Ride

Do not confuse the verb 'to ride', which is pronounced to rhyme with 'side' and 'hide' (IPA: /raɪd/) with 'to rid', which rhymes with 'did' (IPA: /rɪd/) . The core meaning of 'to ride' is 'to sit on a horse [or other animal] for reasons of transport'. Nowadays this meaning is probably more commonly applied to bicycles and motor bicycles etc; and can be applied figuratively to any means of transport. In some dialects, it applies to cars, as in the TV show Pimp My Ride (~ 'customise my motor-car' [please]). In some colloquial use, it is a vulgar term for sexual intercourse.

'To ride' is an irregular verb. Its forms are given here:

Base form	past tense	-ed participle	Remarks
ride	rode	ridden	Also override

This is one of the "the 250 or so irregular verbs" listed in Quirk 1985. The list "contains most of the irregular verbs in present-day English ... but is not meant to be exhaustive, particularly with regard to derivative verbs." AWE has copied most of the entries in that list. The verb 'to ride' belongs to Quirk's Class 4 C a.