Road

  • 41road — [OE] Road comes from the same ultimate source as ride – and indeed in the Old English period it meant either simply ‘riding’ or ‘hostile incursion on horseback’ (a sense preserved in inroads [16] and also in raid, which is historically the same… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 42road — noun 1) the roads were crowded with traffic Syn: street, avenue, boulevard, freeway, highway, parkway, thoroughfare, thruway, turnpike 2) a step on the road to recovery Syn: way, path …

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  • 43road — [[t]roʊd[/t]] n. 1) a long, narrow stretch with a leveled or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc.; street or highway 2) a way or course: the road to peace[/ex] 3) naut. navig. Often, roads roadstead 4) railroad 1),… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 44road — see the road to hell is paved with good intentions there is no royal road to learning all roads lead to Rome …

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  • 45road — [OE] Road comes from the same ultimate source as ride – and indeed in the Old English period it meant either simply ‘riding’ or ‘hostile incursion on horseback’ (a sense preserved in inroads [16] and also in raid, which is historically the same… …

    Word origins

  • 46road — Break Break (br[=a]k), v. t. [imp. {broke} (br[=o]k), (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken} (br[=o] k n), (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 47road — noun /ɹəʊd/ a) A way used for travelling between places, usually surfaced with asphalt or concrete. Modern roads, both rural and urban, are designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. There delivering their fraught, they… …

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  • 48road — • intresserad, road, fängslad, engagerad, vetgirig …

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  • 49road — Means leave or go away in a forceful manner. Exerpt from the movie Excess Baggage. You ve worn out your welcome. I think its time for you to road …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 50road — Means leave or go away in a forceful manner. Exerpt from the movie Excess Baggage. You ve worn out your welcome. I think its time for you to road …

    Dictionary of american slang