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ride
English
Etymology
From Middle English riden, from Old English r?dan, from Proto-Germanic *r?dan?, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreyd?-.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?a?d/
- Rhymes: -a?d
Verb
ride (third-person singular simple present rides, present participle riding, simple past rode or (obsolete) rade or (obsolete) rid, past participle ridden or (now colloquial and nonstandard) rode)
- (intransitive, transitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc. [from 8th c., transitive usage from 9th c.]
- 1923, "Mrs. Rinehart", Time, 28 Apr 1923
- It is characteristic of her that she hates trains, that she arrives from a rail-road journey a nervous wreck; but that she can ride a horse steadily for weeks through the most dangerous western passes.
- 2010, The Guardian, 6 Oct 2010
- The original winner Azizulhasni Awang of Malaysia was relegated after riding too aggressively to storm from fourth to first on the final bend.
- 1923, "Mrs. Rinehart", Time, 28 Apr 1923
- (intransitive, transitive) To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger. [from 9th c., transitive usage from 19th c.]
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
- Now, in calm weather, to swim in the open ocean is as easy to the practised swimmer as to ride in a spring-carriage ashore.
- 1960, "Biznelcmd", Time, 20 Jun 1960
- In an elaborately built, indoor San Francisco, passengers ride cable cars through quiet, hilly streets.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
- (transitive, chiefly US and South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle. [from 17th c.]
- (intransitive) Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water. [from 10th c.]
- 1717, John Dryden, Art of Love
- where ships at anchor ride.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- By noon the sea went very high indeed, and our ship rode forecastle in, shipped several seas, and we thought once or twice our anchor had come home […]
- 1717, John Dryden, Art of Love
- (transitive, intransitive) To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback. [from 10th c.]
- (transitive) To traverse by riding.
- 1999, David Levinson, Karen Christensen, Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present
- Early women tobogganists rode the course in the requisite attire of their day: skirts. In spite of this hindrance, some women riders turned in very respectable performances.
- 1999, David Levinson, Karen Christensen, Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present
- (transitive) To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
- (intransitive) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
- (intransitive, transitive) To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with. [from 13th c.]
- 1997, Linda Howard, Son of the Morning, page 345
- She rode him hard, and he squeezed her breasts, and she came again.
- 1997, Linda Howard, Son of the Morning, page 345
- (transitive, colloquial) To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone). [from 19th c.]
- 2002, Myra MacPherson, Long Time Passing: Vietnam and the haunted generation, page 375
- “One old boy started riding me about not having gone to Vietnam; I just spit my coffee at him, and he backed off.
- 2002, Myra MacPherson, Long Time Passing: Vietnam and the haunted generation, page 375
- (intransitive) Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle. [from 19th c.]
- 2008, Ann Kessel, The Guardian, 27 Jul 2008
- In athletics, triple jumper Ashia Hansen advises a thong for training because, while knickers ride up, ‘thongs have nowhere left to go’: but in Beijing Britain's best are likely, she says, to forgo knickers altogether, preferring to go commando for their country under their GB kit.
- 2008, Ann Kessel, The Guardian, 27 Jul 2008
- (intransitive) To rely, depend (on). [from 20th c.]
- 2006, "Grappling with deficits", The Economist, 9 Mar 2006:
- With so much riding on the new payments system, it was thus a grave embarrassment to the government when the tariff for 2006-07 had to be withdrawn for amendments towards the end of February.
- 2006, "Grappling with deficits", The Economist, 9 Mar 2006:
- (intransitive) Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body). [from 20th c.]
- 2001, Jenny Eliscu, "Oops...she's doing it again", The Observer, 16 Sep 2001
- She's wearing inky-blue jeans that ride low enough on her hips that her aquamarine thong peeks out teasingly at the back.
- 2001, Jenny Eliscu, "Oops...she's doing it again", The Observer, 16 Sep 2001
- (lacrosse) To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
- To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, The Presbyterians Plea of Merit
- The nobility […] could no longer endure to be ridden by bakers, coblers[sic], brewers, and the like.
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, The Presbyterians Plea of Merit
- (surgery) To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
- (radio, television, transitive) To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
- 2006, Simran Kohli, Radio Jockey Handbook
- The board operator normally watches the meter scale marked for modulation percentage, riding the gain to bring volume peaks into the 85% to 100% range.
- 2017, Michael O'Connell, Turn Up the Volume: A Down and Dirty Guide to Podcasting (page 22)
- “You don't want them riding the volume knob, so that's why you learn how to do your levels properly to make the whole thing transparent for the listener. […]
- 2006, Simran Kohli, Radio Jockey Handbook
- (music) In jazz, a steady rhythmical style.
Synonyms
- (to have sexual intercourse): do it, get it on; see also Thesaurus:copulate
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
ride (plural rides)
- An instance of riding.
- (informal) A vehicle.
- An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
- A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
- (Britain) A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
- (Britain, dialect, archaic) A saddle horse.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wright to this entry?)
- (Ireland) A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
- 2007 July 14, Michael O'Neill, Re: More mouthy ineffectual poseurs...[was Re: Live Earth - One Of The Most Important Events On This Particular Planet - don't let SCI distract you, in soc.culture.irish, Usenet:
- Absolutely, and I agree about Madonna. An absolute ride *still*. :-) M.
- 2007 July 14, Michael O'Neill, Re: More mouthy ineffectual poseurs...[was Re: Live Earth - One Of The Most Important Events On This Particular Planet - don't let SCI distract you, in soc.culture.irish, Usenet:
- (music) In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.
- 2000, Max Harrison, Charles Fox, Eric Thacker, The Essential Jazz Records: Modernism to postmodernism (page 238)
- The quintet in Propheticape muses out-of-measured-time until Holland leads it into swift, riding jazz.
- 2000, Max Harrison, Charles Fox, Eric Thacker, The Essential Jazz Records: Modernism to postmodernism (page 238)
- A wild, bewildering experience of some duration.
- (informal) An act of sexual intercourse
- Synonyms: shag, fuck, cop, bang
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Dier, IDer, Reid, dier, dire, drie, ired
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ri?ð?/, [??iðð?]
- Rhymes: -i?d?
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Faroese ryta, rita or Icelandic rita, from Old Norse rytr, derived from the verb rjóta (“to cry”), from the verb Proto-Germanic *reutan?.
Noun
ride c (singular definite riden, plural indefinite rider)
- black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Inflection
Etymology 2
From Old Norse ríða, from Proto-Germanic *r?dan?, cognate with English ride, German reiten.
Verb
ride (past tense red, past participle redet, c reden, definite or plural redne)
- to ride (to sit on the back of an animal)
- (slang) to have intercourse with (sex position with one person sitting on top of another like on a horse)
Inflection
Derived terms
- ridetur
- ridning
French
Etymology
From rider.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?id/
- Rhymes: -id
Noun
ride f (plural rides)
- wrinkle, line (on face etc.)
- ripple
- ridge
Related terms
- ridé
- rider
Verb
ride
- first-person singular present indicative of rider
- third-person singular present indicative of rider
- first-person singular present subjunctive of rider
- third-person singular present subjunctive of rider
- second-person singular imperative of rider
Further reading
- “ride” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- dire
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ide
Verb
ride
- third-person singular indicative present of ridere
Anagrams
- dire
Latin
Verb
r?d?
- second-person singular present active imperative of r?de?
Middle English
Verb
ride
- Alternative form of riden
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- ri
Etymology
From Old Norse ríða
Verb
ride (imperative rid, present tense rider, passive rides, simple past red or rei, past participle ridd, present participle ridende)
- to ride (e.g. a horse)
Derived terms
- ridedyr
- ridepisk
- ridning
References
- “ride” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
ride (present tense rid, past tense reid, past participle ride or ridd or ridt, present participle ridande, imperative rid)
- Alternative form of rida
Derived terms
- ridedyr
- ridepisk
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian r?da, from Proto-Germanic *r?dan?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *reyd?-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?rid?/, /?ri?d?/
Verb
ride
- (intransitive) to ride
- (transitive, intransitive) to drive
Inflection
Further reading
- “ride (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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spin
English
Etymology
From Middle English spinnen, from Old English spinnan, from Proto-Germanic *spinnan?. Compare Low German spinnen, Dutch spinnen, German spinnen, Danish spinde, Swedish spinna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?n/
- Rhymes: -?n
Verb
spin (third-person singular simple present spins, present participle spinning, simple past and past participle spun or span)
- (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
- I spun myself around a few times.
- Spin the ball on the floor.
- She spun around and gave him a big smile.
- (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
- They spin the cotton into thread.
- To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
- (cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
- (cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
- (cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
- To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
- To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
- To move swiftly.
- to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.
- To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
- Blood spins from a vein.
- (computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
- (transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
- 2002, CMJ New Music Report (volume 70, number 12)
- However, for the past six years he has been spinning his novel blend of progressive house and trance music and is finally on the brink of becoming the next luminary DJ.
- 2002, CMJ New Music Report (volume 70, number 12)
- (intransitive) To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the shaft that is rotating and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.
- (Britain, law enforcement, slang, transitive) To search rapidly.
- 2013, Nick Oldham, Psycho Alley
- But then again, unless someone struck lucky in those first few hours, there weren't even enough detectives to spin a drum [house].
- 2013, Nick Oldham, Psycho Alley
Synonyms
- (give something a favorable appearance): whitewash, sugarcoat, put lipstick on, gild, blandish, dress up
Hypernyms
- revolve
- rotate
- turn
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- turn around
Noun
spin (countable and uncountable, plural spins)
- Rapid circular motion.
- The car went into a spin.
- The skaters demonstrated their spins.
- He put some spin on the cue ball.
- (physics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
- (countable, uncountable) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
- Try to put a positive spin on the disappointing sales figures.
- The politician was mocked in the press for his reliance on spin rather than facts.
- Synonym: propaganda
- (sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
- (aviation) A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing and rolling in a spinning motion.
- A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
- A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
- 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 1
- She left him alone, and went to get Annie a spin of toffee.
- 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 1
- A single play of a record by a radio station.
- 1996, Billboard (volume 108, number 12, page 37)
- Although the Loveless title showed the smallest increase in airplay in the top 10, its number of detections outpaced the nearest bulleted title by more than 350 spins.
- 1996, Billboard (volume 108, number 12, page 37)
- (Britain, prison slang) A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
- 2002, Jeffrey Archer, A Prison Diary
- Mr Weedon explains that this is a cell search - known by prisoners as a spin - and for obvious reasons it has to be carried out without any warning.
- 2002, Jeffrey Archer, A Prison Diary
- (dated) Unmarried woman, spinster.
- 1893, Bithia Mary Croker, "To Let" in "To Let" etc., Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1906, p. 1, [2]
- Some years ago, when I was a slim young spin, I came out to India to live with my brother Tom […]
- 1893, Bithia Mary Croker, "To Let" in "To Let" etc., Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1906, p. 1, [2]
- (uncountable) The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- (nautical) Short for spinnaker.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Insp, NIPs, NPIs, Nips, PINs, PSNI, nips, pins, snip
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?n/
- Hyphenation: spin
- Rhymes: -?n
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch spinne.
Noun
spin f (plural spinnen, diminutive spinnetje n)
- spider, member of the order Araneae
Derived terms
- kruisspin
- spinnekop
- spinnendoder
- spinnenweb
- vogelspin
- wolfsspin
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English spin.
Noun
spin m (plural spins)
- (physics) particle spin
Derived terms
- kernspin
Etymology 3
Borrowed from English spin.
Noun
spin m (uncountable)
- political spin, media spin
Derived terms
- spindoctor
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
spin
- first-person singular present indicative of spinnen
- imperative of spinnen
Faroese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spi?n/
Noun
spin n (genitive singular spins, uncountable)
- sperm
Declension
Synonyms
- spina
Anagrams
- nisp
- pins
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from English spin.
Alternative forms
- spinni
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?spin/, [?s?pin]
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: spin
Noun
spin
- (physics) spin
Declension
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English spin.
Noun
spin m (plural spins)
- (physics) spin
Derived terms
- spineur
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin sp?nus.
Noun
spin m (plural spins)
- thorn bush
Related terms
- spine
Garo
Etymology
Cognate with Kokborok siping (“sesame”).
Noun
spin
- sesame
Hungarian
Etymology
From English spin.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -in
Noun
spin (plural spinek)
- (physics) spin (quantum angular momentum)
Declension
References
Middle English
Noun
spin
- Alternative form of spyne
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?in/
Etymology 1
From English spin.
Noun
spin m inan
- (physics) spin (quantum angular momentum)
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) spinowy
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
spin f
- genitive plural of spina
Further reading
- spin in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- spin in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English spin.
Noun
spin m (plural spins)
- (physics) spin (quantum angular momentum of subatomic particles)
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin sp?nus, from sp?na, from Proto-Italic *spein?, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”). Compare Aromanian schin
Noun
spin m (plural spini)
- thorn
Declension
Synonyms
- ghimpe, aculeu
Related terms
- spinos
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?n/
Noun
spin (plural spins)
- (South Scots) Alternative form of spuin
Spanish
Alternative forms
- espín
Etymology
Borrowed from English spin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /es?pin/, [es?p?n]
Noun
spin m (plural spines)
- spin (clarification of this definition is needed)
West Frisian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
spin c (plural spinnen, diminutive spintsje)
- spider
Further reading
- “spin”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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