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. 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

Other Word Forms

• roding noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of rode¹

First recorded in 1625–35; origin uncertain

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

Example Sentences

As a student, she rode a Kawasaki motorbike to Kobe University and joined a band as a drummer.

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Jim Walker, her great-great-grandfather and a respected medicine man, rode mustangs all the way to Florida, visiting tribes along the way to exchange medicine and horses.

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After the game, the running back rode by the Chargers locker room on the back of a golf cart, wearing a protective boot on his left foot.

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“Caden simply rode away towards Williston while the rest of us were left to think the worst and my team was working in overdrive to solve this case,” Woods said.

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In high school, he rode the bus four hours a day — from Watsonville to San José and back again — to attend a college prep academy on a work-study scholarship.

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