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ROADS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A partly sheltered anchorage
Synonyms:
roads; roadstead
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("roads" is a kind of...):
anchorage; anchorage ground (place for vessels to anchor)
Context examples:
I afterwards hired a mule, as the more sure-footed and least liable to receive injury on these rugged roads.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Returning in silence to his seat, therefore, he remained for some minutes most civilly answering all Mrs. Morland's common remarks about the weather and roads.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
3d, The said man-mountain shall confine his walks to our principal high roads, and not offer to walk, or lie down, in a meadow or field of corn.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
There was no sign of it, however, and so it became evident that it had turned down one of several side roads which I had observed.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The road along which he travelled was scarce as populous as most other roads in the kingdom, and far less so than those which lie between the larger towns.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“In cities, we’ll look for wide roads or highways and use these as barriers to generate relatively isolated areas for treatment,” Xi told.
(Mosquitos rendered infertile by biological engineering, SciDev.Net)
It was a lovely drive, along winding roads rich in the picturesque scenes that delight beauty-loving eyes.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
A major component of many types of rocks on Earth, silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2) is used in industrial sand-and-gravel mixtures to make concrete for sidewalks, roads and buildings.
(Exploding Stars Make Key Ingredient in Sand, Glass, NASA)
The high winds and heavy rains can destroy buildings, roads and bridges, and knock down power lines and trees.
(Hurricanes, Federal Emergency Management Agency)
Residents were told to stay off the roads and businesses and ferries were closed to make way for vaccination teams.
(Samoan government temporarily shuts down for nationwide measles vaccination drive, Wikinews)
