Road Definition
rōd
roads
noun
roads
An open, generally public way for the passage of vehicles, people, and animals.
American Heritage
A way made for traveling between places, esp. distant places, by automobile, horseback, etc.; highway.
Webster's New World
The surface of a road; a roadbed.
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A way; path; course.
The road to fortune.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Designating or having to do with a game or games played on another team's field, court, etc.
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Synonyms:
idiom
down the road
- In the future; at a later date.
American Heritage
on the road
- On tour, as a theatrical company.
- Traveling, especially as a salesperson.
American Heritage
down the road
- at a later time; in the future
Webster's New World
on the road
- traveling, esp. as a salesman
- on tour
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one for the road
- a last alcoholic drink before leaving
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Other Word Forms of Road
Noun
Singular:
road
Plural:
roadsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Road
- down the road
- on the road
- down the road
- on the road
- one for the road
- take to the road
- the end of the road
- the road
Origin of Road
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From Old English rād (“riding, hostile incursion"), from Proto-Germanic *raidō (“a ride, road"), from Proto-Indo-European *reidh- (“to ride"). Cognate to West Frisian reed (unpaved road).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English rode, rade a riding, road from Old English rād reidh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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