Definitions of rod [ɒd]

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Definition of 'rod'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) rod
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.

2.  rod
a straight, slender shoot or stem of any woody plant, whether still growing or cut from the plant.

3.  rod
a slender bar or tube for draping towels over, suspending curtains, etc.

4.  rod
a stick used for measuring.

5.  rod
½ yards or 16½ feet (5.03 m); pole.

6.  rod
¼ square yards (25.3 sq m); rood.

7.  rod
a stick, or a bundle of sticks or switches bound together, used as an instrument of punishment.

8.  rod
punishment or discipline.

9.  rod
a staff or scepter carried as a symbol of office, authority, etc.

10.  rod
authority, sway, or rule, esp. when tyrannical.

11.  rod
one of the rodlike cells in the retina of the eye, sensitive to low intensities of light.

12.  rod
(in plastering or mortaring) a straightedge moved along screeds to even the plaster between them.

13.  rod
Slang.

14.  rod
a pistol or revolver.

15.  rod
a collapsible pole, conspicuously marked with graduations, held upright so that it can be read at a distance by a surveyor.

Etymology: (bef. 1150; rodd, late OE; akin to ON rudda club)

Definition of 'rod'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) rod
a long thin implement made of metal or wood

2. (noun) rod
any rod-shaped bacterium

3. (noun) perch, rod, pole
a linear measure of 16.5 feet

4. (noun) perch, rod, pole
a square rod of land

5. (noun) rod, rod cell, retinal rod
a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light

6. (noun) gat, rod
a gangster's pistol

Definition of 'rod'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) rod
a long, straight piece of metal or wood in the shape of a cylinder
the steel rods that hold the structure together

2. rod
a long pole for fishing
a rod and reel

Definition of 'rod'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) rod
a straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes)

2. (noun) rod
an instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement

3. (noun) rod
a kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression

4. (noun) rod
a support for a fishing line; a fish pole

5. (noun) rod
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.

6. (noun) rod
an instrument for measuring

7. (noun) rod
a measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; -- called also perch, and pole

Translation of 'rod'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a long thin stick or piece of wood, metal etc an iron rod; a fishing-rod; a measuring-rod.
Afrikaans: staaf, stok	Arabic: قَضيب، عَصا	Bulgarian: пръчка
Brazilian: vara	Czech: prut, drát, pryč	German: die Rute
Danish: stang; -stang; stav; -sta	Greek: ράβδος, βέργα, καλάμι	Spanish: vara, barra
Estonian: varb, ritv	Farsi: میله؛ عصا	Finnish: sauva
French: tige, baguette, canne, rè	Hebrew: מוֹט	Hindi: छड़
Croatian: šiba, prut	Hungarian: pálca	Indonesian: batangan
Icelandic: stöng	Italian: bacchetta, asta, canna	Japanese: 棒
Korean: 막대	Lithuanian: strypas, lazda	Latvian: makšķere
Malay: batang	Dutch: staaf	Norwegian: stang, kjepp
Polish: pręt, kij	Persian: میله؛ عصا	Pashto: میله ، امساء
Portuguese: vara	Romanian: vergea; tijă; undiţă; rig	Russian: прут
Slovak: udica; drôt, tyč	Slovenian: palica, drog	Serbian: štap
Swedish: käpp, stång, spö	Thai: ไม้เรียว; คันเบ็ด	Turkish: çubuk, sopa
Taiwanese: 桿，棒	Ukrainian: прут, лозина	Urdu: چھڑی
Vietnamese: cái que; cái gậy	Chinese: 杆（，棒）
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