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noun
1.
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
2.
a straight, slender shoot or stem of any woody plant, whether still growing or cut from the plant.
4.
(in plastering or mortaring) a straightedge moved along screeds to even the plaster between them.
5.
EXPANDa stick used for measuring.
6.
a unit of linear measure, 51/2 yards or 161/2 feet (5.029 meters); linear perch or pole.
7.
a unit of square measure, 301/4 square yards (25.29 sq. m); square perch or pole.
8.
a stick, or a bundle of sticks or switches bound together, used as an instrument of punishment.
9.
punishment or discipline: Not one to spare the rod, I sent him to bed without dinner.
10.
a wand, staff, or scepter carried as a symbol of office, authority, power, etc.
11.
authority, sway, or rule, especially when tyrannical.
13.
a slender bar or tube for draping towels over, suspending a shower curtain, etc.
14.
Bible. a branch of a family; tribe.
15.
a pattern, drawn on wood in full size, of one section of a piece of furniture.
16.
Slang.
a.
a pistol or revolver.
b.
Vulgar. the penis.
17.
Anatomy. one of the rodlike cells in the retina of the eye, sensitive to low intensities of light. Compare cone (def. 5).
18.
Bacteriology. a rod-shaped microorganism.
19.
Also called leveling rod, stadia rod. Surveying. a light pole, conspicuously marked with graduations, held upright and read through a surveying instrument in leveling or stadia surveying.
20.
COLLAPSEMetallurgy. round metal stock for drawing and cutting into slender bars.
verb (used with object)
21.
to furnish or equip with a rod or rods, especially lightning rods.
22.
to even (plaster or mortar) with a rod.
23.
Metallurgy. to reinforce (the core of a mold) with metal rods.
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Rodding
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Origin:
before 1150; Middle English rodd, late Old English; akin to Old Norse rudda club
before 1150; Middle English rodd, late Old English; akin to Old Norse rudda club
Related forms
rod·less, adjective
rod·like, adjective
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Word Origin & History
rod
O.E. rodd "a rod, pole," related to O.N. rudda "club," of unknown origin. Figurative sense of "offshoot" (mid-15c.) led to Biblical meaning "scion, tribe." As an instrument of punishment, attested from mid-12c.; also used figuratively for "correction, punishment" from notion of beating someone with a
EXPANDstick. As a unit of measure (5.5 yards or 16.5 feet, also called perch or pole) first attested mid-15c. As a measure of area, "a square perch," from late 15c. Meaning "light-sensitive cell in a retina" is from 1866, so-called for its shape. Slang meaning "penis" is recorded from 1902; that of "gun, revolver" is from 1903.
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Medical Dictionary
rod (rŏd)
n.
A straight slender cylindrical formation.
A rod cell.
An elongated bacterium; a bacillus.
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Science Dictionary
rod  (rŏd) Pronunciation Key
One of the rod-shaped cells in the retina of the eye of many vertebrate animals. Rods are more sensitive to light than cones and are responsible for the ability to see in dim light. However, rods are insensitive to red wavelengths of light and do not contribute greatly to the perception of color. Compare cone. |
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Slang Dictionary
rod definition
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