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1. The sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements
   - horseback riding, equitation
    
2. Travel by being carried on horseback
   - horseback riding
    
3. [Cdn] Constituency for an elected member of parliament or legislature

1. (riding) Sit and travel on the back of an animal, usually while controlling its motion
   "Did you ever ride a camel?";
   - 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"
    
3. Continue undisturbed and without interference
   "Let it ride"
    
4. Move like a floating object
   "The moon rode high in the night sky"
    
5. [N. Amer, informal] Deliberately provoke by mocking or poking fun, often in an aggressive manner
   "Don't ride me so hard over my failure";
   - tease, razz [N. Amer, informal], rag, cod [Brit, informal], bait, taunt, twit [informal], rally, wind up [Brit, informal]
    
6. Be sustained, 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";
   - drive
    
8. Be contingent on
   "The outcomes rides on the results of the election";
   - depend on, devolve on, depend upon, 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";
    - mount
     
15. [vulgar] (of a man) have sexual intercourse with

Derived forms: ridings

Type of: athletics, bemock, climb, climb up, continue, copulate, couple, engage, float, go, go along, go on, go up, journey, keep, lie, lock, locomote, mate, mesh, mock, mount, move, operate, pair, proceed, sport, travel, traveling [US], travelling [Brit, Cdn]

Antonym: walk

Encyclopedia: Riding