📖 R — The English dictionary · page 42

rider — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who rides a horse, a bike, a motorbike or a scooter.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A passenger on a bus or train (mostly American).↗ Example: The rider fell off her horse but was not hurt.↗ · Every bike rider should wear a helmet.↗ · Slow down when you pass a horse and rider.↗ · My brother is a fast rider on his scooter.↗ · The bus had only three riders.↗ · The rider pulled the reins to stop the horse.↗ · Riders must stop at the red light.↗ · All around were graves, and the rider found he had a gravestone under him!↗ · Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a horned snake in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider falleth backward.↗ (Torah GEN.49.17, JPS 1917)↗ · And Miriam sang unto them: Sing ye to the LORD, for He is highly exalted: the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea.↗ (Torah EXO.15.21, JPS 1917)↗ · Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spoke, saying: I will sing unto the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea.↗ (Torah EXO.15.1, JPS 1917)↗ · When the time cometh, she raiseth her wings on high, and scorneth the horse and his rider.↗ (Writings JOB.39.18, JPS 1917)↗ · At Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, they are cast into a dead sleep, the riders also and the horses.↗ (Writings PSA.76.7, JPS 1917)↗ · And with thee will I shatter the horse and his rider, and with thee will I shatter the chariot and him that rideth therein; (Prophets JER.51.21, JPS 1917)↗

rideth — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «rideth» means «rides», a form of «ride».↗ e.g. To ride is to sit on something and travel on it, like a bike, horse or bus.↗ Example: And what saddle soever he that hath the issue rideth upon shall be unclean.↗ (Torah LEV.15.9, JPS 1917) · There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven as thy help, and in His excellency on the skies.↗ (Torah DEU.33.26, JPS 1917)

ridge — Everyday, meaning 1: A long, narrow, high strip of land along the top of hills or mountains.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A raised line on a surface: the ridges on a coin's edge.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The top edge where two sloping parts of a roof meet.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (weather) A long area of high air pressure.↗ Example: We walked along the ridge and saw both valleys.↗ · The roof's ridge was covered in moss.↗ · Your fingerprints have tiny ridges.↗ · Ridged crisps hold more dip.↗ · A ridge of high pressure brought sunshine.↗ · The coin has ridges round its edge.↗ · Once they wandered a long way into the forest, and even ventured together to climb the high ridge.↗ · Watering her ridges abundantly, settling down the furrows thereof, Thou makest her soft with showers; Thou blessest the growth thereof.↗ (Writings PSA.65.11, JPS 1917)↗

ridicule — Everyday, meaning 1: Ridicule is unkind laughing at someone or something to make them look silly or stupid.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To ridicule someone is to make fun of them in a cruel or mocking way.↗ Example: The other children ridiculed him for his old shoes.↗ · She faced ridicule but never gave up her dream.↗ · The inventor's idea was met with ridicule, but it worked.↗ · Ridicule can hurt more than a push.↗ · Don't ridicule someone for making a mistake.↗ · His silly hat made him an object of ridicule.↗ · THE OLIVE-TREE ridiculed the Fig-Tree because, while she was green all the year round, the Fig-Tree changed its leaves with the seasons.↗

ridiculous — Everyday, meaning 1: Very silly or unreasonable, so that people may laugh at it: «a ridiculous hat».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Extreme; amazing: «The price was ridiculous.».↗ Example: That's a ridiculous excuse!↗ · Toad looked ridiculous in the washerwoman's bonnet.↗ · «Sentence first — verdict afterwards!» said the Queen.↗ «Stuff and nonsense!» said Alice, because it was ridiculous.↗ · The shoes were ridiculously expensive.↗ · If your answer says a cat weighs 400 kg, it's ridiculous — check it.↗ · He wore a ridiculous hat with a feather.↗ · "What a ridiculous little shoot!" said one.↗

riding — Everyday, meaning 1: Riding is travelling on a bike, horse or other thing that carries you.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Riding (horse riding, horseback riding) is the sport or hobby of riding horses.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Riding is the -ing form of ride: «She is riding her scooter».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In Canada, a riding is an area that elects one member of parliament.↗ Example: He spent 45 minutes riding his bike.↗ · Riding lessons cost $20 each.↗ · She went riding 3 times this week.↗ · How far did they ride while riding to the park?↗ · Horse riding is her favourite hobby.↗ · Wear a helmet when riding a scooter.↗ · Little Red Riding Hood walked through the woods.↗ · He is riding the bus to school today.↗ · Riding boots have a small heel.↗ · But his brothers were riding slowly in front.↗ · And God's anger was kindled because he went; and the angel of the LORD placed himself in the way for an adversary against him. — Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. — (Torah NUM.22.22, JPS 1917)↗ · Dedan was thy trafficker in precious cloths for riding.↗ (Prophets EZK.27.20, JPS 1917)↗ · clothed with blue, governors and rulers, handsome young men all of them, horsemen riding upon horses.↗ (Prophets EZK.23.6, JPS 1917)↗ · She doted upon the Assyrians, governors and rulers, warriors, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them handsome young men.↗ (Prophets EZK.23.12, JPS 1917)↗

rifle — Everyday, meaning 1: A long gun fired from the shoulder, with spiral grooves inside the barrel so the bullet spins and flies straight.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To search quickly and roughly through something, often to steal: «The burglar rifled through the drawers.».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb, sport) To hit or kick a ball very hard and straight: «He rifled the ball into the net.».↗ Example: The soldier carried a rifle on his shoulder.↗ · Someone had rifled through my schoolbag.↗ · She rifled through the cupboard looking for her shoes.↗ · The striker rifled the ball into the top corner.↗ · Farmers in Australia may use a rifle to protect sheep from foxes.↗ · Never touch a rifle or any gun; tell an adult straight away.↗ · So he took up a rifle which he had laid at his bedside.↗

rift — Everyday, meaning 1: A crack or gap, often in rock, trees, clouds or the ground.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A split or quarrel between friends or families.↗ Example: He watched the stars through the rifts in the trees.↗ · A rift opened in the rock.↗ · The quarrel caused a rift between the brothers.↗

rig — Everyday, meaning 1: To rig something means to arrange it dishonestly so that a certain result happens, like rigging a game or a vote.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To rig (up) means to build or set something up quickly from whatever you have.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To rig a boat means to fit it with ropes and sails.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A rig is a large structure for drilling for oil or gas, especially at sea.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A rig can be a set of equipment, or (in some countries) a large truck.↗ Example: The fairground game was rigged so nobody could win.↗ · We rigged up a tent with a sheet and two chairs.↗ · Workers live on the oil rig for weeks.↗ · The sailors rigged the ship before the voyage.↗ · Dad rigged up a pulley to lift the bucket.↗ · Someone rigged the vote for class captain.↗

rigged — Everyday, meaning 1: Rigged means unfairly arranged so that a certain person wins: a rigged game, a rigged election.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Rigged also means fitted with ropes, sails or equipment: a ship rigged with three masts.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Rigged up means made quickly from whatever you have: we rigged up a shelter with a sheet.↗ Example: The fairground game was rigged so nobody could win the big teddy.↗ · He shouted that the match was rigged, but the referee was fair.↗ · We rigged up a tent with a blanket and two chairs.↗ · The old ship was rigged with white sails.↗ · Was the raffle rigged?↗ The head teacher's son won again!↗ · They rigged up a pulley to lift the bucket.↗ · Amidst shouting and cheers the ships were tarred and rigged, and then they sailed to foreign lands.↗

rigging — Everyday, meaning 1: All the ropes, wires and chains that hold up a ship's masts and work the sails.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Cheating to fix the result of something in advance, as in «vote rigging» or «match rigging».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Putting up equipment, like rigging lights for a show.↗ Example: The sailors climbed the rigging to the top of the mast.↗ · The wind howled through the rigging.↗ · (law) Vote rigging means cheating in an election.↗ · They accused the referee of rigging the match.↗ · The crew were rigging the lights for the school play.↗ · Old ships had miles of rigging.↗ · The wind cut through the rigging, and the boat cut through the sea.↗

right — Everyday, meaning 1: Right means correct, with no mistake: the right answer.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Right means on the side of the body that most people write with, the opposite of left: my right hand.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Right means good, fair or proper.↗ e.g. It's not right to cheat.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A right is something every person should be allowed to have or do: the right to learn.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: As an adverb right means exactly or at once: right here, right now.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: «Right!» or «Right then» starts something new, or means «I understand».↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (casual) «Right?» at the end asks the listener to agree; «yeah, right» (sarcasm) means I don't believe you; in UK and Irish casual talk «right» means very or real: a right mess, a right laugh.↗ Everyday, meaning 8: (rough) «You're a right idiot», «a right pain» are put-downs; «serves you right» means you got what you deserved.↗ Everyday, meaning 9: (formal) The exam voice says «correct», «accurate», «valid», «appropriate», «consistent with the established facts», «entitlement» (a right).↗ Example: Right!↗ · Round 1: 8 of 20 right.↗ · Ben got 7 sums right and 3 wrong.↗ How many sums did he do?↗ · Anna answered 15 questions and got 12 right.↗ · Raise your right hand.↗ · Turn right at the corner.↗ · A square has four right angles.↗ · It is not right to take things that aren't yours.↗ · Every child has the right to go to school.↗ · Mia reckons plants eat soil to grow. right?↗ → No, plants make their food from light, air and water.↗ · «I did all my homework.»↗ «Yeah, right.»↗ · Of 15 items attempted, 12 were answered correctly; state the number of incorrect responses.↗ · "He doesn't smell right!" he exclaimed.↗ · Thou stretchedst out Thy right hand — the earth swallowed them.↗ (Torah EXO.15.12, JPS 1917)↗ · Thy right hand, O LORD, glorious in power, Thy right hand, O LORD, dasheth in pieces the enemy.↗ (Torah EXO.15.6, JPS 1917)↗ · If he take him another wife, her food, her raiment, and her conjugal rights, shall he not diminish.↗ (Torah EXO.21.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Shall even one that hateth right govern?↗ (Writings JOB.34.17, JPS 1917)↗ · Why withdrawest Thou Thy hand, even Thy right hand?↗ (Writings PSA.74.11, JPS 1917)↗ · He kisseth the lips that giveth a right answer.↗ (Writings PRO.24.26, JPS 1917)↗

righteous — Everyday, meaning 1: Righteous means morally right and good, doing what is fair and honest.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (Bible, church) A righteous person is one who lives the way God wants; Christians and Jews believe God loves the righteous.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Righteous anger is anger you feel because something is truly unfair.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (slang, US, a bit old-fashioned) Righteous can mean really great or excellent.↗ Example: The judge was a righteous man who treated everyone fairly.↗ · Noah was called a righteous man in the Bible story.↗ · She felt a righteous anger when the bully took the little boy's lunch.↗ · The psalm says the righteous will flourish like a palm tree.↗ · Fighting for clean water for the village is a righteous cause.↗ · Don't be so self-righteous; you forget your homework too!↗ · (slang, US) That skateboard jump was totally righteous, dude.↗ · Noah was in his generations a man righteous and whole-hearted; Noah walked with God.↗ (Torah GEN.6.9, JPS 1917)↗ · Let me die the death of the righteous, and let mine end be like his!↗ (Torah NUM.23.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And Abraham drew near, and said: 'Wilt Thou indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?↗ (Torah GEN.18.23, JPS 1917)↗ · If thou be righteous, what givest thou Him?↗ (Writings JOB.35.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Do ye indeed speak as a righteous company?↗ (Writings PSA.58.2, JPS 1917)↗ · When the foundations are destroyed, what hath the righteous wrought?↗ (Writings PSA.11.3, JPS 1917)↗