ride \ride\, v. t.
   1. to sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to
      ride a bicycle.
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            they rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the
            air
            in whirlwind.                         --milton.
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   2. to manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
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            the nobility could no longer endure to be ridden by
            bakers, cobblers, and brewers.        --swift.
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   3. to convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
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            tue only men that safe can ride
            mine errands on the scottish side.    --sir w.
                                                  scott.
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   4. surg. to overlap each other; -- said of bones or
      fractured fragments.
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   to ride a hobby, to have some favorite occupation or
      subject of talk.

   to ride and tie, to take turn with another in labor and
      rest; -- from the expedient adopted by two persons with
      one horse, one of whom rides the animal a certain
      distance, and then ties him for the use of the other, who
      is coming up on foot. --fielding.

   to ride down.
      a to ride over; to trample down in riding; to overthrow
          by riding against; as, to ride down an enemy.
      b naut. to bear down, as on a halyard when hoisting a
          sail.

   to ride out naut., to keep safe afloat during a storm
      while riding at anchor or when hove to on the open sea;
      as, to ride out the gale.
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see also:
to ride a hobby to ride and tie to ride down to ride out 

tie \tie\, v. t. imp.  p. p. tiedobs. tight; p. pr. 
   vb. n. tying. oe. ti?en, teyen, as. timacgan,
   ti'egan, fr. te'ag, te'ah, a rope; akin to icel. taug,
   and as. te'on to draw, to pull. see tug, v. t., and cf.
   tow to drag.
   1. to fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind. "tie the
      kine to the cart." --1 sam. vi. 7.
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            my son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake
            not the law of thy mother: bind them continually
            upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
                                                  --prov. vi.
                                                  20,21.
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   2. to form, as a knot, by interlacing or complicating a cord;
      also, to interlace, or form a knot in; as, to tie a cord
      to a tree; to knit; to knot. "we do not tie this knot with
      an intention to puzzle the argument." --bp. burnet.
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   3. to unite firmly; to fasten; to hold.
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            in bond of virtuous love together tied. --fairfax.
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   4. to hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as
      by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to
      confine.
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            not tied to rules of policy, you find
            revenge less sweet than a forgiving mind. --dryden.
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   5. mus. to unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved
      line, or slur, drawn over or under them.
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   6. to make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even
      with.
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   to ride and tie. see under ride.

   to tie down.
      a to fasten so as to prevent from rising.
      b to restrain; to confine; to hinder from action.

   to tie up, to confine; to restrain; to hinder from motion
      or action.
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tied tight tying tug tow to ride and tie 
ride to tie down to tie up