ride, facelift, makeover, progeny, ride high, progenitor, ride up

 I think the most important things are what you have not calculated -- like emotion. A film is an emotional ride. It has curves. The story needs to be a flow and you have to capture emotions. This is something you cannot get through calculation. You have to devote your heart. Art is abstract; both sense and sensibility are crucial. (Ang Lee)

Progenitors of the Information Age: The Development of Chips and Computers, James W. Cortada


The Mysterious World of Bitcoin: Does It Have Staying Power?
Just what exactly should we make of Bitcoin? The once-obscure digital currency has had quite a ride, with the value of a single Bitcoin soaring from $13 in January to a peak of $237 by mid-April before collapsing to $83 in a day and then recovering to around $134. The roller-coaster ride has raised many questions. Is Bitcoin a legitimate alternative currency -- an online replacement for dollars and euros, as backers claim? Or are we witnessing a giant bubble waiting to burst? 


Canyons Resorts Gets a Facelift
Two years ago this long-neglected cousin to Deer Valley and Park City received a makeover, complete with near chair lifts, food carts and restaurants.






Girl Pop’s Lady Gaga Makeover
By JON CARAMANICA
A music festival associated with singer-songwriters recedes as Lady Gaga’s flashy progeny ride high.

Watching Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the last month, one might have gotten the impression that Mohandas K. Gandhi was his ideological progenitor, or his running mate.

Imprinting the Face of Gandhi on a New Brand of Leadership

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has attached himself to the image of India’s...

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makeover

(māk'ō'vər)
n.
An overall treatment to improve the appearance or change the image.

ride high

Enjoy success, as in He's been riding high ever since they made him vice-president. The high here alludes to both elevated and elated status. [First half of 1800s]

progenitor[pro・gen・i・tor]

• 発音記号[proudʒénətər]
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[名]((形式))

1 （人・動植物の）先祖.

2 （…の）創始者；先駆；原本((of ...)).

［ラテン語prōgenitor （prō-以前に＋gegnere産む＋-tor人＝先祖）. △GENUS］

prog·e·ny (prŏj'ə-nē)

n., pl., progeny, or -nies.

1. 1. One born of, begotten by, or derived from another; an offspring or a descendant.
   2. Offspring or descendants considered as a group.
2. A result of creative effort; a product.

[Middle English progeni, from Old French progenie, from Latin prōgeniēs, from prōgignere, to beget. See progenitor.]

noun

• 1a journey made on a horse, bicycle, or motorcycle, or in a vehicle:I took them for a ride in the van 
  figurative investors have had a bumpy ride
• North American a person giving someone a lift in a vehicle:their ride into town had dropped them off near the bridge
• US informal a motor vehicle.
• the quality of comfort or smoothness offered by a vehicle while it is being driven:the ride is comfortable, though there is a slight roll when cornering
• a path, typically one through woods, for horse riding.
• Canadian a demonstration of horse riding as an entertainment.

• 2a roller coaster, roundabout, or other amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.

• 3 vulgar slang an act of sexual intercourse.
• a sexual partner of a specified ability.

4 (also ride cymbal) a cymbal used for keeping up a continuous rhythm.

ride

2 （一般に）…に乗る, 乗って進む［運ばれる］；…に浮かぶ；…に支えられる

ride a wave
波に乗る

ride the whirlwind
旋風に舞う；気運に乗る

Many fish ride the Gulf Stream up from the tropics.
熱帯地方からメキシコ湾流に乗って北上してくる魚は多い.

9 〈衣類が〉ずり上がる((up))

Her skirt rode up above her knees.
彼女のスカートはひざの上までずり上がった.

ride up

Definitions

verb

1. intr, adverb to move or work away from the proper place or position ⇒ her new skirt rode up uncomfortably

Example Sentences Including 'ride up'

" But Christine's used to ride up in a V out the back of her trousers.

Sun, News of the World (2002)

And with that, it's just a short ride up the down escalator before John catches a train back to Stratford for that fireside picnic.

Globe and Mail (2003)

His eyebrows ride up his handsome face, his lips purse: `What's the catch?

Trenhalle, John A Means to Evil

It was a long ride up to the fells and then through the forest to the lake.

Stuart Harrison LOST SUMMER (2002)

The slow ride up this English river was the first and only part of the whole bloody, bloody journey I enjoyed at all.

Will Davenport THE PAINTER (2003)

The star often worries her skirt will ride up during bed-making scenes.

Sun, News of the World (1999)

There is still a part of me that wants to ride up a legendary mountain to l'Alpe d'Huez in the yellow,' he said.

Courier, Sunday Mail (2004)

This week, the ambassadors of Austria, Vietnam and Turkey will get their ride up Raisina Hill.

India Today (1998)

`Let's have a spot of convoy discipline when we ride up to the house," Kenworthy told them.

Hilton, John Buxton Displaced Person