road

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q34442}} A [[way]] used for [[travel]]ling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one [[surface]]d with [[asphalt]] or [[concrete]] and designed to accommodate many [[vehicle]]s travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country [[lane]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
2. {{lb|en|uncountable}} Roads in general as a means of travel, especially by [[motor vehicle]].
3. {{lb|en|dated}} A physical way or route.
4. {{lb|en|figuratively}} A [[path]] chosen, as in [[life]] or [[career]]. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
5. An underground [[tunnel]] in a [[mine]]. {{defdate|from 18th c.}}
6. {{senseid|en|Q22667}} {{lb|en|US|railroads|archaic}} A [[railroad]].<!--[[railroad]] was usually viewed as hyponymous to [[road]] in the 19th century through the mid-20th, which is why railroads were often called roads in that era, but since then it usually is not-->
7. {{senseid|en|Q160342}} {{lb|en|US|UK|railroads}} A single [[railroad track]] ([[railway track]]). {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
8. {{lb|en|obsolete}} The act of [[riding]] on [[horseback]]. {{defdate|9th|17th c.}}
9. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[hostile]] [[ride]] against a particular area; a [[raid]]. {{defdate|9th|19th c.}}
10. {{senseid|en|nautical}} {{lb|en|nautical|usually|in the plural}} A partly [[sheltered]] area of water near a shore in which [[vessel]]s may ride at [[anchor]]; a [[roadstead]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
11. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A journey, or stage of a journey.
12. {{lb|en|cricket}} A [[hard]], [[flat]] [[pitch]], typically favourable for [[batter]]s.

Adjective

1. {{lb|en|US|Canada|sports|chiefly|attributive}} At the [[venue]] of the [[opposing]] team or [[competitor]]; [[on the road]].
2. {{lb|en|cycling}} Of or pertaining to a [[road bike]].

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