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ride

Noun CEFR A2 Common
ɹaɪd

Definitions

  1. An instance of riding.
  2. A vehicle.
  3. An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
  4. A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
  5. A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
    UK
  6. A saddle horse.
  7. A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
  8. A steady rhythmical style.
  9. Ellipsis of ride cymbal.
  10. A wild, bewildering experience of some duration.
  11. An act of sexual intercourse.
  12. A district inspected by an excise officer.
  13. A fault caused by the overlapping of leads, etc.

Conjugation

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Equivalents

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Afrikaansry
Danskkøreliftrideridt
Ελληνικάμεταφορά
Esperantorajdi
فارسیراندن
Gaeilgesíob
Gàidhligliofttogail
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻihoʻoholoholoholoholo
Հայերենհեծնել
Bahasa Indonesiawahana
Íslenskariða
ქართულიმგზავრობა
ភាសាខ្មែរជិះជូន
ລາວຂີ່
Te Reo Māorieke
Монголунах
Bahasa Melayumenaikimenunggang
မြန်မာစိုင်းစီး
नेपालीचढ्नु
Slovenščinajahatijezditivoziti
Kiswahililifti
Tiếng Việtcốicươiđiđi nhờlai

Examples

Can I have a ride on your bike?”
“We took the horses for an early-morning ride in the woods.”
“go for a quick ride
That's a nice ride; what did it cost?”
pimp my ride
the kids went on all the rides
Can you give me a ride home?”
“"Could you see the ride that goes down and round the point of the woods...?" "I could see down it till it went round the corner."... "...Then Mr Fawcett comes down the ride, rushing his chair along like it was a racing car... He carried on down the ride. Next thing Miss Harmsworth comes down the ride from the field..."”
Stella, who in her day was a beautiful ride.”
Absolutely, and I agree about Madonna. An absolute ride *still*. :-) M.”
That story was a ride from start to finish.”
“We all started to dance / Without wearing no life vest / We all started to dance / It was quite a ride
“I gave my boyfriend a ride before breakfast.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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