1. aaron(n = noun.person) hank aaron, henry louis aaron - United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934);
is a kind of ballplayer, baseball player
2. aaron(n = noun.person) - (Old Testament) elder brother of Moses and first high priest of the Israelites; created the golden calf;
is a kind of priest
aaron burr, aaron copland, aaron montgomery ward, hank aaron, henry louis aaron
1. rod(n = noun.artifact) - a long thin implement made of metal or wood;
is a kind of implement
has particulars: baton, wand, baton, connecting rod, control rod, fishing pole, fishing rod, kickstand, pole, ramrod, ramrod, rotating shaft, shaft, shaft, stair-rod, tie rod, wand
2. rod(n = noun.animal) - any rod-shaped bacterium;
is a kind of bacteria, bacterium
has particulars: streptobacillus
3. rod(n = noun.quantity) perch, pole - a linear measure of 16.5 feet;
is a kind of linear measure, linear unit
is a part of furlong
has parts: pace, yard
4. rod(n = noun.quantity) perch, pole - a square rod of land;
is a kind of area unit, square measure
5. rod(n = noun.body) retinal rod, rod cell - a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light;
is a kind of visual cell
is a part of retina
has parts: retinal purple, rhodopsin, visual purple
6. rod(n = noun.artifact) gat - a gangster's pistol;
is a kind of handgun, pistol, shooting iron, side arm
1. A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes). [1913 Webster]
"He that spareth his rod hateth his son." [1913 Webster]
2. A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; -- called also
rod, n.
1 a slender straight bar esp. of wood or metal.
2 this as a symbol of office.
3 a a stick or bundle of twigs used in caning or flogging. b (prec. by the) the use of this.
4 a = fishing-rod. b an angler using a rod.
5 a a slender straight round stick growing as a shoot on a tree. b this when cut.
6 (as a measure) a perch or square perch (see PERCH(1)).
7 US sl. = hot rod.
8 US sl. a pistol or revolver.
9 Anat. any of numerous rod-shaped structures in the eye, detecting dim light.
Idiom:
make a rod for one's own back act in a way that will bring one trouble later.
Derivative:
rodless adj. rodlet n. rodlike adj.
Etymology:
OE rodd, prob. rel. to ON rudda club
N scourge, rod, cane, stick, ratan, rattan, birch, birch rod, azote, blacksnake, bullwhack, chicote, kurbash, quirt, rawhide, sjambok, rod in pickle, switch, ferule, cudgel, truncheon, whip, bullwhip, lash, strap, thong, cowhide, knout, cat, cat o'nine tails, rope's end, pillory, stocks, whipping post, cucking stool, ducking stool, brank, trebuchet, trebuket, triangle, wooden horse, iron maiden, thumbscrew, boot, rack, wheel, iron heel, chinese water torture, treadmill, crank, galleys, scaffold, block, ax, guillotine, stake, cross, gallows, gibbet, tree, drop, noose, rope, halter, bowstring, death chair, electric chair, gas chamber, lethal injection, firing squad, mecate, house of correction, goaler, jailer, executioner, electrocutioner, lyncher, hangman, headsman, Jack Ketch.
N spell, charm, incantation, exorcism, weird, cabala, exsufflation, cantrap, runes, abracadabra, open sesame, countercharm, Ephesian letters, bell book and candle, Mumbo Jumbo, evil eye, fee-faw- fum, talisman, amulet, periapt, telesm, phylactery, philter, fetich, fetish, agnus Dei, lamb of God, furcula, madstone, mascot, mascotte, merrythought, Om, Aum, scarab, scarabaeus, sudarium, triskelion, veronica, wishbone, swastika, fylfot, gammadion, wand, caduceus, rod, divining rod, lamp of Aladdin, wishing-cap, Fortunatus's cap.
N support, ground, foundation, base, basis, terra firma, bearing, fulcrum, bait, caudex crib, point d'appui, pou sto, purchase footing, hold, locus standi, landing place, landing stage, stage, platform, block, rest, resting place, groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention, floor, supporter, aid, prop, stand, anvil, fulciment, cue rest, jigger, monkey, stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage, sleeper, stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit, outrigger, ratlings, staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle, bourdon, cowlstaff, lathi, mahlstick, post, pillar, shaft, thill, column, pilaster, pediment, pedicle, pedestal, plinth, shank, leg, socle, zocle, buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment, baluster, banister, stanchion, balustrade, headstone, upright, door post, jamb, door jamb, frame, framework, scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis, trave, corner stone, summer, transom, rung, round, step, sill, angle rafter, hip rafter, cantilever, modillion, crown post, king post, vertebra, columella, backbone, keystone, axle, axletree, axis, arch, mainstay, trunnion, pivot, rowlock, peg, tiebeam, thole pin, board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet, trivet, arbor, rack, mantel, mantle piece, mantleshelf, slab, console, counter, dresser, flange, corbel, table, trestle, shoulder, perch, horse, easel, desk, clotheshorse, hatrack, retable, teapoy, seat, throne, dais, divan, musnud, chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall, arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair, couch, fauteuil, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench, aparejo, faldstool, horn, long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair, lamba chauki, lamba kursi, saddle, pannel, pillion, side saddle, pack saddle, pommel, bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead, four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang, bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse, pillow, bolster, mat, rug, cushion, footstool, hassock, tabouret, tripod, monopod, Atlas, Persides, Atlantes, Caryatides, Hercules, supporting, supported, fundamental, dorsigerous, astride on, straddle.
N measurement, admeasurement, mensuration, survey, valuation, appraisement, assessment, assize, estimate, estimation, dead reckoning, reckoning, gauging, horse power, metrology, weights and measures, compound arithmetic, measure, yard measure, standard, rule, foot rule, compass, calipers, gage, gauge, meter, line, rod, check, dividers, velo, flood mark, high water mark, Plimsoll line, index, scale, graduation, graduated scale, nonius, vernier, bathometer, galvanometer, heliometer, interferometer, odometer, ombrometer, pantometer, pluviometer, pneumatometer, pneumometer, radiometer, refractometer, respirometer, rheometer, spirometer, telemeter, udometer, vacuometer, variometer, viameter, thermometer, thermistor (heat) &c, barometer (air), anemometer (wind), dynamometer, goniometer, (angle) 244 meter, landmark, balance, scale, marigraph, pneumatograph, stethograph, rain gauge, rain gage, voltmeter (volts), ammeter (amps), spectrophotometer (light absorbance), mass spectrophotometer (molecular mass), geiger counter, scintillation counter (radioactivity), pycnometer (liquid density), graduated cylinder, volumetric flask (volume), radar gun (velocity), radar (distance), side-looking radar, (shape, topography), sonar (depth in water), light meter (light intensity), clock, watch, stopwatch, chronometer (time), anemometer (wind velocity), densitometer (color intensity), measurability, computability, determinability, coordinates, ordinate and abscissa, polar coordinates, latitude and longitude, declination and right ascension, altitude and azimuth, geometry, stereometry, hypsometry, metage, surveying, land surveying, geodesy, geodetics, geodesia, orthometry, altimetry, cadastre, astrolabe, armillary sphere, land surveyor, geometer, measuring, metric, metrical, measurable, perceptible, noticeable, detectable, appreciable, ponderable, determinable, fathomable, geodetical, topographic, topographical, cartographic, cartographical.
aaron's rod, birch rod, black rod, connecting rod, control rod, divining rod, dowsing rod, drill rod, fishing rod, fly rod, gauging rod, hot rod, jacob's rod, lightning rod, measuring rod, piston rod, retinal rod, rod cell, rod laver, spinning rod, tappet rod, tie rod