Definitions for rod
rɒdrod

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rodnoun

   a long thin implement made of metal or wood

2. rodnoun

   any rod-shaped bacterium

3. perch, rod, polenoun

   a linear measure of 16.5 feet

4. perch, rod, polenoun

   a square rod of land

5. rod, rod cell, retinal rodnoun

   a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light

6. gat, rodnoun

   a gangster's pistol

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rodnoun

   A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.

   The circus strong man proved his strength by bending an iron rod, and then straightening it.

2. rodnoun

   A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod.

   When I hooked a snake and not a fish, I got so scared I dropped my rod in the water.

3. rodnoun

   A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs (such as a birch), used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping.

4. rodnoun

   An implement resembling and/or supplanting a rod (particularly a cane) that is used for corporal punishment, and metonymically called the rod, regardless of its actual shape and composition.

   The judge imposed on the thief a sentence of fifteen strokes with the rod.

5. rodnoun

   A stick used to measure distance, by using its established length or task-specific temporary marks along its length, or by dint of specific graduated marks.

   I notched a rod and used it to measure the length of rope to cut.

6. rodnoun

   A unit of length. Equal to a pole, a perch, ¼ chain, 5½ yards, 16½ feet, or exactly 5.0292 meters.

7. rodnoun

   An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5½ yards.

8. rodnoun

   A unit of area equal to a square rod, 30¼ square yards or 1/160 acre.

   The house had a small yard of about six rods in size.

9. rodnoun

   A straight bar that unites moving parts of a machine, for holding parts together as a connecting rod or for transferring power as a drive-shaft.

   The engine threw a rod, and then went to pieces before our eyes, springs and coils shooting in all directions.

10. rodnoun

    Short for rod cell, a rod-shaped cell in the eye that is sensitive to light.

    The rods are more sensitive than the cones, but do not discern color.

11. rodnoun

    Any of a number of long, slender microorganisms.

    He applied a gram positive stain, looking for rods indicative of Listeria.

12. rodnoun

    A stirring rod: a glass rod, typically about 6 inches to 1 foot long and 1/8 to 1/4 inch in diameter that can be used to stir liquids in flasks or beakers.

13. rodnoun

    A pistol; a gun.

14. rodnoun

    A penis; the male rod.

15. rodnoun

    A hot rod, an automobile or other passenger motor vehicle modified to run faster and often with exterior cosmetic alterations, especially one based originally on a pre-1940s model or (currently) denoting any older vehicle thus modified.

16. rodnoun

    rod-shaped objects which appear in photographs and videos traveling at high speed, not seen by the person recording the event, often associated with extraterrestrial entities

17. Rodnoun

    A nickname for the male given names Rodney and Roderick.

18. Etymology: From rōdō. Cognate with Old Frisian rod, Old Saxon roda, Dutch roede, Old High German ruota (German Rute), Old Norse róða (Danish rode).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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1. rod

   A rod is a thin, straight piece or object, often cylindrical in shape, made of several materials such as wood, metal, plastic, or glass. It is typically used to support, guide, or transmit mechanical forces.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rodnoun

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

2. Rodnoun

   an instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement

3. Rodnoun

   a kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression

4. Rodnoun

   a support for a fishing line; a fish pole

5. Rodnoun

   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. Rodnoun

   an instrument for measuring

7. Rodnoun

   a measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; -- called also perch, and pole

8. Etymology: [The same word as rood. See Rood.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rod

   Rod is a Slavic deity, often mentioned in the Old Church Slavonic didactic literature which was directed against pagans. According to some researchers, Rod was the Common Slavonic god, the creator of all life and of existence itself. Rod and Rožanica were first mentioned in the Slavic translation of The Word about Idol, where their names indicate the Mother Goddess and her divine Son. Translated from the Russian language, the word Rožanica means "a woman about to give birth". Rod was, however, not always explicitly called a deity by the ancient sources. According to Leo Klejn, Rod was a spirit, demon, or a sort of supernatural being and but not of the highest level of power. Rod is absent in the pantheon of the great prince Vladimir I of Kiev. By contrast, in Neopagan traditions, Rod is often considered to be the supreme god and the creator of all life and existence.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rod

   rod, n. a long twig: a slender stick: anything long and slender, as a magic rod, a lightning-rod, a fishing-rod, &c.: an instrument of correction: an emblem of power or authority: a pole or perch (5½ yards, or 16½ feet)—the square rod, generally called rood, is employed in estimating masonry-work, and contains 16½ × 16½, or 272¼ sq. feet: (fig.) punishment: authority: oppression: (B.) race or tribe: one of the layers of rods composing the retina of the eye: any bar connecting parts of a machine.—v.t. to furnish with rods, esp. lightning-rods.—ns. Rod′-fish′er; Rod′-fish′ing, fly-fishing: angling; Rod′-line, a fishing-line not wound on a reel; Rod′-machine′, in wood-working, a machine for cutting cylindrical sticks such as broom-handles; Rod′-ring, one of the rings along a fishing-rod through which the line runs; Rod′ster, an angler.—Napier's rods (see Napierian). [A.S. ród; Dut. roede, Ger. ruthe; L. rudis.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rod

   The connecting and coupling bars of the steam-engine. (See SOUNDING-ROD.)

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1. rod

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2. ROD

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ROD

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rod is ranked #18734 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Rod surname appeared 1,465 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Rod.
   
   48.6% or 713 total occurrences were White.
   47.1% or 691 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.7% or 26 total occurrences were Black.
   1.3% or 19 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Area Unit
   • Bacterium
   • Implement
   • Linear Unit
   • Pistol
   • Visual Cell

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rod' in Nouns Frequency: #1956

Anagrams for rod »

1. ord

2. dor

3. D. Or.

4. dro

5. RDO

How to pronounce rod?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rod in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rod in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of rod in a Sentence

1. Rod Phillips:

   I know that I disappointed a lot of people. I hope people will appreciate I disappointed no one more than Rod Phillips.

2. Rod Wheeler:

   Cydney Ireland said. The sprawling, 58,000-student main campus in downtown Columbus is one of the nation's largest. Fox News contributor Rod Wheeler, a former Washington DC homicide detective and an Ohio State University alum, said the school's police department is highly trained. People don’t need to panic.

3. Doug McLeod:

   I still say a church steeple with a lightening rod on top shows a lack of confidence.

4. The Mueller report:

   Call Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. There are conflicts. Robert Mueller has to go.

5. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:

   You know this is part of a pattern that the right and the far-right and, frankly, the President is consistent with, he doesn't have another woman, Hillary Clinton or whoever else, to vilify anymore so they need to find another woman to kind of prop up and become a lightning rod.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=rod
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rod
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=rod
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rod
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=rod
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=rod
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=rod
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html