[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ridden \rid"den\,
   p. p. of ride.
   1913 webster
see also:
ride. 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ride \ride\, v. i. imp. rode r=od rid ri^d,
   archaic; p. p. riddenrid, archaic; p. pr.  vb. n.
   riding. as. rimacdan; akin to lg. riden, d. rijden, g.
   reiten, ohg. rimactan, icel. rimacetha, sw. rida, dan.
   ride; cf. l. raeda a carriage, which is from a celtic word.
   cf. road.
   1. to be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.
      1913 webster

            to-morrow, when ye riden by the way.  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            let your master ride on before, and do you gallop
            after him.                            --swift.
      1913 webster

   2. to be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a
      car, and the like. see synonym, below.
      1913 webster

            the richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not
            by riding in gilden carriages, but by walking the
            streets with trains of servants.      --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   3. to be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie.
      1913 webster

            men once walked where ships at anchor ride.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   4. to be supported in motion; to rest.
      1913 webster

            strong as the exletree
            on which heaven rides.                --shak.
      1913 webster

            on whose foolish honesty
            my practices ride easy               --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. to manage a horse, as an equestrian.
      1913 webster

            he rode, he fenced, he moved with graceful ease.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   6. to support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle;
      as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.
      1913 webster

   to ride easy naut., to lie at anchor without violent
      pitching or straining at the cables.

   to ride hard naut., to pitch violently.

   to ride out.
      a to go upon a military expedition. obs. --chaucer.
      b to ride in the open air. colloq.

   to ride to hounds, to ride behind, and near to, the hounds
      in hunting.
      1913 webster

   syn: drive.

   usage: ride, drive. ride originally meant and is so used
          throughout the english bible to be carried on
          horseback or in a vehicle of any kind. at present in
          england, drive is the word applied in most cases to
          progress in a carriage; as, a drive around the park,
          etc.; while ride is appropriated to progress on a
          horse. johnson seems to sanction this distinction by
          giving "to travel on horseback" as the leading sense
          of ride; though he adds "to travel in a vehicle" as a
          secondary sense. this latter use of the word still
          occurs to some extent; as, the queen rides to
          parliament in her coach of state; to ride in an
          omnibus.
          1913 webster

                "will you ride over or drive?" said lord
                willowby to his quest, after breakfast that
                morning.                          --w. black.
          1913 webster
see also:
rode rid ridden riding road to ride easy 
to ride hard to ride out to ride to hounds ride drive 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ride
     n 1: a journey in a vehicle driven by someone else; "he took the
          family for a drive in his new car" syn: drive
     2: a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or
        excitement
     v 1: sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while
          controlling its motions; "she never sat a horse"; "did
          you ever ride a camel?"; "the girl liked to drive the
          young mare" syn: sit
     2: be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "i ride to work in
        a bus"; "he rides the subway downtown every day" ant: walk
     3: continue undisturbed and without interference; "let it ride"
     4: move like a floating object; "the moon rode high in the
        night sky"
     5: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "the children
        teased the new teacher"; "don't ride me so hard over my
        failure"; "his fellow workers razzed him when he wore a
        jacket and tie" syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize,
         tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally
     6: be sustained or supported or borne; "his glasses rode high
        on his nose"; "the child rode on his mother's hips"; "she
        rode a wave of popularity"; "the brothers rode to an easy
        victory on their father's political name"
     7: have certain properties when driven; "this car rides
        smoothly"; "my new truck drives well" syn: drive
     8: be contingent on; "the outcomes rides on the results of the
        electin"; "your grade will depends on your homework" syn:
         depend on, devolve on, depend upon, turn on, hinge
        on, hinge upon
     9: lie moored or anchored; "ship rides at anchor"
     10: sit on and control a vehicle; "he rides his bicycle to work
         every day"; "she loves to ride her new motorcycle through
         town"
     11: climb up on the body; "shorts that ride up"; "this skirt
         keeps riding up my legs"
     12: ride over, along, or through; "travel the highways of
         america"; "ride the freeways of california"
     13: keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with
         the foot; "don't ride the clutch"
     14: copulate with; "the bull was riding the cow" syn: mount
     also: rode, ridden
see also:
drive sit walk tease razz rag 
cod tantalize tantalise bait taunt 
twit rally depend on devolve on depend upon 
turn on hinge on hinge upon mount rode 
ridden 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ridden
     see ride
see also:
ride 

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pictorialhistory
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