rode
/ɹoʊd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past of ride
verb
Of a male woodcock, to fly back and forth over the edge of a woodland while calling; to perform its, typically crepuscular, mating flight.
name
A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST8053).
Example Sentences
- "No doubt many a journey you have rode and gone, and many a hard daies labour you have taken, and ſharpened perhaps with care and grief[…]"
- "We dined at Martin's, and then came on to father Low's: we have rode but eight miles this day."
- "I have rode with the Kings, man, and I have rode with the best! I know what the truth is, and the truth is that I count and you don't."
- ""When the sun rises we shall have some splendid play. Only hear the woodcock, how he is roading; he expects fine weather.""
- "Thomas Carlysle, &c. rode a Forrey to Dunglas, and there seased and brought away 80 Nolt, 200 Shepe, 22 Naggs. A Rode made to a Stede called the Hayrebed, and there they gate 30 Nolt, 3 or 4 Naggs."
- "There dwelt a ſaluage nation, which did liue / Of ſtealth and ſpoile, and making nightly rode / Into their neighbours borders[…]"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
- Root: *rodu
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹoʊd/
- British English: /ɹəʊd/