ridden

¹

[rid-n]

verb

1. a past participle of ride.

-ridden

²

1. a combining form meaning “obsessed with,” “overwhelmed by” (torment-ridden ) or “full of,” “burdened with” (debt-ridden ).

ridden

/ ˈrɪdən /

verb

1. the past participle of ride

adjective

1. (in combination) afflicted, affected, or dominated by something specified

   damp-ridden

   disease-ridden

Other Word Forms

• unridden adjective
• well-ridden adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ridden¹

Special use of ridden

Example Sentences

To this day, Michael Ross claims that at the time of the murder, he had an alibi: he had ridden his bike up to an estate near Kirkwall, where he bumped into two of his friends - a boy and a girl.

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I bought it at the wrong time, but anyone who has ridden the storm once isn’t worried about this downturn, and they’re buying furiously.

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Say that you have not merely gone out to walk your prize Pomeranian, or ridden your velocipede to the corner store to purchase a doughnut and the newspaper, or hopped on the omnibus to bring soup and some headache lozenges to an ailing neighbor.

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“And those wolf children wards that your son took in. They’re another stroke of genius! My genius, of course, not his. Picture it: the Wolf Derby of Ashton Place. Real racing wolves, ridden by half-human, half-cub jockeys. It will be a sensation.”

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After disembarking at the train station across the street, guests would step into a horse-drawn carriage and be ridden to the three archways, each with a gaslight glowing between it and the next arch, at the hotel’s entrance.

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