ride
/raɪd/verb
उच्चारण राइड
सवारी करना
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Asked in previous papers
as idiom
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[I, T] ~ (sth)
to sit on a horse, bicycle and control it as it moves
सवारी करना
- She rides a scooter to college.
- Radhika learned to ride a horse at the age of ten.
- Ravi rides to work on his cycle.
+ 2 more examples
- The children rode their bikes along the canal.
- Can you ride a horse?
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[I] ~ in/on sth
to travel in a vehicle, especially as a passenger
(वाहन में) सवारी करना
- We rode in a bus.
- We rode the local train to Churchgate.
- Passengers rode in the open carriage during the festival.
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- We rode on the roof of the bus, which is unsafe.
- He rides in the metro every day to his office.
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[C]
a short journey in a vehicle, on a bicycle, or on a horse
सवारी
- a bike ride
- Please give me a ride to the station.
- It was a pleasant ride through the green hills.
+ 3 more examples
- The taxi ride to the airport took an hour.
- Let's go for a ride on the new cycle track.
- He offered me a ride home in his car.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
ride + a horse / bicycle / motorbike
Ride is used for sitting on and controlling an animal or a two-wheeled vehicle. The verb takes a direct object.
जानवर या दोपहिया वाहन पर बैठकर उसे चलाने के लिए 'ride' आता है। इसके बाद सीधा object आता है।
- Radhika rides a bicycle to school.
- He learnt to ride a horse in Jaipur.
ride in / on a vehicle
You ride in a car, taxi or train as a passenger, but on a bus roof, bike or horse. For a bus, 'ride on the bus' is also common.
कार, taxi या रेल में यात्री के रूप में 'ride in' और साइकिल, घोड़े या बाइक पर 'ride on' का प्रयोग होता है।
- We rode in a taxi from the station.
- The child rode on his father's shoulders.
ride: irregular forms
Ride changes to rode in the past tense and ridden as the past participle. Never write 'rided'.
'Ride' का past tense 'rode' और past participle 'ridden' है। 'Rided' कभी न लिखें।
- She rode the whole way.
- I have never ridden a camel.
ride (noun): take / go for / give sb a ride
As a noun, a ride is a short journey. Say 'go for a ride' or 'give sb a ride', and 'a ride to' a place.
Noun के रूप में 'ride' छोटी यात्रा है। 'Go for a ride' और 'give sb a ride' जैसे प्रयोग आम हैं।
- Can you give me a ride to the station?
- We went for a ride along the beach.
+Collocations 4
ride + noun
a bicyclea horsea scooteran elephantthe metro
- Tourists ride elephants at the fort in Amer.
adjective + ride
bumpysmoothshortbusfree
- The bus ride over the hills was bumpy.
ride + adverb
slowlyfastbarebackside by sidesafely
- Please ride slowly in the lane near the school.
noun + ride
taxitrainboatcamelauto
- The auto ride to the airport took forty minutes.
“More examples 5
- Radhika has ridden a scooter since she was sixteen.
राधिका सोलह वर्ष की उम्र से scooter चला रही है।
- The cowboys rode into town at sunset.
चरवाहे सूर्यास्त के समय शहर में सवार होकर आए।
- It is a short ride from my house to the market.
मेरे घर से बाज़ार तक थोड़ी ही दूरी की सवारी है।
- Children love the rides at the Dussehra fair.
बच्चों को दशहरे के मेले के झूले बहुत पसंद हैं।
- Our neighbour gave us a ride to the exam centre.
हमारे पड़ोसी ने हमें परीक्षा-केंद्र तक छोड़ दिया।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ He rided a horse for the first time.
✓ He rode a horse for the first time.
Ride is irregular; the past tense is rode.
'Ride' irregular है; इसका past tense 'rode' है।
✗ I have never rode a camel.
✓ I have never ridden a camel.
After have, use the past participle ridden.
have के बाद past participle 'ridden' आता है।
✗ She drove a bicycle to college.
✓ She rode a bicycle to college.
A bicycle is ridden, not driven; drive is for cars and lorries.
साइकिल 'ride' की जाती है, 'drive' नहीं; 'drive' कार और ट्रक के लिए है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Ride and drive both mean travelling in or on a vehicle, but they differ in who controls it.
Ride और drive दोनों वाहन से यात्रा करने के लिए हैं, पर नियंत्रण करने वाले के आधार पर अंतर है।
To sit on and control a bicycle, motorbike or animal; also to travel as a passenger.
साइकिल, मोटरसाइकिल या जानवर पर बैठकर उसे चलाना; यात्री के रूप में सफ़र करना भी।
- He rides a motorbike.
The general word for going from place to place.
एक स्थान से दूसरे स्थान जाने का सामान्य शब्द।
- We travelled by train.
¶Idioms 1
take sb for a ride
to cheat or trick sb
किसी को धोखा देना, ठगना
- The agent took us for a ride and ran off with the money.
- Customers feel they are being taken for a ride.
→Phrasal verbs 2
ride sth out
to manage to survive a difficult situation or time
(मुश्किल दौर को) झेलकर निकल जाना
- The company managed to ride out the recession.
ride on sth
to depend on sth
(किसी चीज़ पर) निर्भर होना
- My whole future is riding on this exam.
- There's a lot of money riding on this deal.
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Homophone, asked often: rode (past of ride), road (a street) and rowed (past of row).
Homophone अक्सर पूछा जाता है: rode (ride का past), road (सड़क) और rowed (row का past)।
Keep apart ride (a bicycle, horse or motorbike; also travel as a passenger) and drive (control a car).
Ride (साइकिल, घोड़ा या मोटरसाइकिल; सवारी के रूप में यात्रा भी) और drive (कार चलाना) को अलग रखिए।
§Grammar and usage
Verb forms: ride, rode, ridden.
Verb forms: ride (V1), rode (V2), ridden (V3)। इसलिए 'He has ridden' सही है, 'He has rode' ग़लत है।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Take sb for a ride (cheat somebody), ride out the storm (survive a difficult time), riding high (successful).
Idioms: take sb for a ride (किसी को ठगना), ride out the storm (कठिन समय से निकल जाना), riding high (सफल)।