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

At age 59, he rode a bicycle from California to South Carolina.

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They rode to work in Rolls-Royces and adhered to a Protestant ethic of noblesse oblige.

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Bitcoin prices rode a wave of liquidity to a record high in October.

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Ama draws near, her eyes as encouraging as Ma’s when I rode a bike for the first time.

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“We rode in it ourselves! We sailed to Moscow and back within an hour!”

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