Kilo Lingo

ride

/raɪd/

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Translation

To sit on a horse, bike, or animal and move with it.

Word origin

From Old English ridan, meaning to sit and travel on a horse.

Origin
Old English
Root
ridan

Grammar

Verb typeirregular (ride, rides, rode, ridden)

Irregular verb. A full conjugation table for irregular verbs is coming soon. For now, use a reference like Wordreference or RAE.

Examples

bike .

"Ride" means to sit on something and move with it.

farm.

"Rides" is the form used with he, she, or it.

bus .

"Rode" is the past form of "ride".

When you ride, you sit on a horse, a bike, or in a bus or car, and you move along with it. The past form is "rode", as in "I rode the train yesterday".

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This word is part of lesson 7.