Rod tarimas:

/rɔd/

Rod audio:

Žodžio paaiškinimas anglų kalba:

• noun: A thin straight piece or bar of material, such as metal or wood, often having a particular function or use, as:
• noun: A fishing rod.
• noun: A piston rod.
• noun: An often expandable horizontal bar, especially of metal, used to suspend household items such as curtains or towels.
• noun: A leveling rod.
• noun: A lightning rod.
• noun: A divining rod.
• noun: A measuring stick.
• noun: A shoot or stem cut from or growing as part of a woody plant.
• noun: A stick or bundle of sticks or switches used to give punishment by whipping.
• noun: Punishment; correction.
• noun: A scepter, staff, or wand symbolizing power or authority.
• noun: Power or dominion, especially of a tyrannical nature: "under the rod of a cruel slavery” ( John Henry Newman).
• noun: A linear measure equal to 5.5 yards or 16.5 feet (5.03 meters). Also called pole².
• noun: The square of this measure, equal to 30.25 square yards or 272.25 square feet (25.30 square meters). See Table at measurement.
• noun: Bible A line of family descent; a branch of a tribe.
• noun: Anatomy Any of various rod-shaped cells in the retina that respond to dim light.
• noun: Microbiology An elongated bacterium; a bacillus.
• noun: Slang A pistol or revolver.
• noun: A portion of the undercarriage of a train, especially the drawbar under a freight car. Often used in the plural: ride the rods.

Lietuviškos reikšmės:

meškeriakotis

rykštė

bausmė

spare the rod and spoil the child priež. lepinimas tvirkina vaiką

ilgio matas ( = 5, 03 m)

the rod pėrimas

plakimas rykšte

to kiss the rod nuolankiai

klusniai pakelti bausmę

strypas

virbalas