Meaning of road | Babel Free

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1. A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.
3. way, route
4. Roads in general as a means of travel, especially by motor vehicle
5. In the future; at a later date.
6. Roads in general as a means of travel, especially by motor vehicle.
   uncountable
7. A physical way or route
8. down the road, at some future time.
9. A physical way or route.
   dated
10. path
11. A path chosen, as in life or career
12. A course affording passage from one place to another:avenue, boulevard, drive, expressway, freeway, highway, path, roadway, route, street, superhighway, thoroughfare, thruway, turnpike, way.
13. A path chosen, as in life or career.
    figuratively
14. first-person singular present indicative of caminar
15. An underground tunnel in a mine
16. a barrier put across a road (eg by the police) in order to stop or slow down traffic. to set up a roadblock. padblokkade حاجِز طَريق барикада barricada zátaras, překážka die Straßensperre vejspærring οδόφραγμαcontrol policial teetõke سد راه؛ راه بند tiesulku barrage routierמחסום मार्ग-रोक zapreka (barikada) na cesti, pregrada i kontrolno mjesto na cesti útlezárás rintangan jalan vegartálmi blocco stradale 交通止め 노상 바리케이드 kelio užtvara ceļa aizšķēršļojums, barjera sekatan jalan raya wegversperri...
    eg
17. An underground tunnel in a mine.
18. a map showing the roads of (part of) a country. padkaart خَريطَة الطَّريق пътна карта mapa de estradas automapa die Straßenkarte vejkort οδικός χάρτηςmapa de carreteras teede kaart نقشه راه ها tiekartta carte routière מַפָּת כְּבִישִׁים cestovna karta autótérkép peta jalan vegakort carta stradale 道路地図 로드 맵 kelių žemėlapis ceļu karte; ceļvedis peta jalan wegenkaartveikartmapa samochodowa د لارو نقشه mapa de estradas hartă rutieră дорожная карта automapa cestni zemljevid putna mapa vägkarta แผน...
19. A railroad.
    US, archaic
20. the ground beside a road. flowers growing by the roadside; (also adjective) a roadside café. langs die pad جانِب الطَّريق място край пътя beira da estrada okraj silnice; u silnice der Straßenrand; Straßen-... vejside; vej- άκρη του δρόμου borde de la carretera teeveer کنار جاده tienvarsi bord de la route שְׂפָת הַכְּבִיש सड़क की पटरी tlo uz cestu, gostionica uz cestu út széle; út menti tepi jalan vegarbrún margine della strada, banchina 道端 길가 pakelė ceļmala bahagian tepi jalan kant van de weg...
    also adjective
21. A single railroad track (railway track).
    UK, US
22. the part of a road on which cars etc travel. Don't walk on the roadway. pad قارِعَة الطَّريق، وَسَط الطَّريق платно autoestrada vozovka die Fahrbahn kørebane κατάστρωμα του δρόμου calzada sõidutee سواره رو ajorata chaussée הַכְּבִיש सड़क मार्ग kolnik úttest tengah jalan vegur, akbraut carreggiata 車道 차도 važiuojamoji kelio dalis (ielas, ceļa) braucamā daļa kawasan tengah jalan rijweg vei-/kjørebane jezdnia د موټرو د تللو لار estrada caro­sabil проезжая часть vozovka cestišče kolovoz vägbana ถนน...
    etc
23. The act of riding on horseback.
    obsolete
24. the building or repairing of a road. The traffic was held up by the roadworks. padwerke أعمال تَصْليح الطُّرُق пътни строежи obras na estrada práce na silnici die Straßenarbeiten(pl.) vejarbejde οδικά έργα obras de carretera teeparandus عملیات انجام شده بر روی جاده tietyö travaux d'entretien des routes עֲבוֹדוֹת כְּבִיש सड़क निर्माण कार्य radovi na cesti közúton folyó munkák perbaikan jalan vegavinna lavori stradali 道路工事 도로 공사 kelio darbai ceļa remonts pembetulan jalan wegwerkzaamhedenveiarbe...
25. A hostile ride against a particular area; a raid.
    obsolete
26. good enough or safe to be used on the road. Is this car roadworthy? padwaardig صالِح للسَّيْر على الطَّريق годен em condições de segurança schopný jízdy verkehissicher, straßentauglich vejsikker κατάλληλος να κυκλοφορήσει en buen estado para circular sõidu-korras مناسب برای به کار بردن در جاده ها ajokuntoinen en état de marche כָּשִיר לִתנועָה मार्ग योग्य sposoban za vožnju, u voznom stanju közlekedésre alkalmas laik jalan ökufær efficiente, affidabile 道路使用に適した 도로에 적합한 tinkamas, saugus važiuo...
27. A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead.
    plural-normally
28. padwaardigheid صَلاحِيَّة السَّيْر على الطَّريق годност segurança schopnost jízdy die Verkehrssicherheit, die Straßentauglichkeit vejsikkerhed οδική καταλλότητα buenas condiciones de circulación sõidukorras olek آماده سفر؛ ajokunto bon état de marche כְּשִירוּת לִתנוּעָה मार्ग योग्यता sposobnost za vožnju közlekedésre alkalmas volta vminek kelaikan jalan ökufærni affidabilità 道路使用に適していること 도로용으로 적합함 tinkamumas, saugumas važiuoti (autotransporta) piemērotība braukšanai kesesuaian di jalan raya ...
29. A journey, or stage of a journey.
    obsolete
30. A hard, flat pitch, typically favourable for batters.

Equivalents

Examples

“In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.”

“I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for.”

“And the road doesn't end / It's a long, long road and we follow it again and again / And the road don't pretend”

“We travelled to the seaside by road.”

“He stirred up his hair with his sprightliest expression, glanced at the little figure again, said ‘Good evening, ma ‘am; don’t come down, Mrs Affery, I know the road to the door,’ and steamed out.”

“Hetty and Mrs. Piper watched them with a lynx-eyed understanding and before the ancient was well upon his road his way was blocked by Hetty.”

“the road to happiness; the road to success.”

“Where, then, is the road to peace?”

“Hodgson may actually feel England could have scored even more but this was the perfect first step on the road to Rio in 2014 and the ideal platform for the second qualifier against Ukraine at Wembley on Tuesday.”

“The new depot, on which work started in May, 1956, has three reception roads leading to 13 sidings capable of taking 25 trains, a 450 ft.-long car examination shed with nine roads, a lifting shop with two roads and three permanent way sidings.”

“Antonio: Sweet lady, you have given me life and living; / For here I read for certain that my ships / Are safely come to road.”

“There delivering their fraught, they went to Scandaroone; rather to view what ships was in the Roade, than any thing else […].”

“At last, with easy roads, he came to Leicester; / Lodg'd in the abbey, where the reverend abbot, / With all his convent, honourably receiv'd him; […]”

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