Used in a Sentence

rode

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for rode.

Editorial note

The trouble with the theory is that the seats on the buses I rode on were neither particularly high nor particularly soft.

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Quick take

A habitational name for a person who either lived near a woodland clearing, or came from a place named Rode.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of rode gathered in one view.

noun

A habitational name for a person who either lived near a woodland clearing, or came from a place named Rode.

noun

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST8053).

noun

(nautical) The line from a vessel to its anchor.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for rode.

noun

A habitational name for a person who either lived near a woodland clearing, or came from a place named Rode.

noun

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST8053).

noun

(nautical) The line from a vessel to its anchor.

verb

(ornithology) Of a male woodcock, to fly back and forth over the edge of a woodland while calling; to perform its, typically crepuscular, mating flight.

Example sentences

1

The trouble with the theory is that the seats on the buses I rode on were neither particularly high nor particularly soft.

2

The early players made more, but plenty of people rode Microsoft and Intel up through the 80s and 90s.

3

That, combined with a rabid consumerist mentality is rapidly leading us down a rode of polluted resource-exhaustion.

4

Then there was the time that Pecos Bill lassoed and rode a twister, but that's a tale for another time.

5

Are public schools in Texas really teaching anybody that Jesus rode a dinosaur to work...?

6

People speak C and JavaScript because they rode along free with Unix and the browser.

7

People who lived outside of town either rode into town on a horse, took a tractor in, hitched a ride in, or walked.

8

I used to work with parasitic nematodes that rode on clies and other insects to move around.

9

I'm pretty sure these things are easily valid in a universe where Vikings rode dinosaurs and wielded machine guns.

10

Damn you and the incredibly funny time sink you rode in on, sir.

11

It is grossly unfair if a kid in New York learns about evolution while her cousin in Texas learns that Jesus rode a dinosaur to work.

12

I walked into an unattended lobby and rode up and down for a while.

Quote examples

1

Each day, we rode in a truck a coule of miles and, along the way, he would occasionally say, "Expired plates.

2

Personally, I like to see "old school" athletes succeed (I'm thinking of cyclist like Oscar Freire, who eschewed most "modern" training devices, and simply rode based on how he felt).

3

The second uses practical effects including the quite marvelous "el wire", but was made with a crew that goes beyond "tiny" and into "that shouldn't be possible", largely by utilising the latest film tech (Rode's new frequency-hopping wireless mic really saved our collective ass).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use rode in a sentence?

The trouble with the theory is that the seats on the buses I rode on were neither particularly high nor particularly soft.

What does rode mean?

A habitational name for a person who either lived near a woodland clearing, or came from a place named Rode.

What part of speech is rode?

rode is commonly used as noun, verb.