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“Road” or “Rode” or “Rowed”

road / rode / rowed are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

road r·OW·d

  • nounan open way (generally public) for travel or transportation.
  • nouna way or means to achieve something.

rode r·OW·d

  • verbsit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions.
  • verbbe carried or travel on or in a vehicle.
  • verbcontinue undisturbed and without interference.
  • verbmove like a floating object.
  • verbbe sustained or supported or borne.
  • verblie moored or anchored.
  • verbsit on and control a vehicle.
  • verbclimb up on the body.
  • verbride over, along, or through.
  • verbkeep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot.
  • verbcopulate with.

rowed r·OW·d

  • verbpropel with oars.
Usage

Examples in context

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“road”

  • …to the drive shafts and road wheels, causing the vehicle to…
  • …one between KY 155 (Taylorsville Road) and US 60 (Shelbyville Road)…
  • …south of exit 23, Taylorsville Road interchange.
  • …twin towers on Big Beaver Road on Troy, Michigan.
  • …entire Kentucky stretch of the road is co-signed with Kentucky Route…
  • …at 201 W. Big Beaver Road.
  • Part of the road is currently signed in kilometers,…
  • …of the Shadova - Šeduva road and a second 900 meters…
  • Seals & Crofts - Longest Road (1980) - string arrangement
  • …lifting of track between Trimsaran Road and Burry Port by 2005.

“rode”

  • In 1959 Håkansson rode his bicycle to Jerusalem to…
  • …26, 1777, sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington rode 40 miles through the villages…
  • Farnsworth rode with the second battalion of…
  • …is a keen cyclist and rode the trip to Labour Conference…
  • …road racing cyclist who last rode for UCI Contintental team .
  • L'Estrange rode his bicycle towards the centre,…
  • …on the frontier, and often rode with him during the parades…
  • …an engineer and inventor, frequently rode the ferry, and became impressed…
  • …his movements, Antigonus and Demetrius rode with their heavy cavalry around…
  • The ladies rode in a great hollow seashell,…

“rowed”

  • …on the varsity football team, rowed crew, and was elected Regimental…
  • He rowed in eight successive South Australian…
  • He rowed in six consecutive Victorian King's…
  • …1972 Australian Rowing Championships Richardson rowed in an AUBC four contesting…
  • He rowed at La Salle College High…
  • …lost in 1914, when Horsfall rowed at number four.
  • She rowed in the women's eight at…
  • …Dixon and Matt Smith had rowed for Oxford in the 2002…
  • The king was rowed back to shore; a priest…
  • Loch studied and rowed at Princeton University from which…

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