| depend on | Be contingent upon (something that is elided. |
| depend upon | Be contingent upon (something that is elided. |
| devolve on | Pass on or delegate to another. |
| disturb | Tamper with. I am disturbed by the document I have just read. |
| drive | Strike with a driver as in teeing off. He wanted to drive me away. |
| exasperate | Exasperate or irritate. This futile process exasperates prison officers. |
| go | Go through in search of something search through someone s belongings in an unauthorized way. My car won t go. |
| harry | Annoy continually or chronically. The raiders then spent three months harrying and burning the area. |
| hinge on | Attach with a hinge. |
| hinge upon | Attach with a hinge. |
| hound | Pursue or chase relentlessly. The detectives hounded the suspect until they found him. |
| make one's way | Consider as being. |
| mount | Go up or advance. The costs mount up when you buy a home. |
| move | Change location move travel or proceed also metaphorically. If you haven t moved your bowels today you d better do it now. |
| persecute | Cause to suffer. No one should be persecuted for their religious beliefs. |
| pester | Annoy persistently. She constantly pestered him with telephone calls. |
| plague | Cause continual trouble or distress to. He has been plagued by ill health. |
| proceed | Start a lawsuit against someone. We proceeded towards Washington. |
| progress | Cause a task or undertaking to make progress. As the century progressed the quality of telescopes improved. |
| provoke | Evoke or provoke to appear or occur. The decision provoked a storm of protest from civil rights organizations. |
| rag | Give a decorative effect to a painted surface by applying paint typically of a different colour with a rag. Rag that old tune. |
| rally | Drive in a rally. A series of meetings to rally support for the union. |
| razz | Tease (someone) playfully. His co workers razz him about it. |
| sit | Sit and travel on the back of animal usually while controlling its motions. The manager must decide who to sit in the World Series. |
| sit on | Assume a posture as for artistic purposes. |
| tantalise | Harass with persistent criticism or carping. |
| tantalize | Torment or tease (someone) with the sight or promise of something that is unobtainable. She still tantalized him. |
| taunt | Provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks. You once taunted me taunted me with cowardice because I dared not face the world and conquer it. |
| tease | Raise the nap of (fabrics. The children teased the new teacher. |
| torment | Torment emotionally or mentally. Every day I have kids tormenting me because they know I live alone. |
| travel | Travel from place to place as for the purpose of finding work preaching or acting as a judge. We travelled thousands of miles. |
| trouble | Take the trouble to do something concern oneself. My legs started to trouble me. |
| turn on | Let (something) fall or spill from a container. |
| twit | Harass with persistent criticism or carping. |
| vex | Cause distress to. Vex the subject of the death penalty. |
| worry | (of a dog) chase and attack (livestock, especially sheep. I began to worry whether I had done the right thing. |
| bicycle | Ride a bicycle. They spent the holidays bicycling around the beautiful Devonshire countryside. |
| bike | A bicycle or motorcycle. I m going by bike. |
| bus | Travel by bus. The fenders had fallen off that old bus. |
| cab | Ride in a taxicab. She hailed a cab. |
| chariot | Ride in a chariot. He was charioted into the Temple. |
| cycle | A cycle per second one hertz. The recurrent cycle of harvest failure food shortages and price increases. |
| cycling | The sport or activity of riding a bicycle. Cycle racing has three main forms: road racing (typically over long distances), pursuit (on an oval track), and cyclo-cross (over rough, open country). |
| cyclist | A person who rides a bicycle. |
| drive | Of a motor vehicle travel under the control of a driver. Greg hit a good drive at the 18th. |
| driver | A golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver. Learner drivers. |
| hackney | A horse-drawn vehicle kept for hire. A hackney coach. |
| horse | A wild mammal of the horse family. Forty horse and sixty foot. |
| jalopy | A car that is old and unreliable. His father got worried about him driving that old jalopy it wasn t safe. |
| motorcycle | Ride a motorcycle. |
| motorist | The driver of a car. |
| mounted | Riding an animal, typically a horse, especially for military or other duty. The trim brass mounted carbine of the ranger. |
| pedal | Each of a set of two or three levers on a piano particularly also sustaining pedal one which when depressed prevents the dampers from stopping the sound when the keys are released The second is the soft pedal a third if present produces either selective sustaining or complete muffling of the tone. He was coming down the path on his bike pedalling hard. |
| pony | A literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly. A pony of vodka. |
| pulley | Hoist with a pulley. The tree house was built on the ground and pulleyed into the branches. |
| rider | A condition or proviso added to something already agreed. A rider was also added the question of liability was dependent upon the purpose of the disclosure. |
| riding | The sport or activity of riding horses. A riding accident. |
| scooter | A motorboat resembling a motor scooter. Scootering is the most economical and practical form of transportation. |
| spoke | One of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder. |
| stallion | Uncastrated adult male horse. |
| streetcar | A wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity. |
| surrey | A light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; has two or four seats. |
| taxi | Of a pilot cause an aircraft to taxi. I ll take a taxi from the air terminal. |
| tram | Travel by tram. A tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine. |
| tricycle | Ride on a tricycle. A small boy tricycled to the end of his driveway. |
| wheel | A wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals. The wheels of justice. |
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