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• past tense form of ride.

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

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Etymology

Origin of rode

First recorded in 1625–35; origin uncertain

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Example Sentences

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rode

Years ago, Lewison rode Goliath back-to-back for hours at a theme-park industry event held at Six Flags Over Georgia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Mr. Sparklepants and 29 flamingo friends rode out Isaias in the bathroom.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

“I brought my nieces here 10-plus years ago, and rode it and it was really cool,” Leverton says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Later Monday, Leo rode in his popemobile through Metz and celebrated mass in St. Stephen's Cathedral, a jewel of Gothic architecture famous for its stained-glass windows.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

The evening before school took up, me and Dad and Lloyd and J.W. rode down to the schoolhouse in the wagon with the long ladder from the barn.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

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