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English
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Etymology
from Old English rodd, Norse rudda

Noun
en-noun

1. A straight round stick, shaft or bar.

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

1. context|fishing A long slender pole used for angling.

#: When I realized that I had hooked a snake and not a fish, I got so scared I dropped my rod in the water.

1. A stick or swich or rather a bundle of switches or twigs, used for lashing someone, especially as a corporal punishment, often metonymically called the rod.

#: The judge imposed a sentence of fifteen strokes with the rod for the thief.

1. A stick used to measure length; a measuring rod.

#: I fashioned a rod to measure the length of rope to cut by filing a notch at the proper yardage.

1. archaic A unit of length. Equal to a pole, a perch, ¼ chain or 5½ yards.

#* 1865: s:Author:Henry David Thoreau|Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod ¹
#*: In one of the villages I saw the next summer a cow tethered by a rope six rods long...

1. archaic 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.

1. A straight bar that connects moving parts of a machine; a connecting rod.

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

1. context|anatomy Rod-shaped cells in the eye that are sensitive to light.

#: The rod cells are more sensitive than the cones, but do not discern color.

1. context|biology Any of a number of long, slender microorganisms.

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

1. slang A pistol; a gun.
2. slang A penis.
3. Short for hot rod, a car modified to run faster, especially one based on a pre-1940s model.

Related terms
rodman
spare the rod, spoil the child

Translations
trans-top|straight round stick, shaft, or bar
Danish: stang
ttbc|Dutch: roede, staaf f, stok
Ewe: ati
ttbc|French: tige f
German: Stange f
Greek: �αβδί (ravdí) n
trans-mid
Hebrew: ���|��ֹ� m, �ק�|�ַקֵּ� m
Portuguese: taco m, bastão m
Russian: ��анга (štánga) f, палка (pálka) f, ��е�жен� (st'éržen') m
Serbian: palica, Å¡ipka
Spanish: barra
Swedish: stång c
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trans-top|fishing rod or pole
Czech: prut m
Danish: stang
Dutch: hengelroede, visgarde
Greek: καλάμι (kalámi) n
Hebrew: �ק� ���
trans-mid
Portuguese: vara f
Russian: �до�ка (údo�ka) f, �дили�е (udíliš'e) n
Serbian: pecaljka, udica
Swedish: metspö n, spö n
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trans-top|stick or bundle used for punishment
Danish: stav, spanskrør, ris
Dutch: roede, roe
Ewe: ati
French: verges (plurale tantum)
trans-mid
Russian: п��� (prut) m, �озга (rózga) f
Serbian: prut, Å¡tap, rozga, Å¡iba, batina
Swedish: spö n, ris n
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trans-top|stick to measure length
Dutch: roede, el, meetstok
Hebrew: ��� �����
trans-mid
Serbian: Å¡tap, motka
Swedish: måttstock|(mått)stock c
trans-bottom

trans-top|connector, part of a machine
Danish: stang
ttbc|Dutch: staaf f
Greek: �άβδο� f
trans-mid
Portuguese: barra f
Russian: ��анга (štánga) f, ��е�жен� (st'éržen') m, ��ок (štok) m
Serbian: Å¡ipka
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trans-top|part of the retina of the eye
Czech: ty�inka f
German: Stäbchen n
Hebrew: pp�ק���, ת� ��ס�ס �ע��
trans-mid
Russian: пало�ка (pálo�ka) f
Swedish: stav c
trans-bottom

trans-top|microbiology: rod shaped microorganism
Danish: stavbakterie
trans-mid
Hebrew: �צ�ר �ע�ר �צ�רת ���
Russian: пало�ка (pálo�ka) f
trans-bottom

trans-top|unit of linear measure
Dutch: roede
Hebrew: ���ת ��ר� � �-5 ��ר
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|unit of area measure
Dutch: roede
French: verge
Hebrew: ���ת ש�� �שנ�
trans-mid
trans-bottom

See pistol
See penis
See hot rod

Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Chinese: �尺, �尺
ttbc|Ido: spiso
ttbc|Italian: asta
ttbc|Japanese: �
ttbc|Korean: ��
mid
ttbc|Polish: pr�t
ttbc|Portuguese: haste, cajado
ttbc|Spanish: barra f
ttbc|Telugu: �డ�డ�
ttbc|Tibetan: khar-gyu

Category:1000 English basic words

Bosnian

Noun
rod m s

1. gender
2. botany genus
3. relative, relation
4. fruit, crop, extraction (rarely used in these senses)
5. family, stock, lineage

Category:Bosnian nouns

Breton

Noun
rod

1. wheel

Category:Breton nouns

Croatian

Noun
rod m s

1. gender
2. botany genus
3. relative, relation
4. fruit, crop, extraction (rarely used in these senses)
5. family, stock, lineage

Category:Croatian nouns

Czech

Noun
cs-noun|g=m

1. family, stock, lineage
2. genus botany|lang=cs
3. gender grammar|lang=cs
4. voice grammar|lang=cs

Derived terms
ženský rod m
mužský rod m
�inný rod m
trpný rod m

Category:cs:Taxonomy

Danish

Etymology 1
From the verb rode

Noun
rod

1. disorder, mess, muddle

Etymology 2
From old Norse rót

Noun
rod

1. root
2. yob

Related terms
gulerod
rodbehandling
rodfrugt
tandrod

Category:Danish nouns

Old English

Etymology
From Germanic *roda-. Cognate with Old Frisian r�d, Old Saxon roda|r�da (Dutch roede �rod�), Old High German ruota (German Rute), Old Norse roða|róða �rod, cross� (Danish rode �gauge, rod�).

Pronunciation
IPA: /ro:d/

Noun
r�d f (p r�da or r�de)

1. a cross used as a method of execution
2. the Cross on which Jesus suffered
3. a crucifix
4. a measure of land length, equal to a perch
5. a measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre

Related terms
rodfæstnian|r�dfæstnian

Category:Old English nouns

Romanian

Etymology
From a Slavic language

Noun
rod f and m

1. fruit

Category:Romanian nouns

Serbian

Noun
rod m s

1. gender
2. botany genus
3. relative, relation
4. fruit, crop, extraction (rarely used in these senses)
5. family, stock, lineage

Cyrillic spelling
�од#Serbian|�од

Category:Greek derivations
Category:Serbian nouns
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