This word can also be a form of:
noun “rode”
singular rode, plural rodes
- a rope or chain that connects a boat to its anchor
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The sailor checked the rode to ensure the anchor was secure.
verb “rode”
infinitive rode; he rodes; past tense roded; past part. roded; ger. roding
- (in ornithology, of a male woodcock) to fly over woodland edges during mating display
We observed the woodcock roding across the evening sky.