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As nouns the difference between rod and ring

is that rod is road, roadstead while ring is ring (a place where some sports take place; as, a boxing ring) .

rod

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.
  • :The circus strong man proved his strength by bending an iron rod , and then straightening it.
  • (fishing) A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod.
  • :When I hooked a snake and not a fish, I got so scared I dropped my rod in the water.
  • A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs (such as a birch), used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping.
  • *, II.8:
  • *:So was I brought up: they tell mee, that in all my youth, I never felt rod but twice, and that very lightly.
  • An implement resembling and/or supplanting a rod (particularly a cane) that is used for corporal punishment, and metonymically called the rod , regardless of its actual shape and composition.
  • :The judge imposed on the thief a sentence of fifteen strokes with the rod .
  • A stick used to measure distance, by using its established length or task-specific temporary marks along its length, or by dint of specific graduated marks.
  • :I notched a rod and used it to measure the length of rope to cut.
  • (senseid)(archaic) A unit of length equal to 1 pole, a perch, ¼ chain, 5½ yards, 16½ feet, or exactly 5.0292 meters (these being all equivalent).
  • *1842 , (Edgar Allan Poe), ‘The Mystery of Marie Rogêt’:
  • *:‘And this thicket, so full of a natural art, was in the immediate vicinity, within a few rods , of the dwelling of Madame Deluc, whose boys were in the habit of closely examining the shrubberies about them in search of the bark of the sassafras.’
  • *1865 , , '' Cape Cod
  • *:In one of the villages I saw the next summer a cow tethered by a rope six rods long.
  • *1900 , , (The House Behind the Cedars) , Ch.I:
  • *:A few rods farther led him past the old black Presbyterian church, with its square tower, embowered in a stately grove; past the Catholic church, with its many crosses, and a painted wooden figure of St. James in a recess beneath the gable; and past the old Jefferson House, once the leading hotel of the town, in front of which political meetings had been held, and political speeches made, and political hard cider drunk, in the days of "Tippecanoe and Tyler too."
  • An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5½ yards.
  • (archaic) A unit of area equal to a square rod, 30¼ square yards or 1/160 acre.
  • :The house had a small yard of about six rods in size.
  • A straight bar that unites moving parts of a machine, for holding parts together as a connecting rod or for transferring power as a drive-shaft.
  • :The engine threw a rod , and then went to pieces before our eyes, springs and coils shooting in all directions.
  • (anatomy) Short for rod cell, a rod-shaped cell in the eye that is sensitive to light.
  • :The rods are more sensitive than the cones, but do not discern color.
  • (biology) Any of a number of long, slender microorganisms.
  • :He applied a gram positive stain, looking for rods indicative of ''Listeria''.
  • (chemistry) A stirring rod : a glass rod, typically about 6 inches to 1 foot long and 1/8 to 1/4 inch in diameter that can be used to stir liquids in flasks or beakers.
  • (slang) A pistol; a gun.
  • (slang) A penis.
  • (slang) A hot rod, an automobile or other passenger motor vehicle modified to run faster and often with exterior cosmetic alterations, especially one based originally on a pre-1940s model or (currently) denoting any older vehicle thus modified.
  • (ufology) rod-shaped objects which appear in photographs and videos traveling at high speed, not seen by the person recording the event, often associated with extraterrestrial entities.
  • *2000 , Jack Barranger, Paul Tice, Mysteries Explored: The Search for Human Origins, Ufos, and Religious Beginnings , Book Three, p.37:
  • *:These cylindrical rods fly through the air at incredible speeds and can only be picked up by high-speed cameras.
  • *2009 , Barry Conrad, An Unknown Encounter: A True Account of the San Pedro Haunting , Dorrance Publishing, pp.129–130:
  • *:During one such broadcast in 1997, the esteemed radio host bellowed, “I got a fax earlier today from MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) in Arizona and they said what you think are rods are actually insects!”
  • *2010 , Deena West Budd, The Weiser Field Guide to Cryptozoology: Werewolves, Dragons, Skyfish, Lizard Men, and Other Fascinating Creatures Real and Mysterious , Weiser Books, p.15:
  • *:He tells of a home video showing a rod flying into the open mouth of a girl singing at a wedding.
  • (mathematics) A (w).
  • Synonyms

    * See also * See also * (objects in photographs and videos) skyfish

    Derived terms

    * divining rod * rodbuster * rod for one's back * rodman * rod-shaped * Lightning rod Lightning conductor or rod in OSM *

    See also

    * crook

    References

    Anagrams

    * (l), * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Verb

  • To penetrate sexually.
  • * 1968 , David Lynn, Bull nuts
  • On impulse he moved around to the opposite side of the couple, in the direction which Grace's broad buttocks were pointed, for a full view of the big boned woman's back side. Now Grace wouldn't mind one iota if he rodded her from the rear.
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    ring

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), (m), also (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
  • # A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
  • # A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc.
  • #* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • The dearest ring in Venice will I give you.
  • # (label) A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.
  • # A burner on a kitchen stove.
  • # In a jack plug, the connector between the tip and the sleeve.
  • # An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite.
  • # (label) A flexible band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns.
  • (label) A group of objects arranged in a circle.
  • # A circular group of people or objects.
  • #* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • And hears the Muses in a ring / Aye round about Jove's altar sing.
  • #*{{quote-book, year=1944, author=(w)
  • , title= The Three Corpse Trick, chapter=5 , passage=The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.}}
  • # (label) A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet.
  • # (label) A large circular prehistoric stone construction such as (Stonehenge).
  • A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
  • A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
  • * (1672–1710)
  • Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring , / Where youthful charioteers contend for glory.
  • An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.
  • * (Edward Augustus Freeman) (1823-1892)
  • the ruling ring at Constantinople
  • (label) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
  • (label) A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a .
  • (label) An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
  • * 1866 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 1, page 168.
  • The ring is common in the Huntingdonshire accounts of Ramsey Abbey. It was equal to half a quarter, i.e., is identical with the coomb of the eastern counties. —
  • (label) A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring ).
  • * 2007 , Steve Anson, Steve Bunting, Mastering Windows Network Forensics and Investigation (page 70)
  • Kernel Mode processes run in ring' 0, and User Mode processes run in ' ring 3.
  • (label) Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
  • Synonyms
    * (circumscribing object) hoop, annulus, torus
    Derived terms
    * annual ring * benzene ring * boxing ring * brass ring * bull ring * calamari ring * chainring * circus ring * class ring * claw ring * coffee ring * D ring * diamond ring * division ring * earring * egg ring * engagement ring * enringed * finger ring * Fomalhaut dust ring * front ring * gas ring * growth ring * key ring/keyring * life ring * limbal ring * local ring * mancude-ring system * neck ring * nose ring * O-ring * oath ring * Olympic Rings * onion ring * pinky ring * piscatory ring * piston ring * planetary ring * prize ring * quotient ring * (w, Ring a Ring o' Roses) * ring-a-levio * ring armor * ring bark/ringbark/ring-bark * ring-billed * ring binder * ring dance * ring dove/ringdove * ring dropper * ring fence * ring finger/ringfinger * ring game * ringlike * ring mail/ringmail * ring of death * Ring of Fire * ring of steel * ring of truth * ring ouzel * ring parrot * ring plover * ring-porous * ring pull * ring rat * ring road * ring snake * ring spanner * ring species * ring spot * ring stand * ring system * ring-tailed * ring theory * ring thrush * ring toplogy * ringed * ringbearer * ringleader * ringlet * ringlike * ringneck * ring-neck(ed) * ringpiece * ringside * ring spot * ringstraked * ringtail * ring-tail(ed) * ringworm * rubber ring * run rings around * signet ring * seal ring * slip ring * smoke ring * snap ring * spy ring * star ring * synonym ring * teething ring * thumb ring * toe ring * token ring * tongue ring * tree ring * wedding ring
    See also
    Image:JO Atlanta 1996 - Boxe.jpg, A boxing ring . Image:Finger ring.jpg, A ring on a finger. Image:Tree rings.jpg, The rings of a tree. Image:Georges Seurat 019.jpg, The circus ring . Image:Bird ringing shandong.JPG, A ring on a bird's leg. Image:Saturn eclipse.jpg, The rings of Saturn.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To surround or enclose.
  • The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas.
  • (figuratively) To make an incision around; to girdle.
  • They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year.
  • To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
  • Only ringed hogs may forage in the commons.
    We managed to ring 22 birds this morning.
  • To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
  • to ring a pig's snout
  • * Shakespeare
  • Ring these fingers.
  • (falconry) To rise in the air spirally.
  • * 1877 , (Gerard Manley Hopkins), :
  • .. how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing ..
    Derived terms
    * ringer

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
  • The church bell's ring could be heard the length of the valley.
    The ring of hammer on anvil filled the air.
  • (figuratively) A pleasant or correct sound.
  • The name has a nice ring to it.
  • (colloquial) A telephone call.
  • I’ll give you a ring when the plane lands.
  • Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • the ring of acclamations fresh in his ears
  • A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
  • St Mary's has a ring of eight bells.
  • * Fuller
  • as great and tunable a ring of bells as any in the world
    Derived terms
    * give a ring * ringtone

    Verb

  • Of a bell, to produce sound.
  • The bells were ringing in the town.
  • To make (a bell) produce sound.
  • The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel.
  • * Shakespeare
  • The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, / Hath rung night's yawning peal.
  • (figuratively) To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
  • Whose mobile phone is ringing ?
  • (figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
  • That does not ring true.
  • (transitive, colloquial, British, New Zealand) To telephone (someone).
  • I will ring you when we arrive.
  • to resound, reverberate, echo.
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
  • So he spoke, and it seemed there was a little halting at first, as of men not liking to take Blackbeard's name in Blackbeard's place, or raise the Devil by mocking at him. But then some of the bolder shouted 'Blackbeard', and so the more timid chimed in, and in a minute there were a score of voices calling 'Blackbeard, Blackbeard', till the place rang again.
  • * 1919 , (Boris Sidis), :
  • It is instructive for us to learn as well as to ponder on the fact that "the very men who looked down with delight, when the sand of the arena reddened with human blood, made the arena ring with applause when Terence in his famous line: ‘Homo sum, Nihil humani alienum puto’ proclaimed the brotherhood of man."
  • To produce music with bells.
  • (Holder)
  • (dated) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
  • Derived terms
    * ring a bell * ring back * ringer * ringing * ring false * ring off * ring off the hook * ring out * ring someone's bell * ring true * ring up * unring

    Etymology 3

    A shortening of (etyl) ; coined by mathematician in 1892. (Reference: Harvey Cohn, Advanced Number Theory , page 49.)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (algebra) An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations, an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive operation, a monoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation is distributive with respect to the additive operation.
  • The set of integers, \mathbb{Z}, is the prototypical ring .
  • (algebra) An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.
  • The definition of ring without unity allows, for instance, the set 2\mathbb{Z} of even integers to be a ring.
    Hypernyms
    * pseudo-ring * semiring
    Hyponyms
    * commutative ring ** integral domain *** unique factorization domain, Noetherian domain **** principal ideal domain ***** Euclidean domain ****** field
    Derived terms
    * Boolean ring * polynomial ring
    See also
    Image:Latex integers.svg, The ring of integers.