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rode (EN)
noun, verb

This word can also be a form of:
ride (verb)

noun “rode”

sg. rode, pl. rodes
  1. a rope or chain that connects a boat to its anchor
    The sailor checked the rode to ensure the anchor was secure.

verb “rode”

rode; he rodes; past roded, part. roded; ger. roding
  1. (in ornithology, of a male woodcock) to fly over woodland edges during mating display
    We observed the woodcock roding across the evening sky.