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# rod

«rod» in Mova's school dictionary: **a long thin straight stick of wood, metal or plastic** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (rod, rods)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A rod is a long thin straight stick of wood, metal or plastic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rod/#m1)

2) A fishing rod is a long pole with a line, used to catch fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rod/#m2)

3) A rod is an old unit of length, about 5 meters (5½ yards). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rod/#m3)

4) Rods are also cells in the eye that help you see in dim light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rod/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: things counted or lengths cut into pieces; fishing rods; also an old unit of length; number rods (Cuisenaire rods) to show numbers. In science: lightning rods protect buildings; rod cells in the eye. In everyday life: curtain rods, fishing trips. In stories: «rule with a rod of iron» means very strictly.

### examples

- A metal rod is 2 meters long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rod/#x1)
- He cut the rod into 5 equal parts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rod/#x2)
- Each fishing rod costs $25. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rod/#x3)
- They have 3 rods and catch 12 fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rod/#x4)
- A lightning rod on the roof keeps the house safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rod/#x5)
- Hang the curtains on the rod. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rod/#x6)
- We used coloured rods to show that 3 + 2 = 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rod/#x7)
- Rod cells help us see in the dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rod/#x8)
- Grandpa took his fishing rod down to the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rod/#x9)

### note

Lengths cut into equal parts is division; rods bought at a price is multiplication. Trap: the number of cuts is one less than the number of pieces. Old unit: 1 rod = 5½ yards ≈ 5 meters. Rod is also a short name for Rodney or Roderick.

### In the corpora

- [A lightning rod gives that spark an easy metal path down into the earth, so it does not go through the building.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/4/)
- [A lightning rod gives lightning an easy metal path down a thick wire into the earth, and Benjamin Franklin invented it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/16/)
- [A long lever like a fishing rod turns a small movement of the hand into a big, fast movement at the tip.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push/15/)
- [A screw is a ramp wrapped round a rod, and each turn moves it in a little way with a big push.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws/9/)
- [And the flocks conceived at the sight of the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.929/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rod» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rod/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.