od

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. (Euphemistic form of) God.
noun
  1. 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.
noun
  1. Initialism of overdose.
  2. Initialism of Doctor of Optometry.
  3. Initialism of overdrive.
  4. Initialism of overdraft.
  5. Initialism of optical density.
  6. (of a pipe, tube, or shaft) Initialism of outer diameter or outside diameter.
  7. Initialism of olive drab (“color of clothing, uniforms, tools, and equipment”).
  8. Initialism of over dimension, used on route numbers for large vehicles, and normally followed by a numeral, e.g. OD5.
  9. Initialism of organization development.
verb
  1. To take an overdose of a drug, to overdose.
name
  1. Abbreviation of Odisha: a state of India.
name
  1. An Indo-Aryan language spoken in Sindh and Punjab in Pakistan and Gujarat, Haryana, New Delhi and Rajasthan in India.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of od.

Pronunciation

/ɒd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-od.wav /ɑd/ /əʊd/ /ɔd/ /oʊd/ /ˌoʊˈdiː/ en-au-OD.ogg

Word forms

od õd ODs OD's ODing OD'ing OD-ing ODed OD'd OD'ed Oad Odki

Etymology

Alteration of God.

Synonyms

Antonyms

ID

Related words

O.D. mul:IN-OD
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