ride
suomi-englanti sanakirjaride englannista suomeksi
ajella
astua
ajaa
menopeli, laite
retki, ajo
edetä
matkustaa
ivata, vinoilla, vittuilla
ratsastaa
olla ankkurissa
kellua
kulkea
vedättää
jatkaa
nousta
riippua
Verbi
Substantiivi
ride englanniksi
To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc. (defdate)
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(RQ:Shakespeare Henry 4-1)
(RQ:Austen Mansfield Park) I will take my horse early to-morrow morning and ride over to Stoke, and settle with one of them.
(RQ:Thackeray Henry Esmond)
1923, "Mrs. Rinehart", ''Time'', 28 Apr 1923
- It is characteristic of her that she hates trains, that she arrives from a rail-road journey a nervous wreck; but that she can ride a horse steadily for weeks through the most dangerous western passes.
2010, ''The Guardian'', 6 Oct 2010
- The original winner Azizulhasni Awang of Malaysia was relegated after riding too aggressively to storm from fourth to first on the final bend.
To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger. (defdate)
(RQ:Melville Moby-Dick)
1960, "Biznelcmd", ''Time'', 20 Jun 1960
- In an elaborately built, indoor San Francisco, passengers ride cable cars through quiet, hilly streets.
To transport (someone) in a vehicle. (defdate)
Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water. (defdate)
(RQ:Ovid Art of Love)
(RQ:Defoe Crusoe)
To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback. (defdate)
To traverse by riding.
1999, David Levinson, Karen Christensen, ''Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present''
- Early women tobogganists rode the course in the requisite attire of their day: skirts. In spite of this hindrance, some women riders turned in very respectable performances.
To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
(RQ:Scott Marmion)
To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
To mount (someone) to sex with them; to have intercourse with. (defdate)
1997, Linda Howard, ''Son of the Morning'', page 345
- She rode him hard, and he squeezed her breasts, and she came again.
2002, Myra MacPherson, ''Long Time Passing: Vietnam and the haunted generation'', page 375
- “One old boy started riding me about not having gone to Vietnam; I just spit my coffee at him, and he backed off.
Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle. (defdate)
2008, Ann Kessel, ''The Guardian'', 27 Jul 2008
- In athletics, triple jumper Ashia Hansen advises a thong for training because, while knickers ride up, ‘thongs have nowhere left to go’: but in Beijing Britain's best are likely, she says, to forgo knickers altogether, preferring to go commando for their country under their GB kit.
2006, "Grappling with deficits", ''The Economist'', 9 Mar 2006:
- With so much riding on the new payments system, it was thus a grave embarrassment to the government when the tariff for 2006-07 had to be withdrawn for amendments towards the end of February.
Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body). (defdate)
2001, Jenny Eliscu, "Oops...she's doing it again", ''The Observer'', 16 Sep 2001
- She's wearing inky-blue jeans that ride low enough on her hips that her aquamarine thong peeks out teasingly at the back.
To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
(RQ:Swift The Presbyterians Plea of Meri)
- The nobility(..) could no longer endure to be ridden by bakers, coblerssic, brewers, and the like.
To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
(co)
2006, Simran Kohli, ''Radio Jockey Handbook''
- The board operator normally watches the meter scale marked for modulation percentage, riding the gain to bring volume peaks into the 85% to 100% range.
2017, Michael O'Connell, ''Turn Up the Volume: A Down and Dirty Guide to Podcasting'' (page 22)
- “You don't want them riding the volume knob, so that's why you learn how to do your levels properly to make the whole thing transparent for the listener. (..)
In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.
2000, Max Harrison, Charles Fox, Eric Thacker, ''The Essential Jazz Records: Modernism to postmodernism'' (page 238)
- The quintet in Propheticape muses out-of-measured-time until Holland leads it into swift, riding jazz.
An instance of riding.
A vehicle.
A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
*(quote-book)
A horse.
(quote-journal)
A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
2007 July 14, Michael O'Neill, ''Re: More mouthy ineffectual poseurs...was Re: Live Earth - One Of The Most Important Events On This Particular Planet - don't let SCI distract you'', in (monospace), ''Usenet'':
- Absolutely, and I agree about Madonna. An absolute ride *still*. :-) M.
In jazz, a steady rhythmical style.
A wild, bewildering experience of some duration.
An act of sexual intercourse
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