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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a doctor's degree in optometry [syn: Doctor of Optometry, OD]
2: the right eye [syn: oculus dexter, OD]

Merriam Webster's

or odd interjection Usage: often capitalized Etymology: euphemism for God Date: 1695 archaic — used as a mild oath

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: overdose Date: circa 1960 1. an overdose of a narcotic 2. one who has taken an OD II. intransitive verb (OD'd or ODed; OD'ing; OD's) Date: 1966 1. to become ill or die of an OD 2. to have or experience too much of something — usually used with on <OD on television> III. abbreviation 1. doctor of optometry 2. [Latin oculus dexter] right eye 3. officer of the day 4. olive drab 5. on demand 6. outside diameter; outside dimension 7. overdraft; overdrawn

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. abbr. ordnance datum. 2. n. & v. esp. US sl. --n. an overdose, esp. of a narcotic drug. --v.intr. (OD's, OD'd, OD'ing) take an overdose. Etymology: abbr.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. a hypothetical power once thought to pervade nature and account for various scientific phenomena. Etymology: arbitrary term coined in G by Baron von Reichenbach, Ger. scientist d. 1869 2. n. (as int. or in oaths) archaic = GOD. Etymology: corruption

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Od Od, n. [G., fr. Gr. ? passage.] (Physics) An alleged force or natural power, supposed, by Reichenbach and others, to produce the phenomena of mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by magnets, heat, light, chemical or vital action, etc.; -- called also odyle or the odylic force. [Archaic] That od force of German Reichenbach Which still, from female finger tips, burnt blue. --Mrs. Browning.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(OD's, OD'ing, OD'd) To OD means the same as to overdose. (INFORMAL) His son was a junkie, the kid OD'd a year ago. VERB: V • OD is also a noun. 'I had a friend died of an OD,' she said. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Odyle, odyllic force, odic force, odyl.

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