Rod

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Mục lục 1 Noun 1.1 a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material. 1.2 a straight, slender shoot or stem of any woody plant, whether still growing or cut from the plant. 1.3 fishing rod. 1.4 (in plastering or mortaring) a straightedge moved along screeds to even the plaster between them. 1.5 a stick used for measuring. 1.6 a unit of linear measure, 5 1 / 2 yards or 16 1 / 2 feet (5.029 m); linear perch or pole. 1.7 a unit of square measure, 30 1 / 4 square yards (25.29 sq. m); square perch or pole. 1.8 a stick, or a bundle of sticks or switches bound together, used as an instrument of punishment. 1.9 punishment or discipline 1.10 a wand, staff, or scepter carried as a symbol of office, authority, power, etc. 1.11 authority, sway, or rule, esp. when tyrannical. 1.12 lightning rod. 1.13 a slender bar or tube for draping towels over, suspending a shower curtain, etc. 1.14 Bible . a branch of a family; tribe. 1.15 a pattern, drawn on wood in full size, of one section of a piece of furniture. 1.16 Slang . 1.17 Anatomy . one of the rodlike cells in the retina of the eye, sensitive to low intensities of light. Compare cone ( def. 5 ) . 1.18 Bacteriology . a rod-shaped microorganism. 1.19 Also called leveling rod , stadia rod. Surveying . a light pole, conspicuously marked with graduations, held upright and read through a surveying instrument in leveling or stadia surveying. 1.20 Metallurgy . round metal stock for drawing and cutting into slender bars. 2 Verb (used with object) 2.1 to furnish or equip with a rod or rods, esp. lightning rods. 2.2 to even (plaster or mortar) with a rod. 2.3 Metallurgy . to reinforce (the core of a mold) with metal rods. 3 Synonyms 3.1 noun

Noun

a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.

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

fishing rod.

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

a stick used for measuring.

a unit of linear measure, 5 1 / 2 yards or 16 1 / 2 feet (5.029 m); linear perch or pole.

a unit of square measure, 30 1 / 4 square yards (25.29 sq. m); square perch or pole.

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

punishment or discipline

Not one to spare the rod, I sent him to bed without dinner.

a wand, staff, or scepter carried as a symbol of office, authority, power, etc.

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

lightning rod.

a slender bar or tube for draping towels over, suspending a shower curtain, etc.

Bible . a branch of a family; tribe.

a pattern, drawn on wood in full size, of one section of a piece of furniture.

Slang .

a pistol or revolver.

Vulgar . the penis.

Anatomy . one of the rodlike cells in the retina of the eye, sensitive to low intensities of light. Compare cone ( def. 5 ) .

Bacteriology . a rod-shaped microorganism.

Also called leveling rod , stadia rod. Surveying . a light pole, conspicuously marked with graduations, held upright and read through a surveying instrument in leveling or stadia surveying.

Metallurgy . round metal stock for drawing and cutting into slender bars.

Verb (used with object)

to furnish or equip with a rod or rods, esp. lightning rods.

to even (plaster or mortar) with a rod.

Metallurgy . to reinforce (the core of a mold) with metal rods.

Synonyms

noun

baton , billet , birch , cane , cylinder , dowel , ingot , mace , pin , rodule , scepter , sceptre , shaft , slab , spike , staff , stave , stick , strip , switch , wand , bar , bloom , 16-1/2 feet , axle , bamboo , bolt , crowbar , fasces , perch , pole , scion , skewer , spindle , spoke , support , toggle , twig , whip