od
IPA: ˈɑd
noun
- (now archaic, regional) (Euphemistic form of) God.
- (pseudoscience, historical, also attributive) A hypothetical force or natural power, which was supposed by Carl Reichenbach and others to inhere in certain people and produce phenomena such as animal magnetism and mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by chemical or vital action, heat, light, magnets, etc.
- An Indo-Aryan language spoken in Sindh and Punjab in Pakistan and Gujarat, Haryana, New Delhi and Rajasthan in India.
- (informal) Initialism of overdose. [An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.]
- (professional degree) Initialism of Doctor of Optometry; also O.D.
- Initialism of overdrive. [(dated, automotive) A gear, on an automobile, higher than the normal top gear.]
- Initialism of overdraft. [(uncountable) The act of overdrawing a bank account.]
- Initialism of optical density.
- (of a pipe or tube) Initialism of outer diameter.
- (military) Initialism of olive drab (“clothing of an olive drab colour, used for military uniforms”). [A greyish green colour, like that of a ripe green olive.]
- (Australia, on road signs) Initialism of over dimension, used on route numbers for large vehicles, and normally followed by a numeral, e.g. OD5.
- (management) Initialism of organization development.
- Alternative letter-case form of od [(now archaic, regional) (Euphemistic form of) God.]
verb
- (informal) To take an overdose of a drug, to overdose.
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Examples of "od" in Sentences
- The song is an ode to the piano.
- The song is an ode to the pogo dance.
- Instead, the ode begins with the irmos.
- I want the wafty odes, the musky odours.
- It was there that he wrote the ode to her.
- I think the idea od remake is not the big problem here.
- The ode was viewed positively by the end of the century.
- Horace addressed to him the ninth ode of the second book.
- The poem is an ode to the countryside and peoples of rural Castile.
- The prelate has authority only concerning the specific goals of OD.
- He does not the real word od Morality and his wife is a ignorant lady.
- He also celebrated in an indifferent ode the opening of the states general.
- I think the idea od a secret love child for a couple is completely ridiculous.
- It is believed that all bodies convey, or are the vehicles of certain universal property called od or odyle
- The Lorch-Arto carried a cargo of 'od' pelts which were aromatic animal hides from the innermost Forit planet.
- Some have called it 'od' -- an 'imponderable fluid' -- as you know; you and others wish to call it 'electricity.'
- In my opinion H1 should be H2 :) H1 is semantically reserved for the header of the site the main title od the site)
- I wish I was alive to see the changing of the name od the Country now known as USA to: Union of the Christian Sovietic Republic of America…
- TX1249, I agree with you and the people that say Dr Dobson was in their family business are not followers of Jesus Christ and do not know the word od God.
- Both resist ‘monoculture’- despising the idea od a world where each person can alike choose anything in favour of a world in which every local group can choose for individuals and thus preserve its historic continuity.