INROAD

inroad

(noun) an encroachment or intrusion; “they made inroads in the United States market”

inroad

(noun) an invasion or hostile attack

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

inroad (plural inroads)

an advance into enemy territory, an incursion, an attempted invasion

(usually plural) progress made toward accomplishing a goal or solving a problem

Verb

inroad (third-person singular simple present inroads, present participle inroading, simple past and past participle inroaded)

(obsolete, transitive) To make an inroad into; to invade.

Anagrams

• Ardoin, Dorian, NORAID, Orinda, Rodina, donair, draino, ordain, radion, ranoid

Source: Wiktionary


In"road`, n.

Definition: The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid; encroachment. The loss of Shrewsbury exposed all North Wales to the daily inroads of the enemy. Clarendon. With perpetual inroads to alarm, Though inaccessible, his fatal throne. Milton.

Syn.

– Invasion; incursion; irruption. See Invasion.

In*road", v.t [imp. & p. p. Inroaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Inroading.]

Definition: To make an inroad into; to invade. [Obs.] The Saracens . . . conquered Spain, inroaded Aquitaine. Fuller.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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