rode

Etymology 1

verb

1. simple past of ride
2. (now colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of ride
   No doubt many a journey you have rode and gone, and many a hard daies labour you have taken, and ſharpened perhaps with care and grief[…] 1662, John Baxter, A Saint Or a Brute[…], page 26
   We dined at Martin's, and then came on to father Low's: we have rode but eight miles this day. 1827 [1780], Francis Asbury, The Journal of the Rev. Francis Asbury[…], volume II
   I have rode with the Kings, man, and I have rode with the best! I know what the truth is, and the truth is that I count and you don't. 5 May 2014, Eric Bogosian, 100 (monologues), Theatre Communications Group, page 100

Etymology 2

verb

1. (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.
   When the sun rises we shall have some splendid play. Only hear the woodcock, how he is roading; he expects fine weather. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 85

Etymology 3

noun

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

Etymology 4

noun

1. Obsolete form of road.
   Thomas Carlysle, &c. rode a Forrey to Dunglas, and there seased and brought away 80 Nolt, 200 Shepe, 22 Naggs. A Rode made to a Stede called the Hayrebed, and there they gate 30 Nolt, 3 or 4 Naggs. October 23, 1544, Lord Evre, Letters