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rode 1  (rd)
v.
Past tense of ride.
rode 2  (rd)
n. Nautical
A cable, chain, or rope, especially one attached to the anchor of a small boat.
[From Middle English at rode, at an anchorage, from rode, a riding; see road.]
rode1
vb
the past tense of ride
rode2
n
(Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical an anchor rope or chain
[of unknown origin]
rode3
vb
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (intr) (of the male woodcock) to perform a display flight at dusk during the breeding season
[in the sense ``(of birds) to fly homeward in the evening''; of uncertain origin]
roding  n
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rode ride
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Now upon New Year's Day, when the service was done, the barons rode unto the field, some to joust, and some to tourney, and so it happened that Sir Ector rode unto the jousts, and with him rode Sir Kay his son, and young Arthur that was his nourished brother.
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And as he watched, so did he listen, though he rode on in silence, save for the boom of heavy guns from far to the west.
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Joe Willet rode leisurely along in his desponding mood, picturing the locksmith's daughter going down long country-dances, and poussetting dreadfully with bold strangers--which was almost too much to bear--when he heard the tramp of a horse's feet behind him, and looking back, saw a well-mounted gentleman advancing at a smart canter.
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