rode

[ rohd ]

/ roʊd /

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verb

a simple past tense of ride.

Nonstandard. a past participle of ride.

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Other definitions for rode (2 of 2)

rode²

[ rohd ]

/ roʊd /

noun (in New England and E Canada)

a rope by which a boat is anchored.

Origin of rode

First recorded in 1625–35; origin uncertain

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How to use rode in a sentence

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.
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Thankfully, the Coleman kids reached a Burger King, and Wahlberg and his amateur biker gang rode off.
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Now, in the greatest age of science ever, Americans are debating whether Adam and Eve rode dinosaurs.
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I thought of the other boy, the one Garret killed who rode with the Kid.
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For 381 days, no black person in Montgomery with a shred of self-esteem rode the bus.
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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.
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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

the past tense of ride

British Dictionary definitions for rode (2 of 3)

rode²

/ (rəʊd) /

noun

nautical an anchor rope or chain

Word Origin for rode

C17: of unknown origin

British Dictionary definitions for rode (3 of 3)

rode³

/ (rəʊd) /

verb

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

Derived forms of rode

roding, noun

Word Origin for rode

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

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