ALL meanings of rod
rod
R r - noun rod a male given name, form of Roderick or Rodney. 1
- verb with object rod to furnish or equip with a rod or rods, especially lightning rods. 1
- verb with object rod to even (plaster or mortar) with a rod. 1
- verb with object rod Metallurgy. to reinforce (the core of a mold) with metal rods. 1
- noun rod stick of metal, wood 1
- noun rod for punishment 1
- countable noun rod A rod is a long, thin metal or wooden bar. 0
- noun rod a slim cylinder of metal, wood, etc; stick or shaft 0
- noun rod a switch or bundle of switches used to administer corporal punishment 0
- noun rod any of various staffs of insignia or office 0
- noun rod power, esp of a tyrannical kind 0
- noun rod a straight slender shoot, stem, or cane of a woody plant 0
- noun rod a unit of length equal to 51⁄2 yards 0
- noun rod a unit of square measure equal to 301⁄4 square yards 0
- noun rod a straight narrow board marked with the dimensions of a piece of joinery, as the spacing of steps on a staircase 0
- noun rod a metal shaft that transmits power in axial reciprocating motion 0
- noun rod any of the elongated cylindrical cells in the retina of the eye, containing the visual purple (rhodopsin), which are sensitive to dim light but not to colour 0
- noun rod any rod-shaped bacterium 0
- noun rod a straight, slender shoot or stem cut from, or still part of, a bush or tree 0
- noun rod an offshoot or branch of a family or tribe; stock or race 0
- noun rod any straight, or almost straight, stick, shaft, bar, staff, etc., of wood, metal, or other material 0
- noun rod a stick or switch, or a bundle of sticks or switches, for beating as punishment 0
- noun rod punishment; chastisement 0
- noun rod a staff, scepter, etc., carried as a symbol of office, rank, or power 0
- noun rod power; authority; often, tyrannical rule 0
- noun rod fishing rod 0
- noun rod a stick used to measure something 0
- noun rod a unit of length in the FPS system, equal to 16.5 feet or 5.5 yards (5.0292 meters) 0
- noun rod a square rod, equal to 30.25 square yards (25.2929 square meters) 0
- noun rod a pistol or revolver 0
- noun rod hot rod 0
- noun rod any of the rod-shaped cells in the retina of the vertebrate eye that are sensitive to dim light 0
- noun rod any microorganism shaped like a bacillus 0
- noun rod A rod is a long circular bar of raw material. 0