rode

1
[ rohd ]
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verb
  1. a simple past tense of ride.

  2. Nonstandard. a past participle of ride.

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Other definitions for rode (2 of 2)

rode2
[ rohd ]

noun(in New England and E Canada)
  1. a rope by which a boat is anchored.

Origin of rode

2
First recorded in 1625–35; origin uncertain

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How to use rode in a sentence

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

    I Shot Bin Laden | Elliot Ackerman | November 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • For 381 days, no black person in Montgomery with a shred of self-esteem rode the bus.

    How Rock and Roll Killed Jim Crow | Dennis McNally | October 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • 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.

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • It was not until later days that Malcolm knew the real nature of the scene through which he rode.

    The Red Year | Louis Tracy
  • He considered her the equal to any Newbolt that ever straddled a horse and rode over from Kentucky.

    The Bondboy | George W. (George Washington) Ogden
  • 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.

    The Red Year | Louis Tracy

British Dictionary definitions for rode (1 of 3)

rode1

/ (rəʊd) /


verb
  1. the past tense of ride

British Dictionary definitions for rode (2 of 3)

rode2

/ (rəʊd) /


noun
  1. nautical an anchor rope or chain

Origin of rode

2
C17: of unknown origin

British Dictionary definitions for rode (3 of 3)

rode3

/ (rəʊd) /


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

Origin of rode

3
C18: in the sense ``(of birds) to fly homeward in the evening''; of uncertain origin

Derived forms of rode

  • roding, noun

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