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noun
- The action or state of one that rides
adjective
- Used for or when riding
"a riding horse"
- Operated by a rider
"a riding mower"
noun
- One of the three administrative jurisdictions into which Yorkshire, England, was formerly divided
- An administrative jurisdiction or electoral district in a British dominion (such as Canada)
verb
- To sit and travel on the back of an animal that one directs
- To travel in or on a conveyance
- To travel as if on a conveyance be borne
"rode on a wave of popularity"
- To lie moored or anchored
"a ship rides at anchor"
- Sail
- To move like a floating object
"the moon rode in the sky"
- To become supported on a point or surface
- To travel over a surface
"the car rides well"
- To move on the body
"shorts that ride up"
- To continue without interference
"let it ride"
- To be contingent depend
"plans on which the future rides"
- To become bet
"a lot of money riding on the favorite"
- To travel on
"ride a bike"
- To move with like a rider
"ride the waves"
- To traverse by conveyance
"rode 500 miles"
- To ride a horse in
"ride a race"
- Survive, outlast
- To traverse on horseback to inspect or maintain
"ride fence"
- To mount in copulation
- Obsess, oppress
"ridden by anxiety"
- To harass persistently nag
- Tease, rib
- Carry, convey
- To project over overlap
- To give with (a punch) to soften the impact
- To keep in partial engagement by resting a foot continuously on the pedal
"ride the brakes"
geographical name
- Wilderness area in southwestern Manitoba, Canada, surrounded by agricultural land
idiom
- To be doing something that is likely to lead to failure or disaster
"They're feeling pretty confident now, but if you ask me, they're riding for a fall."
idiom
- To be very happy and excited
"She's riding high after her recent win."
- To be very successful
"The company's stock was riding high after the merger."
noun
- The activity of riding a horse
idiom
- Money that has been bet (on someone or something)
"I have a lot of money riding on this game."
noun
- A benefit obtained at another's expense or without the usual cost or effort
"… a group of students who have been assigned to do a report where only one student cares, does all the work and the others go along for a free ride …"
- An arrangement (such as a scholarship) providing a student with tuition at no cost
"athletes getting a free ride at college"
This clue was used on September 7, 2025.