road : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a short road giving access to an expressway
  access road.
  
  • in Britain they call an access road a slip road

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• noun a major or main route
  

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• noun a path suitable for riding or leading horses (but not for cars)
  bridle path.
  

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• . (a) Same as Bridle path. Lowell. (b) A road in a pleasure park reserved for horseback exercise.

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• a railway on which the cars are moved by a continuously running endless rope operated by a stationary motor.

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• a roadway formed of logs laid side by side across it, as in marshy places; so called from its rough or ribbed surface, resembling corduroy. U.S.

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• . See Fosseway.

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• noun a local road that runs parallel to an expressway and allows local traffic to gain access to property
  frontage road.
  

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• noun a channel in southeastern Virginia through which the Elizabeth River and the James River flow into Chesapeake Bay
  
• noun a naval battle of the American Civil War (1862); the indecisive battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac
  

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Jin"ny road`

Etymology

Cf. Gin an engine, Ginnycarriage.

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1. (Mining) An inclined road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars descend by gravity, drawing up empty ones. Knight.

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• noun a street that is primarily used to gain access to the property bordering it
  local street.
  

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• noun a major road for any form of motor transport
  highway.
  

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• adjective satellite supporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservative
  centrist.
  
• adjective satellite not extreme, especially in political views
  

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• 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.

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• noun travelling about
  on tour.
  
  • they took the show on the road
  • they lost all their games on the road

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• etc. See under Road, Way, etc.

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• a road surface formed of planks. U.S.

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• noun a road over which mail is carried
  

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• a road or way over which the mail is carried.

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• noun a road leading up to a private house
  driveway; drive.
  
  • they parked in the driveway

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• noun a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
  ringway; bypass; beltway.
  

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• noun a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
  hijacker; highwayman; highjacker.
  

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• 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.

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• a quidebook in respect to roads and distances.

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• noun someone whose business is to build roads
  

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• noun the construction of roads
  

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• noun a game played away from home
  away game.
  

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• noun a gang of road workers
  

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• noun a driver who obstructs others
  roadhog.
  

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• noun a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action
  guideline.
  
  • the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam
• noun a map showing roads (for automobile travel)
  

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• noun a workman who is employed to repair roads
  roadman.
  

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• noun broken rock used for repairing or making roads
  

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• the broken, stone used in macadamizing roads.

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• noun violence exhibited by drivers in traffic
  

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• noun vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements
  steamroller.
  

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• a heavy roller, or combinations of rollers, for making earth, macadam, or concrete roads smooth and compact. often driven by steam.

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• noun someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons)
  marathon runner; marathoner; long-distance runner.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the chaparral cock.

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• noun good judgment in avoiding trouble or accidents on the road
  

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• noun a show on tour
  

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• a locomotive engine adapted to running on common roads.

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• noun the paved surface of a paved roadway
  

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• noun a test to insure that a vehicle is roadworthy
  

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• noun a sudden turning point in a person's life (similar to the sudden conversion of the Apostle Paul on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus of arrest Christians)
  

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• noun an auspicious way or means to achieve something
  
  • the royal road to success

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• noun a local road that runs parallel to an expressway and allows local traffic to gain access to property
  frontage road.
  

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• a road of which the surface or bed is made of shells, as oyster shells.

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• noun a minor road branching off of a main road
  

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• noun an ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean (4,000 miles); followed by Marco Polo in the 13th century to reach Cathay
  

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• noun the district of a town frequented by loggers
  
• noun a road made of logs on which freshly cut timber can be hauled
  

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• noun a short road giving access to an expressway
  access road.
  
  • in Britain they call an access road a slip road

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• verb give theatrical performances while traveling from town to town
  

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• an electric line or road over which vehicles for carrying loads are moved by electric engines actuated by a current conveyed by the line.

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• the branches into which it divides, or which come together to form it; the place where separation or union takes place.

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• to open a way through obstacles by force or labor.

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• to engage in the business of a commercial traveler. Colloq.

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• to begin or engage in traveling.

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• to engage in robbery upon the highways.

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• noun an expressway on which tolls are collected
  turnpike.
  

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Track"-road` noun

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1. A towing path.

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• a slight railway for small cars, used for construction, or in mining.

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• noun a highway
  highroad.
  

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• a road on which turnpikes, or tollgates, are established by law, in order to collect from the users tolls to defray the cost of building, repairing, etc.

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