rode1
/rəʊd
/ Past of ride.
Rhymes
rode2
/rəʊd/verb [no object]
(Of a woodcock) fly on a regular circuit in the evening as a territorial display, making sharp calls and grunts: woodcock regularly rode in favourable places...
- I also noted two woodcock roding high overhead.
Origin
Mid 18th century (in the sense 'fly landwards in the evening'): of unknown origin.
rode3
/rəʊd/noun Nautical, North American
A rope, especially one securing an anchor or trawl.Some would advise using four anchors two on each rode, with the rodes spread out in a Y....
- How many boats have anchor rodes strong enough to take such a loading?
Origin
Early 17th century: of unknown origin.
- indirectness
- indirect object
- indirect question
- indirect rule
- indirect speech
- indirect tax
- indirect taxation
- indiscernibility
- indiscernible
- indiscernibly
- indiscipline
- indiscreet
- indiscreetly
- indiscrete
- indiscretion
- indiscriminate
- indiscriminately
- indiscriminateness
- indiscriminating
- indiscrimination
- indispensability
- indispensable
- indispensableness
- indispensably
- indispose