ride

Everyday

1. To ride is to sit on something and travel on it, like a bike, horse or bus. tree →
2. A ride is a trip on it: a bus ride, a pony ride. tree →
3. A ride is also a machine at a fair or theme park: the rides. tree →
4. To give someone a ride (lift in the UK) is to take them in your car. tree →
5. To ride on something can mean it depends on it: «Everything rides on this game». tree →

In the lessons

In maths: a trip with a distance or time; rides at a fair with tickets per ride; distances ridden on several days. In everyday life and safety: bike helmets, road safety, never take a ride from a stranger. In science: speed of a ride; forces on a roller coaster. In stories: a horse ride across the plains.

Examples

• She rides her bike 4 miles to school. tree →
• Each ride costs 3 tickets. tree →
• He rode for 2 hours. tree →
• How many rides can she take with 15 tickets? tree →
• Always wear a helmet when you ride a bike. tree →
• The roller coaster is the fastest ride at the park. tree →
• Mum gave my friend a ride home. tree →
• Never accept a ride from someone you don't know. tree →
• Have you ever ridden a horse? tree →
• They have still four miles to ride. tree →

Note

Rides with a price per ride lead to multiply or divide; distances ridden on several days add up. Trap: a ride there and back is twice the one-way distance. Forms: ride, rode, ridden (not «rided»). «Ride a bike/horse» (you sit on it) vs «drive a car» (you control it from inside). UK often says «give a lift» for a car ride.

In Jewish tradition

Here it can mean to travel on a chariot or to be carried over high places. In Deuteronomy it describes God lifting Israel up.

Interpretation. Tradition reads "the high places of the earth" as the good land that God gave Israel.

Examples

• And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him: 'Abrech'; and he set him over all the land of Egypt. (Torah GEN.41.43, JPS 1917) tree →
• He made him ride on the high places of the earth, and he did eat the fruitage of the field; and He made him to suck honey out of the crag, and oil out of the flinty rock; (Torah DEU.32.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou liftest me up to the wind, Thou causest me to ride upon it; and Thou dissolvest my substance. (Writings JOB.30.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he said: 'Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD.' So they made him ride in his chariot. (Prophets 2KI.10.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• Ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit on rich cloths, and ye that walk by the way, tell of it; (Prophets JDG.5.10, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Rides with a price per ride lead to multiply or divide; distances ridden on several days add up. Trap: a ride there and back is twice the one-way distance. Forms: ride, rode, ridden (not «rided»). «Ride a bike/horse» (you sit on it) vs «drive a car» (you control it from inside). UK often says «give a lift» for a car ride.