Od
name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 (Euphemistic form of) God. archaic, regional
- 2 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. also, attributive, historical
- 3 Initialism of overdose. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, informal, initialism, uncountable
- 4 Alternative letter-case form of od. alt-of
- 5 the right eye wordnet
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- 6 Initialism of Doctor of Optometry; also O.D. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 7 a doctor's degree in optometry wordnet
- 8 Initialism of overdrive. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 9 Initialism of overdraft. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 10 Initialism of optical density. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 11 (of a pipe, tube, or shaft) Initialism of outer diameter or outside diameter. countable, uncountable
- 12 Initialism of olive drab (“color of clothing, uniforms, tools, and equipment”). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, especially, initialism, uncountable
"“He went to’ds de back, ma’am.” The negro opened the door and slid his legs, clad in army O.D. and a pair of linoleum putties, to the ground. “‘I’ll go git ’im.”’"
- 13 Initialism of over dimension, used on route numbers for large vehicles, and normally followed by a numeral, e.g. OD5. Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 14 Initialism of organization development. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 1 To take an overdose of a drug, to overdose. informal
"She told me she'd love me and I told her I'd do the same / Then I OD'd in Denver and I just can't remember her name"
- 1 Abbreviation of Odisha: a state of India. abbreviation, alt-of
- 2 An Indo-Aryan language spoken in Sindh and Punjab in Pakistan and Gujarat, Haryana, New Delhi and Rajasthan in India.
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More examples"The analysis of gender in religion or spirituality is an esoteric theme. I for one am attracted to Buddhism, because of its masculine viewpoint about reality. Buddhists accept prevailing discontent as a condition of this illusory world, the Māyā hiding true reality, but paradoxically, they promote equanimous joy. They do not believe in sulking, like a happy boy. The portrayal of the woman is very interesting in the rendition of Dàodéjīng by Ursula K. Le Guin: Chapter 6 says, "The valley spirit never dies. Call it the mystery, the woman. The mystery, the Door of the Woman, is the root of earth and heaven. Forever this endures, forever. And all its uses are easy." Chapter 28 says, "Knowing man, and staying woman, be the riverbed of the world." Chapter 61 says, "By stillness the woman may always dominate the man, lying quiet underneath him." Such is Daoism. I know some who might think that turning to religion might be a "girlie" gesture, but it is not necessarily so. Some sci-fi buff friends of mine think that all I need is sci-fi as an exercise in understanding reality through irreality, something I have been doing since reading Dr. Seuss imaginary books in Grade 1. I analyse that it may have been originally Dr. Seuss books that encouraged me to pursue the sci-fi imaginarium throughout my life. Some sci-fact buffs, however, incline away from sci-fi, which they may think is childish, frivolous "hypotheticals." I believe also in sci-fact, invigorated by sci-fi excursions."
Etymology
Alteration of God.
Borrowed from German Od, arbitrarily coined by the German scientist and philosopher Carl Reichenbach (1788–1869).
From Od اوڊ (Od).
See od.
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