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rods

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A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.

Examples :

"The construction workers used steel rods to reinforce the concrete foundation. "

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A longitudinal pole used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.

Examples :

"The tent's structure was held up by a set of strong, metal rods. "

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A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod.

Examples :

"When I hooked a snake and not a fish, I got so scared I dropped my rod in the water."

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A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs (such as a birch), used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping.

Examples :

"In the past, some teachers used rods to punish students in school. "

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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.

Examples :

"The judge imposed on the thief a sentence of fifteen strokes with the rod."

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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.

Examples :

"I notched a rod and used it to measure the length of rope to cut."

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A unit of length equal to 1 pole, a perch, 1/4 chain, 5 1/2 yards, 16 1/2 feet, or exactly 5.0292 meters (these being all equivalent).

Examples :

"The farmer measured his field in rods, knowing that each rod was equivalent to 16 and a half feet. "

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An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5 1/2 yards.

Examples :

"The surveyors used rods to measure the elevation difference between the two points on the construction site. "

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A unit of area equal to a square rod, 30 1/4 square yards or 1/160 acre.

Examples :

"The house had a small yard of about six rods in size."

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A straight bar that unites moving parts of a machine, for holding parts together as a connecting rod or for transferring power as a drive-shaft.

Examples :

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

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A rod cell: a rod-shaped cell in the eye that is sensitive to light.

Examples :

"The rods are more sensitive than the cones, but do not discern color."

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Any of a number of long, slender microorganisms.

Examples :

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

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A stirring rod: a glass rod, typically about 6 inches to 1 foot long and 1/8 to 1/4 inch in diameter that can be used to stir liquids in flasks or beakers.

Examples :

"The chemistry student used glass rods to carefully mix the solutions in her beakers. "

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A pistol; a gun.

Examples :

"During the bank robbery, the masked man brandished two rods, yelling at everyone to get down. "

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Examples :

"My grandfather spends his weekends restoring old cars and building rods in his garage. "

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A rod-shaped object that appears in photographs or videos traveling at high speed, not seen by the person recording the event, often associated with extraterrestrial entities.

Examples :

""He reviewed the security camera footage and was surprised to see several blurry, elongated rods streaking across the screen, even though he hadn't seen anything unusual while recording." "

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A Cuisenaire rod.

Examples :

"In math class, we used colored rods, called Cuisenaire rods, to learn about fractions. "

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A coupling rod or connecting rod, which links the driving wheels of a steam locomotive.

Examples :

"The gleaming rods spun rhythmically as the steam locomotive pulled the train out of the station. "

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To reinforce concrete with metal rods.

Examples :

"The construction workers rod the new bridge supports to make them stronger. "

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To furnish with rods, especially lightning rods.

Examples :

"To protect their new farmhouse from dangerous lightning strikes, they decided to rod it completely. "

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To penetrate sexually.

Examples :

"The stranger tried to rod the young woman in the alley. "

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Examples :

"Teenagers sometimes rod their cars to make them go faster and look cooler. "

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