ridden

¹ American  

[rid-n] / ˈrɪd n /

verb

1. a past participle of ride.

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-ridden ² American  

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

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ridden British  

/ ˈrɪdən /

verb

1. the past participle of ride

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adjective

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

   damp-ridden

   disease-ridden

Other Word Forms

• unridden adjective
• well-ridden adjective

Etymology

Origin of -ridden

Special use of ridden

Example Sentences

As he juggled, he was telling everyone about how he had ridden Marlene all the way from Dresden.

From Literature

I’d ridden it just once before, alone and late at night back in May.

From Literature

The former product instructor from the San Francisco Bay Area has ridden the tech wave throughout his career, easily jumping from Verizon to Fitbit to Workday.

From Los Angeles Times

He has ridden Harley-Davidson motorcycles with a group of other Roadhouse employees for 20 plus years; one year they rode from NY to California.

From The Wall Street Journal

One must also admire how it has ridden its 21-day exponential moving average, a key momentum gauge since last April.

From Barron's

Related Words

• cruise
• drift
• drive
• float
• go
• go with
• guide
• move
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