rode

¹ American  

[rohd] / roʊd /

verb

1. a simple past tense of ride.

2. Nonstandard. a past participle of ride.

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rode ² American  

[rohd] / roʊd /

noun

1. a rope by which a boat is anchored.

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rode ¹ British  

/ rəʊd /

verb

1. the past tense of ride

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rode ² British  

/ rəʊd /

noun

1. nautical an anchor rope or chain

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rode ³ British  

/ rəʊd /

verb

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

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Other Word Forms

• roding noun

Etymology

Origin of rode

First recorded in 1625–35; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

And then someone rode in with some answers — not a man in a white hat, like a movie hero, but a man in a white lab coat.

From Los Angeles Times

Tensions between the neighbors allegedly came to a head Sunday when the actor and his sons rode their motorbikes through the neighborhood, TMZ reported.

From Los Angeles Times

Kim and his young daughter recently oversaw the test of tactical-nuke launchers, and on Thursday the two rode the country’s new battle tank.

From The Wall Street Journal

The 59-year-old rode to election victory last month on a wave of patriotism stemming from the border conflict with Cambodia that killed scores on both sides last year and displaced more than one million people.

From Barron's

We rode the train home in stunned silence—and we started watching Otto more closely.

From Literature