RIDE - Meaning and Pronunciation
How to pronounce ride?
This video provides examples of American English pronunciations of ride by male and female speakers.
In addition, it explains the meaning of ride through a dictionary definition and several visual examples.
IPA Transcription of ride is /rˈaɪd/.
Definition of ride according to Wiktionary:
ride can be a verb or a noun
As a verb ride can mean:
1. To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
2. To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
3. To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
4. Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
5. To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
6. To traverse by riding.
7. To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
8. To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
9. To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with.
10. To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
11. Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
12. To rely, depend (on).
13. Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
14. To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
15. To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
16. To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
17. To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
18. In jazz, a steady rhythmical style.
As a noun ride can mean:
1. An instance of riding.
2. A vehicle.
3. An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
4. A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
5. A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
6. A saddle horse.
7. A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
8. In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.
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