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road (rōd)

noun

  1. a way made for traveling between places, esp. distant places, by automobile, horseback, etc.; highway
  2. a way; path; course the road to fortune
  3. ☆ railroad
  4. roadstead

Etymology: ME rode, a riding < OE rad, a ride, traveling on horseback, way; akin to ridan, to ride

adjective

Sports designating a game or having to do with games played on another team's field, court, etc. a road trip
road Idioms

on the road

  1. traveling, esp. as a salesman
  2. on tour: said as of a troupe of actors
  3. playing on the home field, court, etc. of another team or other teams

one for the road

Slang a last alcoholic drink before leaving

take to the road

to start traveling; set out

the road

all the cities and towns visited by touring theatrical companies, musicians, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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