a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement
copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow"
keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot; "Don't ride the clutch!"
move like a floating object; "The moon rode high in the night sky"
ride over, along, or through; "Ride the freeways of California"
be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day"
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions; "She never sat a horse!"; "Did you ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young mare"
climb up on the body; "Shorts that ride up"; "This skirt keeps riding up my legs"
sit on and control a vehicle; "He rides his bicycle to work every day"; "She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town"
continue undisturbed and without interference; "Let it ride"
lie moored or anchored; "Ship rides at anchor"
be sustained or supported or borne; "His glasses rode high on his nose"; "The child rode on his mother's hips"; "She rode a wave of popularity"; "The brothers rode to an easy victory on their father's political name"
expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the following form"
grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment; "A flower developed on the branch"; "The country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a long time"
cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development; "The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple"
be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly";
elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme; "develop the melody and change the key"
grow emotionally or mature; "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior"
gain through experience; "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting"
move into a strategically more advantageous position; "develop the rook"
move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions; "Spassky developed quickly"
superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
generate gradually; "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone"
make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation; "Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather"; "They developed a new technique"
make visible by means of chemical solutions; "Please develop this roll of film for me"
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"