The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ride \Ride\, v. t.
   1. To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to
      ride a bicycle.
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            [They] rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the
            air
            In whirlwind.                         --Milton.
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   2. To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
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            The nobility could no longer endure to be ridden by
            bakers, cobblers, and brewers.        --Swift.
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   3. To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
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            Tue only men that safe can ride
            Mine errands on the Scottish side.    --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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   4. (Surg.) To overlap (each other); -- said of bones or
      fractured fragments.
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   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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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[imac]dan; akin to LG. riden, D. rijden, G.
   reiten, OHG. r[imac]tan, Icel. r[imac][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.
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            To-morrow, when ye riden by the way.  --Chaucer.
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            Let your master ride on before, and do you gallop
            after him.                            --Swift.
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   2. To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a
      car, and the like. See Synonym, below.
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            The richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not
            by riding in gilden carriages, but by walking the
            streets with trains of servants.      --Macaulay.
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   3. To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie.
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            Men once walked where ships at anchor ride.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   4. To be supported in motion; to rest.
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            Strong as the exletree
            On which heaven rides.                --Shak.
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            On whose foolish honesty
            My practices ride easy!               --Shak.
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   5. To manage a horse, as an equestrian.
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            He rode, he fenced, he moved with graceful ease.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   6. To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle;
      as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.
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   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.
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   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.
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                "Will you ride over or drive?" said Lord
                Willowby to his quest, after breakfast that
                morning.                          --W. Black.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ride \Ride\, n.
   1. The act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a
      vehicle.
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   2. A saddle horse. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
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   3. A road or avenue cut in a wood, or through grounds, to be
      used as a place for riding; a riding.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.]
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            When he himself might his quietus make
            With a bare bodkin.                   --Shak.
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   2. (Needlework) An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc.,
      with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a
      stiletto; an eyeleteer.
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   3. (Print.) A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking out
      letters from a column or page in making corrections.
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   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.
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            Wedged whole ages in a bodkin's eye.  --Pope.
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   5. A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair.
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   To sit, ride, or travel bodkin, to sit closely wedged
      between two persons. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ride
    n 1: a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile); "he took
         the family for a drive in his new car" [syn: drive,
         ride]
    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?"; "The girl liked to drive the young
         mare" [syn: ride, 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"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a
       jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod,
       tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally,
       ride]
    6: be sustained or supported or borne; "His glasses rode high on
       his nose"; "The child rode on his mother's hips"; "She rode a
       wave of popularity"; "The brothers rode to an easy victory on
       their father's political name"
    7: have certain properties when driven; "This car rides
       smoothly"; "My new truck drives well" [syn: drive, ride]
    8: be contingent on; "The outcomes rides on the results of the
       election"; "Your grade will depends on your homework" [syn:
       depend on, devolve on, depend upon, ride, turn on,
       hinge on, hinge upon]
    9: lie moored or anchored; "Ship rides at anchor"
    10: sit on and control a vehicle; "He rides his bicycle to work
        every day"; "She loves to ride her new motorcycle through
        town"
    11: climb up on the body; "Shorts that ride up"; "This skirt
        keeps riding up my legs"
    12: ride over, along, or through; "Ride the freeways of
        California"
    13: keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with
        the foot; "Don't ride the clutch!"
    14: copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" [syn: ride,
        mount]