5 letter words starting with rid

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  • RIDER
  • RIDES
  • RIDGE
  • RIDGY
  • RIDIC

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Definition of rider

rider (noun)

  1. One who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle.
  2. A provision annexed to a bill under the consideration of a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill.
  3. (by extension) Something extra or burdensome that is imposed.
  4. An amendment or addition to an entertainer's performance contract, often covering a performer's equipment or food, drinks, and general comfort requirements.
  5. An additional benefit attached to an insurance contract.
  6. A small, sliding piece of aluminium on a chemical balance, used to determine small weights.
  7. An agent who goes out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveller.
  8. One who breaks in or manages a horse.
  9. The first Lenormand card, also known as either the horseman or the cavalier.
  10. A problem of extra difficulty added to another on an examination paper.
  11. An old Dutch gold coin with the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.
  12. Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.
  13. An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen the frame.
  14. The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.
  15. A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard.
  16. A robber.
  17. A piece, such as the rook or bishop, which moves any distance in one direction, as long as no other piece is in the way.

Definition of rides

rides (noun)

  1. An instance of riding.
  2. A vehicle.
  3. An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
  4. A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
  5. A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
  6. A saddle horse.
  7. A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
  8. In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.

rides (verb)

  1. To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
  2. To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
  3. (chiefly US and South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
  4. Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
  5. To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
  6. To traverse by riding.
  7. To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
  8. To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
  9. To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with.
  10. To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
  11. Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
  12. To rely, depend (on).
  13. Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
  14. To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
  15. To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
  16. To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
  17. To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
  18. In jazz, a steady rhythmical style.

Definition of ridge

ridge (noun)

  1. The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
  2. Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
  3. The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
  4. The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
  5. (fortifications) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
  6. A chain of mountains.
  7. A chain of hills.
  8. A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
  9. An elongated region of high atmospheric pressure.

ridge (verb)

  1. To form into a ridge
  2. To extend in ridges


Definition of ridic

ridic (adjective)

  1. Ridiculous.