(~s, riding, rode, ridden)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
When you ~ a horse, you sit on it and control its movements.
I saw a girl riding a horse...
Can you ~?...
He was riding on his horse looking for the castle...
They still ~ around on horses.
VERB: V n, V, V on n, V adv/prep
2.
When you ~ a bicycle or a motorcycle, you sit on it, control it, and travel along on it.
Riding a bike is great exercise...
Two men riding on motorcycles opened fire on him...
He rode to work on a bicycle.
VERB: V n, V on n, V prep/adv
3.
When you ~ in a vehicle such as a car, you travel in it.
He prefers travelling on the Tube to riding in a limousine...
I remember the village full of American servicemen riding around in jeeps...
VERB: V in/on n, V adv/prep
4.
A ~ is a journey on a horse or bicycle, or in a vehicle.
Would you like to go for a ~?...
N-COUNT
5.
In a fairground, a ~ is a large machine that people ~ on for fun.
N-COUNT
6.
If you say that one thing is riding on another, you mean that the first thing depends on the second thing.
Billions of pounds are riding on the outcome of the election...
= depend
VERB: oft cont, V on n
7.
see also riding
8.
If you say that someone or something is riding high, you mean that they are popular or successful at the present time.
He was riding high in the public opinion polls...
PHRASE: V inflects, usu cont
9.
If you say that someone faces a rough ~, you mean that things are going to be difficult for them because people will criticize them a lot or treat them badly. (INFORMAL)
The Chancellor could face a rough ~ unless the plan works...
PHRASE: usu PHR after v
10.
If you say that someone has been taken for a ~, you mean that they have been deceived or cheated. (INFORMAL)
When he had not returned with my money an hour later I realized that I had been taken for a ~.
PHRASE: V inflects
11.
to ~ roughshod over: see roughshod