| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| rob | noun | The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar., To take (something) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from., To take the property of (any one) from his person, or in his presence, feloniously, and against his will, by violence or by putting him in fear., To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud; as, to rob one of his rest, or of his good name; a tree robs the plants near it of sunlight., To take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence. |
| roc | noun | A monstrous bird of Arabian mythology. |
| rod | noun | A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes)., An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement., A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression., A support for a fishing line; a fish pole., A member used in tension, as for sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion, etc.; a connecting bar., An instrument for measuring., A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; — called also perch, and pole. |
| roe | noun | A roebuck. See Roebuck., The female of any species of deer., The ova or spawn of fishes and amphibians, especially when still inclosed in the ovarian membranes. Sometimes applied, loosely, to the sperm and the testes of the male., A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany. |
| rot | verb i. | To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving off usually in some stages of the process more or less offensive odors; to become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy; to decay., Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become corrupt., To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes; as, to rot vegetable fiber., To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret., Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction., A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See Bitter rot, Black rot, etc., below., A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2. |
| row | adjective & adverb | Rough; stern; angry., A noisy, turbulent quarrel or disturbance; a brawl., A series of persons or things arranged in a continued line; a line; a rank; a file; as, a row of trees; a row of houses or columns., To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the surface of water; as, to row a boat., To transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the captain ashore in his barge., To use the oar; as, to row well., To be moved by oars; as, the boat rows easily., The act of rowing; excursion in a rowboat. |
| roy | noun | A king., Royal. |