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1. (n.) road
a long, narrow stretch with a leveled or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc.; street or highway.
2. road
a way or course:
the road to peace.
3. road
Often, roads.
4. road
any tunnel in a mine used for hauling.
5. road
down the road, at some future time.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME rode, earlier rade, OE rād a journey on horseback, akin to rīdan to ride)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) road, route
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
2. (noun) road
a way or means to achieve something
"the road to fame"
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1. (noun) road
the hard surfaces that vehicles drive on
the main road leading into the city; a truck driving on the other side of the road; I live on Blue Hills Road.
2. road
down the road
having traveled a particular distance
We were a few miles down the road when the tire blew.
3. road
at a time in the future
We don't know what the economy will be like a few years down the road.
4. road
on the road
on a long trip in a vehicle
We'd been on the road for an hour.
5. road
the road to sth
the process that leads to sth
The road to peace has been long and difficult.
6. road
down/up the road
a short distance away
She lives just up the road from me.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) road
a journey, or stage of a journey
2. (noun) road
an inroad; an invasion; a raid
3. (noun) road
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
4. (noun) road
a place where ships may ride at anchor at some distance from the shore; a roadstead; -- often in the plural; as, Hampton Roads
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Sense: a strip of ground usually with a hard level surface for people, vehicles etc to travel on
This road takes you past the school; (
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 Afrikaans: pad |
 Arabic: طَريق |
 Bulgarian: път |
 Brazilian: estrada |
 Czech: cesta, silnice; silniční |
 German: die Straße; Straßen-... |
 Danish: vej; vej- |
 Greek: δρόμος |
 Spanish: camino; carreera |
 Estonian: (maan)tee |
 Farsi: راه |
 Finnish: tie |
 French: route; (adj.) routier |
 Hebrew: כְּבִיש |
 Hindi: सड़क |
 Croatian: cesta, kolnik |
 Hungarian: (köz)út |
 Indonesian: jalan |
 Icelandic: vegur |
 Italian: strada; stradale |
 Japanese: 道路 |
 Korean: 도로 |
 Lithuanian: kelias |
 Latvian: ceļš |
 Malay: jalan |
 Dutch: weg |
 Norwegian: vei, gate |
 Polish: droga |
 Persian: راه |
 Pashto: لاره |
 Portuguese: estrada |
 Romanian: drum |
 Russian: дорога; дорожный |
 Slovak: cesta; cestný |
 Slovenian: cesta |
 Serbian: put |
 Swedish: gata, väg |
 Thai: ถนน |
 Turkish: yol |
 Taiwanese: 道路 |
 Ukrainian: дорога, шлях |
 Urdu: سڑک |
 Vietnamese: đường giao thông |
 Chinese: 道路 |
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