Definition of the road. Meaning of the road. Synonyms of the road

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Definition of the road

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Now strike your saile, ye jolly mariners, For we be come unto a quiet rode [road]. --Spenser. On, or Upon, the road, traveling or passing over a road; coming or going; on the way. My hat and wig will soon be here, They are upon the road. --Cowper. Road agent, a highwayman, especially on the stage routes of the unsettled western parts of the United States; -- a humorous euphemism. [Western U.S.] The highway robber -- road agent he is quaintly called. --The century. Road book, a quidebook in respect to roads and distances. Road metal, the broken, stone used in macadamizing roads. Road roller, a heavy roller, or combinations of rollers, for making earth, macadam, or concrete roads smooth and compact. -- often driven by steam. Road runner (Zo["o]l.), the chaparral cock. Road steamer, a locomotive engine adapted to running on common roads. To go on the road, to engage in the business of a commercial traveler. [Colloq.] To take the road, to begin or engage in traveling. To take to the road, to engage in robbery upon the highways. Syn: Way; highway; street; lane; pathway; route; passage; course. See Way.

Meaning of the road from wikipedia

- the features of streets and roads. Most modern roads are paved. The words "road" and "street" are commonly considered to be interchangeable, but the distinction...
- The Road is a 2006 post-apocalyptic novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy. The book details the grueling journey of a father and his young son over...
- On the Road is a 1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States. It is considered...
- Road to ... is a series of seven comedy films starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour. They are also often referred to as the "Road" pictures...
- The Road to Mandalay can refer to: "Mandalay" (poem), of 1890 by Rudyard Kipling, whose chorus begins "On the road to Mandalay" "On the Road to Mandalay"...
- along the eponymous Zyzzyx Road, a rural road off Interstate 15 in California's Mojave Desert (though there is a slight spelling difference between the actual...
- Look up fork in the road in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fork in the road may refer to: Fork (intersection), the point at which a road branches into...
- Look up end of the road in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. End of the Road or The End of the Road may refer to: The End of the Road (1919 film), an American...
- Look up on the road in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. On the Road is a 1957 novel by Jack Kerouac. On the Road may also refer to: On the Road (1936 film)...
- "The Road Not Taken" is a narrative poem by Robert Frost, first published in the August 1915 issue of the Atlantic Monthly, and later published as the...