Rode
[rəʊd] or [rod]
Definition
(imp.) of Ride
(n.) Redness; complexion.
(-) imp. of Ride.
(n.) See Rood, the cross.
Editor: Murdoch
Definition
pa.t. of ride.
n. (Spens.) a raid an incursion: also a roadstead.
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Examples
- Mounting, Sola upon one beast, and Dejah Thoris behind me upon the other, we rode from the city of Thark through the hills to the south. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- They rested on some straw in a loft until the middle of the night, and then rode forward again when all the town was asleep. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Fred Bentinck rode by the side of my carriage for the first ten miles. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I turned and rode around the block the other way, so as to meet the head of the column. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Seeing a soldier in blue on this log, I rode up to him, commenced conversing with him, and asked whose corps he belonged to. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He saw me; for the moon had opened a blue field in the sky, and rode in it watery bright: he took his hat off, and waved it round his head. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But even if they tamed the horse, it is still more doubtful whether they rode it or had much use for it when it was tamed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Westward rode the scouts and advanced guards. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At least once a week, and sometimes oftener, I rode over there, and passed the evening. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Then came the wounded with men walking by them as they rode. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Wamba did him the service he required, and they rode side by side for some time, during which Gurth maintained a moody silence. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I asked him a few questions--but not with a view of gaining any particular information--all of which he answered, and I rode off. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Mr. Franklin snatched a morsel from the luncheon-table, and rode off to Frizinghall--to escort his cousins, as he told my lady. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Very far they rode that night, and in the morning he stopped outside the lands of his clan, and dismounted beside a sandy river. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They rode out of Stilbro' together. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He rode through the town, visiting the wounded, and giving such orders as were necessary for the siege he meditated. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I, too, stopped and we remained there until the cool of the afternoon, and then rode into Memphis. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- So we mounted the horses and rode grimly on toward Magdala, cantering along in the edge of the water for want of the means of passing over it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I paid the driver, and then we rode upstairs in the elevator. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Adrian was on horseback; he rode up to the carriage, and his gaiety, in addition to that of Raymond, dispelled my sister's melancholy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Through the dust and the flying crowd rode the victors, slaying and slaying until darkness stayed the slaughter. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We rode all night and all the following day with only a few short rests. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- When I arrived there I rode my horse over the parapet just as Wright's three thousand prisoners were coming out. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Robert Jordan rode just behind Maria. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She dismissed the messenger to his own devices, and rode away to her old home. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Pablo rode ahead and the two men followed in a single file in order not to track up the snow. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She never rode or walked out with him on any occasion. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Why we all go out hunting together and, when I have rode a few miles, I wink at the rest and fall down from my horse, or affect to hurt my ankle. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Robert Jordan rode thirty yards farther up the road; beyond that the bank was too steep. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And his faith met with its reward, for one day in 1840 a stranger rode up to the door of his workshop and offered fifty dollars for a reaper. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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