• To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse. • To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below. • To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie. • To be supported in motion; to rest. • To manage a horse, as an equestrian. • To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast. • To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to ride a bicycle. • To manage insolently at will; to domineer over. • To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding. • To overlap (each other); -- said of bones or fractured fragments. • The act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle. • A saddle horse. • A road or avenue cut in a wood, or through grounds, to be used as a place for riding; a riding.