Definitions for rode

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rode rode

Spelling: [rohd]

IPA: /roʊd/

Rode is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 36 anagrams from letters in rode (deor).

Definitions for rode

noun

1. a rope by which a boat is anchored.
2. a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
3. a means of or arrangement for transportation by motor vehicle:
4. the vehicle used for transportation:
5. a vehicle or device, as a Ferris wheel, roller coaster, or merry-go-round, on which people ride for amusement.
6. a way, road, etc., made especially for riding.

verb

1. a simple past tense of ride.
2. Nonstandard. a past participle of ride.

Idioms

1. ride down, to trample or overturn by riding upon or against. to ride up to; overtake; capture: Nautical. to bear down upon (a rope of a tackle) with all one's weight.
2. ride for a fall, to conduct oneself so as to invite misfortune or injury.
3. ride herd on. herd1 (def 6).
4. ride shotgun. shotgun (def 9).
5. ride the beam, Aeronautics. to fly along the course indicated by a radio beam.
6. take for a ride, Slang. to murder, especially by abducting the victim for that purpose. to deceive; trick:

Verb phrases

1. ride out, to sustain (a gale, storm, etc.) without damage, as while riding at anchor. to sustain or endure successfully.

verb (used with object)

1. to sit on and manage (a horse, bicycle, etc.) so as to be carried along.
2. to sit or move along on (something); be carried or borne along on:
3. to ride over, along, or through (a road, boundary, region, etc.); traverse.
4. to ridicule or harass persistently:
5. to control, dominate, or tyrannize over:
6. to cause to ride.
7. to carry (a person) on something as if on a horse:
8. to execute by riding:
9. to rest on, especially by overlapping.
10. to keep (a vessel) at anchor or moored.
11. Jazz. to play improvisations on (a melody).

verb (used without object)

1. to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
2. to be borne along on or in a vehicle or other kind of conveyance.
3. to move or float on the water:
4. to move along in any way; be carried or supported:
5. to have a specified character for riding purposes:
6. to be conditioned; depend (usually followed by on):
7. Informal. to continue without interruption or interference:
8. to be carried on something, as a litter, a person's shoulders, or the like.
9. to work or move up from the proper place or position (usually followed by up):
10. to extend or project over something, as the edge of one thing over the edge of another thing.
11. to turn or rest on something:
12. to appear to float in space, as a heavenly body:
13. to lie at anchor, as a ship.

Origin of rode

First recorded in 1625-35; origin uncertain

Examples for rode

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

For half an hour he rode in this fashion with his heart beating at his teeth.

But the narrow path along which Andrew rode was a gantlet to him.

A few years only back, every Carolinian rode to town, and the motor was unknown.

And then there are those who just rode through the controversy and refused to resign despite public pressure.

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.

If they rode down in a mob the boy would no doubt surrender.

Then the man got dressed, got back on his bicycle and rode off from whence he came.

They turned in towards the river, and we rode down to meet them.

They rode as far as Tours on the Loire until stopped by the French cavalry of Charles Martel.