ride
verb
1 verb animal TRANSITIVEI ride a horse called Réalta bím ag marcaíocht ar chapall darb ainm Réaltahave you ever ridden an elephant? an ndeachaigh tú ag marcaíocht ar eilifint riamh?she rode the horse straight at them thiomáin sí an capall caol díreach ina dtreo 2 verb ride horse etc INTRANSITIVEbheith ag marcaíochtmarcaíocht a dhéanamhcan you ride? an bhfuil tú ábalta marcaíocht?I rode all the way here ar chapall a tháinig mé an bealach ar fad anseohe rides with great skill is an-mharcach go deo éto ride astride marcaíocht ar scaradh gabhailto ride on a donkey dul ag marcaíocht ar asal, dul ar mhuin asailto ride like the wind sodar a bhaint as do chapall, marcaíocht mar a bheadh an ghaoth Mhárta annTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 verb TRANSP bike
TRANSITIVEhe rode his bike into work chuaigh sé chuig a chuid oibre ar a rotharshe'd ridden 20 miles bhí 20 míle déanta aici ar a rothar
INTRANSITIVErothaigh verb bheith ag rothaíochthe was riding about on his bicycle when he fell bhí sé ag rothaíocht thart nuair a thit sé, ag dul thart ar a rothar a bhí sé nuair a thit sé
4 verb TRANSP motorbike INTRANSITIVEtéigh ar ghluaisrothartéigh ag gluaisrothaíocht 5 verb SPOR race, compete etc TRANSITIVEto ride a race bheith ag marcaíocht i rásI've always ridden a mountain bike ar rothar sléibhe a bhí mé riamhshe rides a 250 cc bike tiomáineann sí rothar 250 ccGerard rode his first winner yesterday bhuaigh Gearóid a chéad rás ar dhroim capaill inné
INTRANSITIVEbheith ag marcaíochtbheith ag rásaíochthe was riding at Gowran yesterday bhí sé ag rásaíocht i nGabhrán inné
6 verb TRANSP in vehicle INTRANSITIVEtaistil verb téigh i PhrV to ride in a car taisteal i gcarrto ride on buses dul ar bhusanna, taisteal ar bhusanna 7 verb (US) TRANSP form of transport TRANSITIVEtaistil ar PhrVto ride the train taisteal ar an traein, dul ar an traein 8 verb TRANSP travel across TRANSITIVEtaistil verb riding the streets ag taisteal na sráideanna 9 verb fairground ride TRANSITIVEtéigh ar PhrV téigh ag marcaíocht ar 10 verb on air, water TRANSITIVEthe ship was riding the waves bhí an long ag seoladh ar bharr na dtonn 11 verb very informal have sex TRANSITIVEtéigh in airde ar very informal craiceann a bhualadh le very informal leathar a bhualadh le very informal
INTRANSITIVEbheith ag bualadh craicinn very informalbheith ag bualadh leathair very informal
12 verb (especially US) nag at TRANSITIVEbheith sa droim ar bheith anuas ar don't be riding them so hard ná bí anuas orthu an oiread sinnoun
13 noun animalmarcaíocht fem3 a ride on a camel marcaíocht ar chamallto have a ride on a pony marcaíocht a dhéanamh ar chapaillín 14 noun (especially US) lift in carsíob fem2 to give sb a ride síob a thabhairt do dhuinehe offered me a ride home in his car thairg sé síob abhaile ina charr domshe hitched a ride to Scotland with a truck driver d'iarr sí suíochán go hAlbain ar thiománaí leoraí 15 noun informal carcarr masc1 gluaisteán masc1 16 noun informal motorbikegluaisrothar masc1 17 noun TRANSP journeyturas masc1 aistear masc1 train ride turas ar an traein, turas traenachit's only a short taxi ride from the station níl ann ach aistear gearr i dtacsaí ón stáisiúnto take a ride on a bus turas a dhéanamh ar bhusto go for a ride in a car geábh a thabhairt i gcarr, dul amach ag tiomáint i gcarrto go for a bike ride in the countryside dul ar thuras rothaíochta faoin tuath 18 noun fairground attractionmarcaíocht fem3 fairground ride marcaíocht siamsaíochta 19 noun on fairground rideto take a ride on a roller coaster dul ag marcaíocht ar rollchóstóir 20 noun exciting and variedthe holiday was a ride bhí an-chraic go deo againn ar an tsaoire, bhí an tsaoire thar barr 21 noun very informal act of having sexmarcaíocht very informal fem3 bualadh craicinn very informalbualadh leathair very informal 22 noun very informal sexually attractiveleadhb fem2 he's a ride is leadhb cheart é, is breá an staic é