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Synonyms for rod

Grammar : Noun
Spell : rod
Phonetic Transcription : rÉ’d

Top 10 synonyms for rod
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Définition of rod

Origin :
  • Old English rodd "a rod, pole," which is probably cognate with Old Norse rudda "club," from Proto-Germanic *rudd- "stick, club," from PIE *reudh- "to clear land."
  • As a long, tapering elastic pole for fishing, from mid-15c. Figurative sense of "offshoot" (mid-15c.) led to Biblical meaning "scion, tribe." As an instrument of punishment, attested from mid-12c.; also used figuratively for "any sort of correction or punishment," but the basic notion is of beating someone with a stick.
  • As a unit of measure (5½ yards or 16½ feet, also called perch or pole) first attested mid-15c., from the stick used to measure it off. As a measure of area, "a square perch," from late 15c., the usual measure in brickwork. Meaning "light-sensitive cell in a retina" is from 1866, so-called for its shape. Slang meaning "penis" is recorded from 1902; that of "gun, revolver" is from 1903.
  • noun bar, pole
Example sentences :
  • What can you think of it, that such a family as ours, should have such a rod held over it?
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Many a rod, I grieve to say, was worn to the stump on that unlucky night.
  • Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • I'm fit to melt—there is no strength left in me; here, come and take the rod!'
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • I promise you I will,' said the dowager—'here, take the rod!'
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • The moral inculcated by it is, "Spare the rod and spoil the child."
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 2, April 9, 1870 » by Various
  • I carried the rod below, to dry it, and covered the lower part with ashes.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • In those days there was royal sport for rod and gun, but books also had a solid worth.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • Portland bid us both be of good heart, and volunteered to take the rod from my hands.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • Besides, he feared the rod of the monks, or his daddy, if he remained.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • Presently the rod must have tapped the sill, with such a start did she face about.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
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