ROD
\ɹˈɒd], \ɹˈɒd], \ɹ_ˈɒ_d]\
Definitions of ROD
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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(British) a linear measure of 16.5 feet
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any rod-shaped bacterium
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a long thin implement made of metal or wood
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Princeton University
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A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).
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An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement.
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A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression.
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A support for a fishing line; a fish pole.
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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.
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An instrument for measuring.
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A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; - called also perch, and pole.
By Oddity Software
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A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).
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An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement.
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A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression.
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A support for a fishing line; a fish pole.
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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.
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An instrument for measuring.
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A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; - called also perch, and pole.
By Noah Webster.
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A straight and slender stick; any slender bar, especially one of metal; a fishing-pole; a switch used for inflicting punishment; hence, correction or discipline; with the; a scepter; hence, power; a measure of length containing five and a half yards.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. A straight slender cylindrical formation. 2. One of the rhodopsin-containing cells forming with the cones the layer of rods and cones of the retina.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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A long twig: a slender stick: anything long and slender: an instrument of correction: an emblem of power or authority: a pole or perch (5 1/2 yards): (fig.) punishment: authority: oppression: (B.) race or tribe.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A long twig; a wand; instrument of correction or punishment; a pole for angling; an implement about five yards long for measuring; a measure of 5 1/2 yards; a pole; a perch; power; a race.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] The shoot or long twig of any woody plant: a branch or the stem of a shrub;—any long slender stick: a wand: an instrument of punishment or correction;—discipline; chastisement;— a kind of scepter or badge of office; hence, power; authority; tyranny; oppression;- a measures of length containing sixteen and a half feet: a perch: a pole.
