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View synonyms for rode

rode

1

[ rohd ]

verb

  1. a simple past tense of ride.
  2. Nonstandard. a past participle of ride.


rode

2

[ rohd ]

noun

  1. a rope by which a boat is anchored.

rode

1

/ rəʊd /

verb

  1. See ride
    the past tense of ride


rode

2

/ rəʊd /

noun

  1. nautical an anchor rope or chain

rode

3

/ rəʊd /

verb

  1. intr (of the male woodcock) to perform a display flight at dusk during the breeding season

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Derived Forms

  • ˈroding, noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of rode1

First recorded in 1625–35; origin uncertain

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Word History and Origins

Origin of rode1

C17: of unknown origin

Origin of rode2

C18: in the sense ``(of birds) to fly homeward in the evening''; of uncertain origin

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Example Sentences

So I went home—we only lived about a quarter mile away—and I got on my bicycle and rode back, and he was in the donut shop.

Thankfully, the Coleman kids reached a Burger King, and Wahlberg and his amateur biker gang rode off.

Now, in the greatest age of science ever, Americans are debating whether Adam and Eve rode dinosaurs.

I thought of the other boy, the one Garret killed who rode with the Kid.

For 381 days, no black person in Montgomery with a shred of self-esteem rode the bus.

If Mac had been alone he would have made the post by sundown, for the Mounted Police rode picked horses, the best money could buy.

It was not until later days that Malcolm knew the real nature of the scene through which he rode.

He considered her the equal to any Newbolt that ever straddled a horse and rode over from Kentucky.

The Colonel and his two friends rode back towards the south, from whence they came.

He rode easily, with a loose rein, and he waved his disengaged hand the instant he caught sight of the white faces.

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