rode¹ /rōd/ pat of ride

rode² /rōd/ (Spenser and Shakespeare)

rodeˈway noun (Shakespeare)

rode³ /rōd/

(esp of woodcock) to perform a regular evening flight

rōdˈing or roadˈing noun

A woodcock's evening flight

rode⁴ /rōd/ (N American)

An anchor rope or chain

ride /rīd/

1. To travel or be borne on the back of an animal, on a bicycle, or in a vehicle, boat, on a broomstick, the waves, a whirlwind, etc (usu with in, on or upon)
2. To float or seem to float buoyantly
3. To go on horseback on a raid (archaic), in procession, across a ford, etc
4. To serve as a cavalryman
5. To lie at anchor (nautical)
6. To remain undisturbed or unchanged
7. To sit or move as if on horseback
8. To turn, rest or grate upon something
9. To work up out of position
10. (of an animal, etc) to allow itself to be ridden
11. To weigh when mounted
12. To have sexual intercourse (vulgar sl)

1. To traverse, trace, ford or perform on horseback, on a bicycle, etc
2. To sit on
3. To sit astride
4. To sit on and control
5. To travel on
6. To control at will, or oppressively
7. To oppress, domineer over, badger, annoy
8. To improvise on (a theme) (jazz)
9. To rest upon
10. To overlap
11. To mount upon
12. To sustain, come through, esp while riding at anchor (nautical; also figurative)
13. To give a ride to, or cause to ride
14. To convey by vehicle (US)
15. To have sexual intercourse with (vulgar sl)

1. A journey on horseback, on a bicycle, or in a vehicle
2. The animal, vehicle, etc providing this
3. A spell of riding
4. An act of riding with particular regard to the rider's, driver's, etc degree of comfort or discomfort, etc
5. A lift in a vehicle (N American)
6. The person providing such a lift
7. An experience or course of events of a specified nature, eg a rough ride
8. A fairground entertainment on or in which people ride
9. A road for horse-riding, esp one through a wood
10. An excise officer's district
11. An act of sexual intercourse (vulgar sl)
12. A sexual partner (esp female) (vulgar sl)

rīdabilˈity noun

Fitness for riding or driving, or for riding or driving along or across

rīˈdable or rideˈable adjective

-ridden combining form

Oppressed by the dominance or prevalence of a specified thing (eg hag-ridden or cliché-ridden)

rīˈder noun

1. A person who rides or can ride
2. A commercial traveller (obsolete)
3. A mosstrooper
4. An object that rests on or astride of another, such as a piece of wire on a balance for fine weighing
5. A clause or corollary added to an already complete contract or other legal document
6. A list of specific personal requirements, such as food and drink, included in the contract of a performing artist
7. A proposition that a pupil or candidate is asked to deduce from another
8. A gold coin bearing a mounted figure (Du and Flem rijder)

rīˈdered adjective

rīˈderless adjective

rīˈding noun

1. The action of the verb to ride
2. The art or practice of horse-riding
3. A track, esp through woodland, for riding on
4. An excise-officer's district
5. Anchorage

riding boot noun

A high boot worn in riding

riding breeches plural noun

Breeches for riding, with loose-fitting thighs and tight-fitting legs

riding cloak noun

riding clothes plural noun

riding coat noun

A coat of a style worn by horse-riders

riding committee noun

A committee of ministers sent by the General Assembly to carry out an ordination or induction, where the local presbytery refused to act, under the 18c Moderate domination in Scotland

riding crop noun

riding glove noun

riding habit noun

A woman's dress for riding, esp one with a long skirt for riding side-saddle

riding hood noun

A hood formerly worn by women when riding

riding horse noun

riˈding-inˈterest noun (Scots law)

An interest depending on other interests

riding light noun (nautical)

A light hung out in the rigging at night when a vessel is riding at anchor

riding master noun

A teacher of horse-riding

riˈding-rhyme noun

The heroic couplet, perh from Chaucer's use of it in the Canterbury Tales

riding robe noun

A riding habit

riding rod noun

A light cane for equestrians

riding school noun

riding skirt noun

riding suit noun

riding whip noun

let (something) ride

To let (something) alone, not try to stop it

ride a hobby see under hobby¹

ride and tie

To ride and go on foot alternately, each tying up the horse, or leaving the bicycle by the roadside, and walking on (also rideˈ-and-tieˈ noun, adverb and intransitive verb)

ride down

1. To overtake by riding
2. To charge and overthrow or trample

ride for a fall

To court disaster

ride herd on (orig US)

1. To guard (a herd of cattle, etc) by riding on its perimeter
2. To control, keep watch on (figurative)

ride on

To depend, rest or turn on

ride out

1. To keep afloat throughout (a storm)
2. To cut out from a herd by riding
3. To survive, get safely through or past (a period of difficulty, etc)

ride (someone) off (polo)

To bump against (another player's horse) moving in the same direction

ride to hounds

To take part in foxhunting

ride up

(of a garment) to move gradually up the body out of position

riding high

Currently very successful, popular, etc

riding the fair

The ceremony of opening a fair by a procession

take for a ride

1. To play a trick on, dupe
2. To give (someone) a lift in a car with the object of murdering him or her in some remote place

road (Shakespeare, Spenser, etc, rode) /rōd/

1. A track suitable for wheeled traffic, esp for through communication (often in street-names)
2. A highway
3. A roadway
4. A way of approach
5. Course
6. An anchorage in an area of sea protected by guns, etc
7. A mine-passage
8. (often in pl) a roadstead
9. A railway (US)
10. Journeying
11. Travelling, tour
12. A ride, horseback journey (Shakespeare)
13. A raid, incursion (Shakespeare and Spenser)
14. Dismissal (informal)
15. A prostitute (Shakespeare)

roadˈie noun (informal)

A member of the crew who transport, set up and dismantle equipment for musicians, esp a rock group, on tour

roadˈless adjective

roadˈster noun

1. A horse, cycle or car suitable for ordinary use on the road
2. A coach driver or other traveller by road (obsolete)
3. An open car (orig US) with a rumble seat or large boot instead of a rear seat, and a single seat for two or three in front

roadˈworthiness noun

roadˈworthy adjective

Fit for the road

road agent noun (US; historical)

A highwayman

roadˈbed noun

1. The foundation of a railway track
2. The material laid down to form a road

roadˈblock noun

An obstruction set up across a road, eg to prevent the escape of a fugitive

road book noun

A guide-book to the roads of a district

roadˈ-borne adjective

Carried by road

road bridge noun

A bridge carrying a road

roadˈcraft noun

Knowledge and skill useful to drivers and other road-users

road end noun

The place where a road branches off from another

road fund licence noun

A former name for vehicle excise duty

road game noun (US)

1. A game played by a sports team while on tour
2. Loosely, an away game

roadˈheader noun

A tunnelling machine used in mining that excavates with a combination of cutting heads and pressurized water jets

road hog noun

A swinishly selfish or boorishly reckless motorist or other user of the road

roadˈ-hoggish adjective

roadˈholding noun

The extent to which a motor vehicle grips the road when in motion

roadˈhouse noun

A roadside public house, refreshment-room or inn catering for motorists, cyclists, etc

road hump noun

Any of a series of low ridges built into a road surface to slow traffic down, a sleeping policeman

road kill noun (esp N American)

1. The killing of an animal by a vehicle on a road, esp intentionally as a form of sport
2. The animal killed

road maker noun

roadˈ-making noun

roadˈman noun

1. A person who keeps a road in repair
2. A person who uses the roads, an itinerant
3. A competitor in road races

road manager noun

The tour manager for a rock band or other group, entertainer, etc, responsible for organizing venues, equipment, crew, etc

road map noun a map representing the road network in a particular area; a plan for achieving a goal via a series of intermediate stages (figurative).

road mender noun

roadˈ-mending noun

road metal noun

Broken stones for roads

roadˈ-metalling noun

road movie noun

A film with a narrative based on a journey, the latter often undertaken as an escape and having no definite destination

road pricing noun

The system of charging the driver of a vehicle for the use of a road (eg to reduce traffic in a city centre)

road rage noun

Uncontrolled anger or aggression between road users, often involving violence and injury

road roller noun

A heavy roller used in making roads

roadˈrunner noun

A type of cuckoo of the Californian and Mexican chaparral that is capable of running at great speed

road scraper noun

An implement for clearing roads of loose material

road sense noun

Aptitude for doing the right thing in driving or road-using in general

roadˈshow noun

1. A touring group of theatrical or musical performers
2. (a live broadcast from one of a series of venues, presented by) a touring disc jockey and his or her retinue
3. A promotional tour undertaken by any body or organization seeking publicity for its policies or products
4. Their performances

roadˈside noun

1. The border of a road
2. Wayside

adjective

By the side of a road

road sign noun

A sign along a road, motorway, etc giving information on routes, speed limits, etc to travellers

roadsˈman noun

1. A driver
2. A roadman

roadˈstead noun

A place near a shore where ships may ride at anchor

road surveyor noun

A person who supervises roads

road tax noun

Vehicle excise duty

road test noun

A test of a vehicle on the road for performance and roadworthiness (also figurative)

roadˈ-test transitive verb

road train noun (Aust)

A number of linked trailers towed by a truck, for transporting cattle, etc

road warrior noun (informal, chiefly US)

A person who travels extensively, esp for work

roadˈway noun

1. The way or part of a road or street used by traffic
2. The road surface

roadˈwork noun

Running on roads as a method of training for marathon runners, boxers, etc

roadˈworks plural noun

The building or repairing of a road, or work involving the digging up, etc of part of a road

down the road (chiefly N American)

In the future

hit the road see under hit

in or out of the (or one's) road

In or out of the way

one for the road

A last alcoholic drink before setting off

on the road

1. Travelling, esp as a commercial traveller or a tramp
2. On the way to some place

road up

Road surface being repaired

rule of the road see under rule

take the road

To set off, depart

take to the road

1. To become a highwayman (archaic), or a tramp
2. To set off for, or travel to, somewhere

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