Etymology : Middle English rode, from Old English rAd ride, journey; akin to Old English rIdan to ride
Pronunciation : rOd
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. avenue, street, paved or packed surface designed for travel; path, way; roadstead, protected area for ships to anchor; railway, train track. road\road\ , n. [as. rād a riding, that on which one rides or travels, a road, fr. rīdan to ride. see:
ride, and cf. raid.].
2. a journey, or stage of a journey. [obs.] with easy roads he came to leicester.
3. an inroad; an invasion; a raid. [obs.].
4. a place where one may ride; an open way or public passage for vehicles, persons, and animals; a track for travel, forming a means of communication between one city, town, or place, and another. the most villainous house in all the london road.note: the word is generally applied to highways, and as a generic term it includes highway, street, and lane.
5. [possibly akin to icel. rei?i the rigging of a ship, e. ready.] a place where ships may ride at anchor at some distance from the shore; a roadstead; -- often in the plural; as, hampton roads. now strike your saile, ye jolly mariners, for we be come unto a quiet rode [road].
6. A journey, or stage of a journey.
7. An inroad; an invasion; a raid.
8. A place where one may ride; an open way or public passage for vehicles, persons, and animals; a track for travel, forming a means of communication between one city, town, or place, and another.
9. A place where ships may ride at anchor at some distance from the shore; a roadstead; often in the plural; as, Hampton Roads. a way or means to achieve something; "the road to fame" an open way for travel or transportation.
10. 1. A road is a long piece of hard ground which is built between two places so that people can drive or ride easily from one place to the other. There was very little traffic on the roads We just go straight up the Bristol Road Buses carry 30 per cent of those travelling by road road accidents.
11. The road to a particular result is the means of achieving it or the process of achieving it. We are bound to see:
some ups and downs along the road to recovery.
12. If you hit the road, you set out on a journey. I was relieved to get back in the car and hit the road again.
13. If you are on the road, you are going on a long journey or a series of journeys by road. He hoped to get a new truck and go back on the road.
14. If you say that someone is on the road to something, you mean that they are likely to achieve it. The government took another step on the road to political reform.
15. the end of the road: see:
end. Traveled way on which people, animals, or wheeled vehicles move. The earliest roads developed from paths and trails and appeared with the invention of wheeled vehicles, around 3000 BC. Road systems developed to facilitate trade in early civilizations; the first major road extended 1,775 mi (2,857 km) from the Persian Gulf to the Aegean Sea and was used 3500-300 BC. The Romans used roads to maintain control of their empire, with over 53,000 mi (85,000 km) of roadways extending across its lands; Roman construction techniques and design remained the most advanced until the late 1700s. In the early 19th century invention of macadam road construction provided a quick and durable method for building roads, and asphalt and concrete also began to be used. Motorized traffic in the 20th century led to the limited-access highway, the first of which was a parkway in New York City (1925). Superhighways also appeared in Italy and Germany in the 1930s. In the 1950s the U.S. interstate highway system was inaugurated to link the country's major cities. Burma Road Silk Road Stilwell Road Ledo Road Hampton Roads Hampton Roads Conference.
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