rode
1 of 2past tense and chiefly dialectal past participle of ride
rode
2 of 2noun
ˈrōd 
: a line (as of rope or chain) used to attach an anchor to a boat
Word History
Etymology
Noun
origin unknown
First Known Use
Noun
1612, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
rode
past tense of ride
rode
verb
variants or chiefly dialectal rid
1
as in teased
to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults that supervisor is always riding everyone for every little thing Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- teased
- tried
- got
- taunted
- annoyed
- bothered
- irritated
- baited
- grated
- heckled
- picked on
- mocked
- needled
- hassled
- hazed
- jibed
- tested
- derided
- pestered
- jeered
- griped
- goaded
- ridiculed
- chafed
- gibed
- hounded
- itched
- galled
- ruffled
- fretted
- riled
- badgered
- bugged
- put out
- nagged
- perturbed
- exasperated
- nettled
- troubled
- frosted
- made game of
- dogged
- vexed
- rasped
- beleaguered
- aggravated
- irked
- peeved
- bedeviled
- tortured
- plagued
- terrorized
- spited
- harassed
- agitated
- piqued
- bullied
- tormented
- narked
- disturbed
- discomforted
- browbeat
- aggrieved
- hacked (off)
- hagrode
- burned (up)
- burnt (up)
- gnawed (at)
- hectored
- vext
- persecuted
- harried
2
as in kidded
to make fun of in a good-natured way his wife couldn't resist riding him for forgetting his own birthday Synonyms & Similar Words
- teased
- kidded
- joked
- rallied
- razzed
- roasted
- ribbed
- bantered
- chaffed
- jived
- joshed
- goofed on
- took the mickey out of
- strung along
- jested
- funned
- fooled
- quipped
- jollied
- wisecracked
- japed
- yucked
- yukked
- gagged
3
as in hovered
to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air a condor riding high in the sky Synonyms & Similar Words
- hovered
- swam
- floated
- sailed
- glided
- hung
- drifted
- wafted
- bobbed
- poised
- hanged
- dangled
- suspended
- buoyed
- rafted
- ballooned
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- settled
- sank
- plunged
- sunk
- lunged
- dived
- dipped
- submerged
- dove
- immersed
- submersed
4
as in depended
to be determined by, based on, or subject (to) our plan for the party rides on whether he can come Synonyms & Similar Words
- depended
- hung
- turned
- stayed
- rested
- hinged
- based
- hanged
- founded
- established
- grounded