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(verb) copulate with, as of animals; "The bull was riding the cow" |
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Synonyms: mount |
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Related Words: copulate, couple, mate, pair |
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(verb) keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot; "Don't ride the clutch!" |
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Related Words: engage, lock, mesh, operate |
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(verb) move like a floating object; "The moon rode high in the night sky" |
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Related Words: go, locomote, move, travel |
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(verb) ride over, along, or through: "Travel the highways of America" |
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Related Words: journey, travel |
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(verb) be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day" |
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Related Words: bicycle, bike, boat, bus, chariot, cycle, hitch, hitchhike, joyride, motorcycle, pedal, piggyback, sled, sledge, sleigh, snowmobile, taxi, thumb, tool, tool around, train, travel, wheel |
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Antonyms: walk |
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(verb) sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions; "She never sat a horse!" "Did you ever ride a camel?" |
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Synonyms: sit |
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Related Words: canter, extend, gallop, go, locomote, move, outride, ride herd, ride horseback, travel |
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(verb) climb up on the body; "Shorts that ride up"; "This skirt keeps riding up my legs" |
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Related Words: climb, climb up, go up, mount |
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(verb) continue undisturbed and without interference; "Let it ride" |
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Related Words: continue, go along, go on, keep, keep on, proceed |
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(verb) lie moored or anchored; "Ship rides at anchor" |
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Related Words: lie |
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(noun) a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement |
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Related Words: Ferris wheel, big dipper, carousel, chute-the-chute, mechanical device, merry-go-round, roller coaster, roundabout, whirligig |
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(noun) a journey in a vehicle driven by someone else; "he took the family for a drive in his new car" |
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Synonyms: drive |
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Related Words: journey, journeying, joyride, lift |
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(verb) have certain properties when driven; "This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well" |
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Synonyms: drive |
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(verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure" |
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Synonyms: bait, cod, rag, rally, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit |
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Related Words: banter, barrack, bemock, chaff, flout, gibe, jeer, jolly, kid, mock, scoff |
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