Rid vs. Ride — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Rid and Ride
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Definitions
Rid➦
To cause (someone) to be free from something; relieve or disencumber
He was finally able to rid himself of all financial worries.
Ride➦
To be carried or conveyed, as in a vehicle or on horseback.
Rid➦
Released from an obligation, problem, etc. (usually followed by of).
I’m glad to be rid of that stupid nickname.
Ride➦
(Sports) To participate in a board sport such as snowboarding.
Rid➦
(transitive) To free (something) from a hindrance or annoyance.
We're trying to rid the world of poverty.
Ride➦
To travel over a surface
This car rides well.
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Rid➦
To banish.
Ride➦
To move by way of an intangible force or impetus; move as if on water
The President rode into office on a tide of discontent.
Rid➦
To kill.
Ride➦
(Nautical) To lie at anchor
Battleships riding at the mouth of the estuary.
Rid➦
To save; to rescue; to deliver; - with out of.
Deliver the poor and needy; rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
Ride➦
To seem to float
The moon was riding among the clouds.
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Rid➦
To free; to clear; to disencumber; - followed by of.
In never ridded myself of an overmastering and brooding sense of some great calamity traveling toward me.
Ride➦
To be sustained or supported on a pivot, axle, or other point.
Rid➦
To drive away; to remove by effort or violence; to make away with; to destroy.
I will red evil beasts out of the land.
Death's men, you have rid this sweet young prince!
Ride➦
To be contingent; depend
The final outcome rides on the results of the election.
Rid➦
To get over; to dispose of; to dispatch; to finish.
Mirth will make us rid ground faster than if thieves were at our tails.
Ride➦
To continue without interference
Let the matter ride.
Rid➦
Relieve from;
Rid the the house of pests
Ride➦
To work or move from the proper place, especially on the body
Pants that ride up.
Ride➦
To sit on and control the movement of
Rode a motorcycle to town.
Ride a horse to the village.
Ride➦
(Sports) To glide or move while standing on or having one's feet attached to (a board, such as a snowboard).
Ride➦
To travel over, along, or through
Ride the highways.
Ride➦
To be supported or carried on
A swimmer riding the waves.
Ride➦
To take part in or do by riding
He rode his last race.
Ride➦
To cause to ride, especially to cause to be carried
The police rode him down to the station.
Ride➦
(Sports) To control (an opponent) in wrestling, usually by holding the opponent down.
Ride➦
(Nautical) To keep (a vessel) at anchor.
Ride➦
To tease or ridicule.
Ride➦
To harass with persistent carping and criticism.
Ride➦
To keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot
Don't ride the clutch or the brakes.
Ride➦
The act or an instance of riding, as in a vehicle or on an animal.
Ride➦
A path made for riding on horseback, especially through woodlands.
Ride➦
A device, such as one at an amusement park, that one rides for pleasure or excitement.
Ride➦
A means of transportation
Waiting for her ride to come.
Ride➦
To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
I ride to work every day and park the bike outside the office.
Ride➦
To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
Ride➦
To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
The cab rode him downtown.
Ride➦
(intransitive) Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
Ride➦
To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
The witch cackled and rode away on her broomstick.
Ride➦
(transitive) To traverse by riding.
Ride➦
(transitive) To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
How many races have you ridden this year?
Ride➦
(intransitive) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
A horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.
Ride➦
To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with.
Ride➦
To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
Ride➦
(intransitive) Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
Ride➦
(intransitive) To rely, depend (on).
Ride➦
(intransitive) Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
Ride➦
(lacrosse) To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
Ride➦
To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
Ride➦
(surgery) To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
Ride➦
To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
Vocal riding
Ride➦
(music) In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.
Ride➦
An instance of riding.
Can I have a ride on your bike?
We took the horses for an early-morning ride in the woods.
Go for a quick ride
Ride➦
(informal) A vehicle.
That's a nice ride; what did it cost?
Pimp my ride
Ride➦
An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
The kids went on all the rides
Ride➦
A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
Can you give me a ride home?
Ride➦
(UK) A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
Ride➦
A saddle horse.
Ride➦
(Ireland) A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
Ride➦
(music) In jazz, a steady rhythmical style.
Ride➦
A wild, bewildering experience of some duration.
That story was a ride from start to finish.
Ride➦
(slang) An act of sexual intercourse
I gave my boyfriend a ride before breakfast.
Ride➦
To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.
To-morrow, when ye riden by the way.
Let your master ride on before, and do you gallop after him.
Ride➦
To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below.
The richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not by riding in gilden carriages, but by walking the streets with trains of servants.
Ride➦
To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie.
Men once walked where ships at anchor ride.
Ride➦
To be supported in motion; to rest.
Strong as the exletreeOn which heaven rides.
On whose foolish honestyMy practices ride easy!
Ride➦
To manage a horse, as an equestrian.
He rode, he fenced, he moved with graceful ease.
Ride➦
To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.
"Will you ride over or drive?" said Lord Willowby to his quest, after breakfast that morning.
Ride➦
To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to ride a bicycle.
[They] rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the airIn whirlwind.
Ride➦
To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
The nobility could no longer endure to be ridden by bakers, cobblers, and brewers.
Ride➦
To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
Tue only men that safe can rideMine errands on the Scottish side.
Ride➦
To overlap (each other); - said of bones or fractured fragments.
Ride➦
The act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle.
Ride➦
A saddle horse.
Ride➦
A road or avenue cut in a wood, or through grounds, to be used as a place for riding; a riding.
Ride➦
A journey in a vehicle driven by someone else;
He took the family for a drive in his new car
Ride➦
A mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement
Ride➦
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
Ride➦
Be carried or travel on or in a vehicle;
I ride to work in a bus
He rides the subway downtown every day
Ride➦
Continue undisturbed and without interference;
Let it ride
Ride➦
Move like a floating object;
The moon rode high in the night sky
Ride➦
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
Ride➦
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
Ride➦
Have certain properties when driven;
This car rides smoothly
My new truck drives well
Ride➦
Be contingent on;
The outcomes rides on the results of the electin
Your grade will depends on your homework
Ride➦
Lie moored or anchored;
Ship rides at anchor
Ride➦
Sit on and control a vehicle;
He rides his bicycle to work every day
She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town
Ride➦
Climb up on the body;
Shorts that ride up
This skirt keeps riding up my legs
Ride➦
Ride over, along, or through;
Travel the highways of America
Ride the freeways of California
Ride➦
Keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot;
Don't ride the clutch!
Ride➦
Copulate with;
The bull was riding the cow
