[1] : 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 

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

riding \rid"ing\ rimacd"i^ng, n. for thriding, icel.
   thornriethjungr the third part, fr. thornriethi
   third, akin to e. third. see third.
   one of the three jurisdictions into which the county of york,
   in england, is divided; -- formerly under the government of a
   reeve. they are called the north, the east, and the west,
   riding. --blackstone.
   1913 webster
see also:
third 

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

riding \rid"ing\, a.
   1. employed to travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk. "one
      riding apparitor." --ayliffe.
      1913 webster

   2. used for riding on; as, a riding horse.
      1913 webster

   3. used for riding, or when riding; devoted to riding; as, a
      riding whip; a riding habit; a riding day.
      1913 webster

   riding clerk.
      a a clerk who traveled for a commercial house. obs.
          eng.
      b one of the "six clerks" formerly attached to the
          english court of chancery.

   riding hood.
      a a hood formerly worn by women when riding.
      b a kind of cloak with a hood.

   riding master, an instructor in horsemanship.

   riding rhyme pros., the meter of five accents, with
      couplet rhyme; -- probably so called from the mounted
      pilgrims described in the canterbury tales. --dr. guest.

   riding school, a school or place where the art of riding is
      taught.
      1913 webster
see also:
riding clerk riding hood riding master riding rhyme riding school 

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

riding \rid"ing\, n.
   1. the act or state of one who rides.
      1913 webster

   2. a festival procession. obs.
      1913 webster

            when there any riding was in cheap.   --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   3. same as ride, n., 3. --sir p. sidney.
      1913 webster

   4. a district in charge of an excise officer. eng.
      1913 webster
see also:
ride 

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

trithing \tri"thing\, n. see ist riding.
   one of three ancient divisions of a county in england; -- now
   called riding. written also riding. --blackstone.
   1913 webster
see also:
riding riding 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

riding
     adj : traveling by wheeled vehicle such as bicycle or automobile
           e.g.; "the riding public welcomed the new buses" syn:
           awheel
     n 1: riding a horse as a sport syn: horseback riding, equitation
     2: riding a horse as a means of transportation syn: horseback
        riding
see also:
awheel horseback riding equitation horseback riding 

[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

65 moby thesaurus words for "riding":
   kreis, anchorage, archbishopric, archdiocese, arrondissement,
   automobiling, bailiwick, bicycling, biking, bishopric, borough,
   busing, canton, charivari, chuck, city, commune,
   congressional district, constablewick, county, cycling,
   departement, diocese, district, driving, duchy, electoral district,
   electorate, equitation, government, hamlet, harborage, haven,
   horseback riding, horsemanship, hundred, magistracy, metropolis,
   metropolitan area, motorcycling, motoring, oblast, okrug, parish,
   pedaling, port, precinct, principality, province, region, roads,
   roadstead, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shire, shrievalty, soke,
   stake, state, territory, town, township, village, wapentake,
   ward

[8] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

riding, eng. law. an ascertained district, part of a county. this term has 
the same meaning in yorkshire which division has in lincolnshire. 4 t. r. 
459. 

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