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road (rōd)
noun
- a way made for traveling between places, esp. distant places, by automobile, horseback, etc.; highway
- a way; path; course the road to fortune
- ☆ railroad
- roadstead
Etymology: ME rode, a riding < OE rad, a ride, traveling on horseback, way; akin to ridan, to ride
adjective
on the road
- traveling, esp. as a salesman
- on tour: said as of a troupe of actors
- playing on the home field, court, etc. of another team or other teams
one for the road
take to the road
the road
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Alternate definitions:
road
n.
A strip prepared for travel
path, way, highway, roadway, street, avenue, thoroughfare, boulevard, highroad, drive, terrace, parkway, artery, byway, lane, alley, alleyway, crossroad, viaduct, underpass, overpass, causeway, paving, slab, towpath, throughway, thruway, freeway, expressway, turnpike, toll road, divided highway, superhighway, trace, trackway, trail, post road, secondary road, shunpike, market road, national highway, state highway, interstate, Autobahn (German), autostrada (Italian), drag*, main drag*. * Types of roads include: tar, blacktop, macadam, Tarvia (trademark), asphalt, concrete, brick, gravel, oiled gravel, dirt, graded earth, wood block, cobblestone, clay and sand, graded and drained, corduroy.
A course
on the road
one for the road*
take to the road
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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Converse of object
- cross: The pupils do not have to cross the road.
Adjective modifier
- main: The main road along the Severn valley runs from the bottom of the map to the top right corner.
Modifies a noun
- safety: The posters depict road safety messages themed around the four seasons.
Noun used with modifier
- trunk: From April 2003, some Highways Agency trunk roads will be transferred into the contract.
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O ye'll tak the high road, and I'll tak the low road, And I'll be in Scotland afore ye, But me and my true love will never meet again On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes, Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond.
The lame man who keeps the right road outstrips the runner who takes a wrong one. Nay, it is obvious that when a man runs the wrong way, the more active and swift he is the further he will go astray.
And see ye not yon braid, braid road, That lies across the lily leven? That is the path of Wickedness, Though some call it the Road to Heaven.
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