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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
Translations
rode ride


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