to ride upon
1ride — vb 1 Ride, drive as verbs (transitive and intransitive) and as nouns may both involve the idea of moving in or being carried along in a vehicle or conveyance or upon the back of something. The basic meaning of ride is a being borne along in or… …
2Ride — Ride, v. i. [imp. {Rode} (r[=o]d) ({Rid} [r[i^]d], archaic); p. p. {Ridden}({Rid}, archaic); p. pr. & vb. n. {Riding}.] [AS. r[=i]dan; akin to LG. riden, D. rijden, G. reiten, OHG. r[=i]tan, Icel. r[=i][eth]a, Sw. rida, Dan. ride; cf. L. raeda a… …
3ride — [rīd] vi. rode, ridden, riding [ME riden < OE ridan, akin to Ger reiten < IE base * reidh , to go, be in motion > L reda, four wheel carriage] 1. a) to sit on and be carried along by a horse or other animal, esp. one controlled by the… …
4Ride — (Ride) The word ride, when used in context of a vampiric attack, refers to a specific type of sexual assault on a victim. There are numerous species of vampires that utilize this method of assault, many of which are energy vampires, and the best… …
5Ride the Tiger — Ride the Tiger: A Survival Manual for the Aristocrats of the Soul ( it. Cavalcare la Tigre) is a 1961 book by Italian Traditionalist philosopher and racial theorist Julius Evola. The first English translation (translated by Joscelyn Godwin and… …
6Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross — is a nursery rhyme connected with the English town Banbury. The nursery rhyme was first seen in print in 1784. Very popular before the 20th century, it was sung every day by William Gladstone to his children as they had rides on his foot, slung… …
7Ride a Cock-horse to Banbury Cross — [Ride a Cock horse to Banbury Cross] a traditional ↑nursery rhyme, often said by mothers to their babies as they bounce them on their knee. A ‘cock horse’ is a child’s toy, a horse’s head on a stick. The words are: Ride a cock horse to Banbury… …
8ride — /ruyd/, v., rode or (Archaic) rid; ridden or (Archaic) rid; riding; n. v.i. 1. to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal. 2. to be borne along on or in a vehicle or other kind of conveyance. 3. to …
9Ride the High Country — Infobox Film | name = Ride the High Country caption = Ride the High County promotional poster director = Sam Peckinpah producer = Richard E. Lyons writer = N.B. Stone Jr. starring = Joel McCrea Randolph Scott Mariette Hartley Ron Starr Edgar… …
10ride roughshod over — Synonyms and related words: beat down, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, clamp down on, coerce, compel, cow, daunt, despotize, domineer, domineer over, enslave, grind, grind down, henpeck, hit and run, intimidate, inundate, keep down,… …
