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1.nounA 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.
2.nounA road; or particularly a car, as a means of transportation."We travelled to the seaside by road."
3.nounA path chosen in life or career.
4.nounAn underground tunnel in a mine.
5.nounA railway or a single railway track.
6.nounThe act of riding on horseback.
7.nounA hostile ride against a particular area; a raid.
8.noun(often in the plural) A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead.
9.nounA journey, or stage of a journey.
10.nounA way or route.
11.noun(occasionally in the singular) A roadstead.