📖 R — The English dictionary · page 46

road — Everyday, meaning 1: A road is a wide hard path where cars, buses and bikes travel from one place to another.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «Road» is part of many street names: «12 Mill Road».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «On the road» means travelling.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: The road to something is the way to reach it: «the road to success».↗ Example: The road from the farm to town is 12 km long.↗ · Workers fix 300 m of road each day.↗ · There are trees along the road every 5 m.↗ · The road is 8 m wide.↗ · Stop, look and listen before you cross the road.↗ · We went on a road trip across Canada.↗ · The shop is just down the road.↗ · This road is closed for repairs.↗ · They walked back to the road.↗

roadhog — Everyday, meaning 1: A driver who drives selfishly and dangerously, too fast or taking up too much of the road so others cannot pass.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: More loosely, anyone (also a cyclist) who acts as if the road belongs to them.↗ Example: A roadhog in a big van zoomed past us on the narrow lane.↗ · Toad was a terrible roadhog, crashing car after car.↗ · Don't be a roadhog on your bike – let others pass on the path.↗ · The newspaper called the speeding driver a dangerous roadhog.↗ · Dad grumbled about the roadhog who wouldn't let him change lanes.↗ · A roadhog frightened the horses and scattered the hens.↗

roadrunner — Everyday, meaning 1: A roadrunner is a fast bird of the deserts of the south-western USA and Mexico that prefers to run rather than fly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The Road Runner is a cartoon bird who always escapes from a hungry coyote (a name of a character).↗ Example: A roadrunner dashed across the desert road in front of our car.↗ · Roadrunners can catch and eat small rattlesnakes.↗ · The roadrunner is the state bird of New Mexico.↗ · It can fly, but it would rather run.↗ · In the cartoon, the coyote never catches the Road Runner.↗ · Roadrunners sunbathe in the morning to warm up after cold desert nights.↗ · Our class drew a desert food chain with a roadrunner in it.↗

roadside — Everyday, meaning 1: The roadside is the ground at the edge of a road.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Roadside (before a noun) describes something beside a road: a roadside stall, roadside flowers.↗ Example: We stopped at the roadside to fix the tyre.↗ · Wildflowers grew along the roadside.↗ · Never play at the roadside.↗ · A farmer sold strawberries at a roadside stall.↗ · Don't throw litter at the roadside.↗ · The car broke down and we waited by the roadside.↗ · There was an inn by the roadside.↗ · The stranger did not lodge in the street; my doors I opened to the roadside.↗ (Writings JOB.31.32, JPS 1917)↗

roadway — Everyday, meaning 1: The part of a road that cars and other vehicles drive on, not the pavement (sidewalk).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A road in general, especially a main road.↗ Example: Never play on the roadway.↗ · A fallen tree blocked the roadway.↗ · The roadway was flooded after the storm.↗ · Stay on the pavement, not the roadway.↗ · Workers painted new lines on the roadway.↗ · The bridge has a roadway for cars and a path for bikes.↗

roadworthiness — Everyday, meaning 1: The state of a vehicle being safe and fit to be driven on the road.↗ Example: The car failed its roadworthiness test because of worn tyres.↗ · Mum took the car in for a roadworthiness check.↗ · In Australia, you need a certificate of roadworthiness to sell a car.↗ · Good brakes are part of roadworthiness.↗ · The mechanic checked the van's roadworthiness.↗ · Bald tyres affect a car's roadworthiness.↗

roam — Everyday, meaning 1: To walk or travel around with no fixed plan, often over a wide area.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (phones) To use a mobile phone abroad through another network («roaming»).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (of eyes or thoughts) To move from place to place.↗ Example: Wild ponies roam across the moor.↗ · We roamed the beach looking for shells.↗ · The dog was free to roam the farm.↗ · Turn off data roaming when you go abroad.↗ · Her eyes roamed around the busy room.↗ · Dinosaurs once roamed the Earth.↗ · A LION, roaming through a forest, trod upon a thorn.↗ · Wherefore say My people: 'We roam at large; we will come no more unto Thee'?↗ (Prophets JER.2.31, JPS 1917)↗

roan — Everyday, meaning 1: Roan describes an animal, especially a horse or mule, whose coat is brown, red or black mixed with white or grey hairs.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A roan is such an animal.↗ Example: A roan pony stood by the gate.↗ · He rode his roan mule to town.↗ · The roan horse trotted into the yard.↗

roar — Everyday, meaning 1: To roar is to make a very loud, deep sound like a lion.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A roar is that loud, deep sound, or the loud noise of a crowd, engine, wind or sea.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To roar with laughter is to laugh very loudly.↗ Example: The lion roared at the zoo.↗ · The crowd roared when we scored.↗ · We heard the roar of the waterfall.↗ · Dad roared with laughter at the joke.↗ · The plane roared over our heads.↗ · We sat by a roaring fire.↗ · The dragon gave a terrible roar.↗ · The lion hath roared, who will not fear?↗ (Prophets AMO.3.8, JPS 1917)↗ · Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey?↗ (Prophets AMO.3.4, JPS 1917)↗ · The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.↗ (Writings PSA.104.21, JPS 1917)↗

roaring — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A loud, deep cry or growl, like the sound a lion makes, or a loud groan of pain.↗ Example: For my sighing cometh instead of my food, and my roarings are poured out like water.↗ (Writings JOB.3.24, JPS 1917)↗

roast — Everyday, meaning 1: To cook food, like meat or vegetables, in an oven or over a fire.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As an adjective, cooked in this way.↗ e.g. "roast chicken", "roast potatoes".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: As a noun, a piece of roasted meat or a big meal with it.↗ e.g. "Sunday roast".↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Informally, to be very hot.↗ e.g. "I'm roasting!"↗ Example: We roasted marshmallows over the campfire.↗ · Dad roasts a chicken every Sunday.↗ · Roast potatoes are crispy on the outside.↗ · We had a roast dinner at Grandma's.↗ · Roast the carrots for forty minutes.↗ · I'm roasting in this coat!↗ · The smell of roast beef filled the kitchen.↗ · The apples were beginning to roast.↗ · And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it.↗ (Torah EXO.12.8, JPS 1917)↗ · Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs and with the inwards thereof.↗ (Torah EXO.12.9, JPS 1917)↗ · And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose; and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.↗ (Torah DEU.16.7, JPS 1917)↗ · And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance; and the holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the children of the people.↗ (Writings 2CH.35.13, JPS 1917)↗ · He burneth the half thereof in the fire; with the half thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied; yea, he warmeth himself, and saith: 'Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire'; (Prophets ISA.44.16, JPS 1917)↗ · Yea, before the fat was made to smoke, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed: 'Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.'↗ (Prophets 1SA.2.15, JPS 1917)↗

rob — Everyday, meaning 1: To rob means to take money or things from a person or place in a wrong way, often by force or threats.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To rob someone of something means to take away something good they should have.↗ e.g. "the injury robbed her of the win".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) "That's daylight robbery!" means the price is far too high.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Rob is also a short name for Robert.↗ Example: Two men robbed the bank and ran off.↗ · The thief robbed the old man of his wallet.↗ · Robin Hood robbed the rich to give to the poor.↗ · The shop was robbed last night, so the police came.↗ · A late goal robbed us of the cup.↗ · Four pounds for a small juice?↗ That's daylight robbery!↗ · "We were robbed!" shouted the fans after the bad call.↗ · Rob is my brother's best friend.↗ · “I met thieves and they robbed me.↗ · Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour, nor rob him; the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.↗ (Torah LEV.19.13, JPS 1917)↗ · And I will send the beast of the field among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your ways shall become desolate.↗ (Torah LEV.26.22, JPS 1917)↗ · And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not make thy ways prosperous; and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed alway, and there shall be none to save thee.↗ (Torah DEU.28.29, JPS 1917)↗ · But ye say: 'Wherein have we robbed Thee?'↗ In tithes and heave-offerings.↗ (Prophets MAL.3.8, JPS 1917)↗ · Ye are cursed with the curse, yet ye rob Me, even this whole nation.↗ (Prophets MAL.3.9, JPS 1917)↗ · Rob not the weak, because he is weak, neither crush the poor in the gate; (Writings PRO.22.22, JPS 1917)↗

robber — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who steals from a person or place, often using force or threats, like a bank robber.↗ Example: The robbers escaped with bags of money.↗ · The police caught the bank robber.↗ · We played cops and robbers in the park.↗ · Robin Hood was a robber who helped the poor.↗ · A robber took her bag at the bus stop.↗ · The highway robber shouted «Stand and deliver!»↗ · Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers?↗ (Prophets ISA.42.24, JPS 1917)↗ · She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the faithless among men.↗ (Writings PRO.23.28, JPS 1917)↗ · Is this house, whereupon My name is called, become a den of robbers in your eyes?↗ (Prophets JER.7.11, JPS 1917)↗

robbery — Everyday, meaning 1: The crime of stealing from a person or place, especially using force or threats.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A price that is far too high: $10 for a drink is daylight robbery!↗ Example: There was a robbery at the corner shop last night.↗ · The bank robbery was on the news.↗ · The thieves were jailed for armed robbery.↗ · Five pounds for a bottle of water?↗ That's daylight robbery!↗ · The detective solved the train robbery.↗ · Police are looking for witnesses to the robbery.↗ · In desperation, he ran to the city and went straight to the courthouse to report the robbery to the magistrate.↗ · If any one sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and deal falsely with his neighbour in a matter of deposit, or of pledge, or of robbery, or have oppressed his neighbour; (Torah LEV.6.2, JPS 1917)↗ · Trust not in oppression, and put not vain hope in robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart thereon.↗ (Writings PSA.62.11, JPS 1917)↗ · For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.↗ (Prophets AMO.3.10, JPS 1917)↗ · The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have wronged the poor and needy, and have oppressed the stranger unlawfully.↗ (Prophets EZK.22.29, JPS 1917)↗

robe — Everyday, meaning 1: A robe is a long, loose piece of clothing that covers the body, worn for special ceremonies, by judges, priests, kings and graduates.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A robe is a bathrobe or dressing gown worn at home after a bath or before getting dressed.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) To be robed is to be dressed in a robe.↗ Example: The judge wore a black robe.↗ · The choir walked in, wearing white robes.↗ · Joseph's father gave him a beautiful robe.↗ · The wizard swept his robe around him and vanished.↗ · I put on my robe after my bath.↗ · The king was robed in red velvet.↗ · She was simply dressed in a plain white robe.↗ · And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.↗ (Torah EXO.28.31, JPS 1917)↗ · And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue; (Torah EXO.39.22, JPS 1917)↗ · And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.↗ (Torah EXO.39.24, JPS 1917)↗ · and the gauze robes, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the mantles.↗ (Prophets ISA.3.23, JPS 1917)↗ · Mine adversaries shall be clothed with confusion, and shall put on their own shame as a robe.↗ (Writings PSA.109.29, JPS 1917)↗ · I put on righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; my justice was as a robe and a diadem.↗ (Writings JOB.29.14, JPS 1917)↗

robin — Everyday, meaning 1: A robin is a small bird with a red or orange breast.↗ The European robin is small and round; the American robin is bigger, a kind of thrush.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Robin is also a name for a boy or a girl.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Robin Hood is a famous hero of old English stories; Robin is also Batman's helper.↗ Example: There are 5 robins on the tree.↗ · A robin's nest has 4 eggs.↗ · Robin has $20 to spend.↗ · 2 robins flew away.↗ · An American robin lays bright blue eggs.↗ · The robin pulled a worm from the lawn.↗ · Robins often appear on Christmas cards in Britain.↗ · Robin Hood lived in Sherwood Forest.↗ · Robin and her brother went to the park.↗