Rode

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rode \Rode\, n. [See {Rud}.]
     Redness; complexion. [Obs.] "His rode was red." --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Rode \Rode\,
     imp. of {Ride}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rode \Rode\, n.
     See {Rood}, the cross. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ride \Ride\, v. i. [imp. {Rode} (r[=o]d) ({Rid} [r[i^]d],
     archaic); p. p. {Ridden}({Rid}, archaic); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Riding}.] [AS. r[imac]dan; akin to LG. riden, D. rijden, G.
     reiten, OHG. r[imac]tan, Icel. r[imac][eth]a, Sw. rida, Dan.
     ride; cf. L. raeda a carriage, which is from a Celtic word.
     Cf. {Road}.]
     1. To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.
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              To-morrow, when ye riden by the way.  --Chaucer.
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              Let your master ride on before, and do you gallop
              after him.                            --Swift.
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     2. To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a
        car, and the like. See Synonym, below.
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              The richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not
              by riding in gilden carriages, but by walking the
              streets with trains of servants.      --Macaulay.
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     3. To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie.
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              Men once walked where ships at anchor ride.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     4. To be supported in motion; to rest.
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              Strong as the exletree
              On which heaven rides.                --Shak.
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              On whose foolish honesty
              My practices ride easy!               --Shak.
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     5. To manage a horse, as an equestrian.
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              He rode, he fenced, he moved with graceful ease.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     6. To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle;
        as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.
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     {To ride easy} (Naut.), to lie at anchor without violent
        pitching or straining at the cables.
  
     {To ride hard} (Naut.), to pitch violently.
  
     {To ride out}.
        (a) To go upon a military expedition. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
        (b) To ride in the open air. [Colloq.]
  
     {To ride to hounds}, to ride behind, and near to, the hounds
        in hunting.
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     Syn: Drive.
  
     Usage: {Ride}, {Drive}. Ride originally meant (and is so used
            throughout the English Bible) to be carried on
            horseback or in a vehicle of any kind. At present in
            England, drive is the word applied in most cases to
            progress in a carriage; as, a drive around the park,
            etc.; while ride is appropriated to progress on a
            horse. Johnson seems to sanction this distinction by
            giving "to travel on horseback" as the leading sense
            of ride; though he adds "to travel in a vehicle" as a
            secondary sense. This latter use of the word still
            occurs to some extent; as, the queen rides to
            Parliament in her coach of state; to ride in an
            omnibus.
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                  "Will you ride over or drive?" said Lord
                  Willowby to his quest, after breakfast that
                  morning.                          --W. Black.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ride
       n 1: a journey in a vehicle driven by someone else; "he took the
            family for a drive in his new car" [syn: {drive}]
       2: a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or
          excitement
       v 1: sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while
            controlling its motions; "She never sat a horse!"; "Did
            you ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the
            young mare" [syn: {sit}]
       2: be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in
          a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day" [ant: {walk}]
       3: continue undisturbed and without interference; "Let it ride"
       4: move like a floating object; "The moon rode high in the
          night sky"
       5: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children
          teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my
          failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a
          jacket and tie" [syn: {tease}, {razz}, {rag}, {cod}, {tantalize},
           {tantalise}, {bait}, {taunt}, {twit}, {rally}]
       6: be sustained or supported or borne; "His glasses rode high
          on his nose"; "The child rode on his mother's hips"; "She
          rode a wave of popularity"; "The brothers rode to an easy
          victory on their father's political name"
       7: have certain properties when driven; "This car rides
          smoothly"; "My new truck drives well" [syn: {drive}]
       8: be contingent on; "The outcomes rides on the results of the
          electin"; "Your grade will depends on your homework" [syn:
           {depend on}, {devolve on}, {depend upon}, {turn on}, {hinge
          on}, {hinge upon}]
       9: lie moored or anchored; "Ship rides at anchor"
       10: sit on and control a vehicle; "He rides his bicycle to work
           every day"; "She loves to ride her new motorcycle through
           town"
       11: climb up on the body; "Shorts that ride up"; "This skirt
           keeps riding up my legs"
       12: ride over, along, or through; "Travel the highways of
           America"; "Ride the freeways of California"
       13: keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with
           the foot; "Don't ride the clutch!"
       14: copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" [syn: {mount}]
       [also: {rode}, {ridden}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rode
       See {ride}