ride

/raɪd/ verb (past tense rode, past participle ridden)

Definition

HORSE/BICYCLE [I, T] › to travel by sitting on a horse, bicycle, or motorcycle and controlling it: I ride my bike to work. She taught me to ride (= to ride a horse).

TRAVEL [T] US › to travel in a vehicle as a passenger: I've told her not to ride the subway at night.

(Definition of ride verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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