road

1. (uncountable) Roads in general as a means of travel, especially by motor vehicle.Examples: "We travelled to the seaside by road."uncountable

2. (dated) A physical way or route.Examples: "He stirred up his hair with his sprightliest expression, glanced at the little figure again, said ‘Good evening, ma ‘am; don’t come down, Mrs Affery, I know the road to the door,’ and steamed out."; "Hetty and Mrs. Piper watched them with a lynx-eyed understanding and before the ancient was well upon his road his way was blocked by Hetty."dated

3. (figuratively) A path chosen, as in life or career.Examples: "the road to happiness; the road to success."; "Where, then, is the road to peace?"; "Hodgson may actually feel England could have scored even more but this was the perfect first step on the road to Rio in 2014 and the ideal platform for the second qualifier against Ukraine at Wembley on Tuesday."figuratively

4. (US, rail transport, archaic) A railroad.USarchaic

5. (US, UK, rail transport) A single railroad track (railway track).Examples: "The new depot, on which work started in May, 1956, has three reception roads leading to 13 sidings capable of taking 25 trains, a 450 ft.-long car examination shed with nine roads, a lifting shop with two roads and three permanent way sidings."UKUS

6. (obsolete) The act of riding on horseback.obsolete