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Travel by horse

By Mia Russell
•To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.•To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below.•To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie.•To be supported in motion; to rest.•To manage a horse, as an equestrian.•To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.•To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to ride a bicycle.•To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.•To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.•To overlap (each other); -- said of bones or fractured fragments.•The act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle.•A saddle horse.•A road or avenue cut in a wood, or through grounds, to be used as a place for riding; a riding.