Home › Words › U › uprideuprideupride means to ride up (all senses).EtymologyFrom Middle English upriden, equivalent to up- + ride.verbto ride up (all senses)e.g.“But the storm abates — uprides the moon Like a ship upon the sea: Now on, my steeds! […]” — 1852, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, The Postboy's Song:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).