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rod

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Noun

  1. A straight, round [[stick]], [[shaft]], [[bar]], [[cane]], or [[staff]].
  2. A longitudinal pole used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
  3. {{lb|en|fishing}} A long slender usually tapering [[pole]] used for [[angling]]; [[fishing rod]].
  4. A stick, pole, or [[bundle]] of switches or [[twig]]s (such as a [[birch]]), used for personal defense or to administer [[corporal punishment]] by whipping.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. {{senseid|en|sixteen and a half feet}} {{lb|en|archaic}} A [[unit]] of length equal to 1 [[pole]], a [[perch]], {{frac|4}} [[chain]], {{frac|5|1|2}} [[yard]]s, {{frac|16|1|2}} [[foot|feet]], or exactly 5.0292 [[meter]]s (these being all equivalent).
  8. {{lb|en|archaic}} A unit of [[area]] equal to a [[square rod]], {{frac|30|1|4}} [[square yard]]s or {{frac|160}} [[acre]].
  9. A straight [[bar]] that unites [[moving part]]s of a [[machine]], for holding parts together as a [[connecting rod]] or for transferring power as a [[driveshaft]].
  10. {{senseid|en|Q505544}}{{lb|en|anatomy}} A [[rod cell]]: a rod-shaped [[cell]] in the [[eye]] that is sensitive to [[light]].
  11. {{lb|en|biology}} Any of a number of long, slender [[microorganism]]s.
  12. {{senseid|en|glass rod}} {{lb|en|chemistry}} A [[stir]]ring rod: a [[glass]] rod, typically about 6 inches to 1 foot long and {{frac|8}} to {{frac|4}} inch in diameter that can be used to [[stir]] [[liquid]]s in [[flask]]s or [[beaker]]s.

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|construction}} To [[reinforce]] [[concrete]] with [[metal]] rods.
  2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To furnish with rods, especially [[lightning rod]]s.
  3. {{lb|en|slang|vulgar|transitive}} To [[penetrate]] [[sexual]]ly.
  4. {{lb|en|slang}} To [[hot rod]].

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