Meaning

• Noun

  1. A 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. Roads in general as a means of travel, especially by motor vehicle.
  3. A physical way or route.
  4. A path chosen, as in life or career.
  5. An underground tunnel in a mine.
  6. A railway or (UK, rail transport) a single railway track.
  7. (obsolete) The act of riding on horseback.
  8. (obsolete) A hostile ride against a particular area; a raid.
  9. A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead.
  10. (obsolete) A journey, or stage of a journey.

• Adj