ride

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noun

1 in a vehicle, on a horse, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ long, short

▪

We have a long ride ahead of us tomorrow.

▪ leisurely

▪

We went for a leisurely ride along the canal.

▪ comfortable, easy, smooth (all often figurative)

▪

The new legislation did not have a smooth ride through Parliament.

▪ bumpy, rough, uncomfortable

▪

It was a bumpy ride along the farm track.

▪

The new teacher was given a rough ride by the class. (figurative)

▪ wild

▪

He took her for a wild ride on the back of his motorcycle.

▪ fun

▪ free

▪

The rats hitch a free ride on ships.

▪ bike, bus, cab, car, cycle (BrE), subway (AmE), taxi, train, etc.

▪ boat, ferry, plane

▪ camel, donkey, pony, etc.

VERB + RIDE

▪ have, take

▪

Visitors can take a ride on a miniature train.

▪ go for

▪

She's gone for a ride on her bike.

▪ enjoy

PREPOSITION

▪ ride from

▪

The ride from our house to my parents' takes about an hour.

▪ ride to

2 at a fair

ADJECTIVE

▪ amusement (esp. AmE), amusement-park, carnival (esp. AmE), fairground (esp. BrE), funfair (BrE), helter-skelter (BrE), roller-coaster, white-knuckle

▪

The day had been a roller-coaster ride of emotions. (figurative)

VERB + RIDE

▪ go on

▪

I went on every ride in the amusement park.

3 (AmE) free ride in a car, etc. ⇨ See also ↑lift

ADJECTIVE

▪ free

VERB + RIDE

▪ get

▪

She hitched a ride to the station.

▪ ask for, bum (informal), catch, get, hitch, thumb

▪

I managed to hitch a ride with someone going in my direction.

▪ need, want

▪ give sb, offer sb

▪ accept

PHRASES

▪ a ride back, a ride home

▪

He gave me a ride home after the party.

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verb

ADVERB

▪ fast, hard

▪

They rode hard all night.

▪ slowly

▪ well

▪ steadily

▪ bareback, side-saddle

▪

It was strange to ride in a saddle after riding bareback for so many years.

▪ around, away, back, home, off, on, out, over, past

▪

At the end of the movie they ride off into the sunset.

▪ together

VERB + RIDE

▪ learn to

▪ teach sb to, teach sb how to

PREPOSITION

▪ along, down, from, on, through, to, up, etc.

▪

We were riding along a dusty trail.

PHRASES

▪ go horseback riding (AmE), go riding

Ride is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑jockey, ↑passenger

Ride is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bicycle, ↑bike, ↑bus, ↑cycle, ↑donkey, ↑elevator, ↑escalator, ↑ferry, ↑horse, ↑luck, ↑mile, ↑motorcycle, ↑mule, ↑pillion, ↑pony, ↑sled, ↑subway, ↑surf, ↑tide, ↑trail, ↑train, ↑trolley, ↑wave