Rid vs. Ride — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Rid and Ride
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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.
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Ride
To travel over a surface
This car rides well.
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.
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
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