ride
raɪd
The verb for going by someone else's motion
The picture You climb onto something that is already moving and are carried along by its motion. RIDE is being carried by a motion; DRIVE is pushing that thing along from behind.
Where the picture shows up in ride
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go by vehicle
I ride the bus to school.
aɪ raɪd ðə bʌs tə skuːl
I take the bus to school.
Standing with a hand on the rail while the view outside slides past on its own
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get on and control
Can you ride a bicycle?
kæn juː raɪd ə ˈbaɪsɪkl
Do you know how to cycle?
A seat taken on the saddle and the body held dead centre so two wheels do not tip
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sit on an animal
She rode a horse for the first time.
ʃiː roʊd ə hɔːrs fɔːr ðə fɜːrst taɪm
She got on a horse for the first time.
Seated on a horse's back, the body rising and falling with every step it takes
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be carried upward
We rode the elevator to the tenth floor.
wiː roʊd ði ˈelɪveɪtər tə ðə tenθ flɔːr
We took the lift to the tenth floor.
Standing still inside a box while the floor lifts underfoot and only the numbers climb
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be carried on water
The small boat rode the waves calmly.
ðə smɔːl boʊt roʊd ðə weɪvz ˈkɑːmli
The little boat took the waves well.
A boat lifting and dropping its nose with the water, going forward without being swamped
All of it in one picture
Ride is one picture: sitting on motion that is already happening. Feet planted on a bus floor is riding the bus; a body balanced over two wheels is riding a bicycle. Sitting on a horse's back is riding a horse, and standing in a rising box is riding the lift. A small boat lifted and set down by the water is riding the waves.