od
noun
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
od
1 American
[od, ohd]
/ ɒd, oʊd /
Also
odyle
noun
Od
3
American
[od]
/ ɒd /
Or
'Od,
interjection
Archaic.
OD
4
American
[oh-dee]
/ ˈoʊˈdi /
noun
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ODs,
plural
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OD's
plural
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an overdose of a drug, especially a fatal one.
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a person who has taken an overdose of a drug, especially one who has become seriously ill or has died from such an overdose.
verb (used without object)
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OD's,
present (3rd person singular)
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OD'd,
past participle, past
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OD'ed,
past participle, past
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ODed,
past participle, past
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OD'ing,
present participle
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ODing
present participle
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to take an overdose of a drug.
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to die from an an overdose of a drug.
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to have or experience an excessive amount or degree of something.
OD
5
American
o.d.
6
American
abbreviation
o.d.
7
American
abbreviation
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olive drab.
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on demand.
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outside diameter.
O.D.
8
American
abbreviation
O.D.
9
American
abbreviation
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Doctor of Optometry.
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Old Dutch.
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(of a military uniform) olive drab.
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ordinary seaman.
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outside diameter.
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overdraft.
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overdrawn.
OD
1
British
abbreviation
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Officer of the Day
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Old Dutch
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ordnance datum
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outside diameter
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Also: o.d.. military olive drab
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Also: O/D. banking
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on demand
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overdraft
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overdrawn
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OD
2
British
/ ˌəʊˈdiː /
noun
verb
Od
3
British
/ ɒd /
noun
od
4
British
/ ˈɒdɪl, ɒd, əʊd /
noun
Usage
What else does OD mean? OD is short for overdose, or taking so much of a drug that it harms or kills you. How is OD pronounced?[ oh-dee ]What are other forms of OD?O. D.
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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ODsimple
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OD'ssimple
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have OD'dperfect
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have OD'edperfect
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have ODedperfect
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has OD'dperfect
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has OD'edperfect
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has ODedperfect
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am OD'ingprogressive
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am ODingprogressive
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are OD'ingprogressive
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are ODingprogressive
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is OD'ingprogressive
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is ODingprogressive
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have been OD'ingperfect progressive
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have been ODingperfect progressive
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has been OD'ingperfect progressive
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has been ODingperfect progressive
Past
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OD'dsimple
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OD'edsimple
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ODedsimple
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had OD'dperfect
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had OD'edperfect
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had ODedperfect
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was OD'ingprogressive
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was ODingprogressive
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were OD'ingprogressive
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were ODingprogressive
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had been OD'ingperfect progressive
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had been ODingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of od1
First recorded in 1840–50; arbitrary name coined by Karl von Reichenbach (1788–1869), German scientist
Origin of Od3
First recorded in 1590–1600
Origin of OD4
First recorded in 1955–60
Origin of o.d.6
From Latin oculus dexter
Origin of O.D.8
From Latin oculus dexter
Example Sentences
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Rising Covid case numbers have led to large numbers od people self-isolating and being unable to go to work, which has acutely affected industries where staff are unable to work from home.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2022
"I spent time in Ferguson immediately when the incident began," following the killing od Michael Brown in the Missouri city back in August, he said.
From Fox News ● Aug. 25, 2020
The exaltation of the relationship between G od and nature is further stressed by the stunning painting on the opposite page.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2019
Ouy anc od hist ecabuse fo het sursingpri mautoaticity fo het brian!
From Scientific American ● Dec. 19, 2018
Na, na, od wite it! no story, ouer true for that, I sid it a wi my aan eyen.
From Madam Crowl's Ghost and the Dead Sexton by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
HRW also cited the case of Od Sayavong, a Lao activist living in Bangkok, who has been missing since August 2019.
From BBC ● May 3, 2023
At top: two of the seven complete eggs preserved in the Od accumulation; at bottom, one chunk of the accumulation, showing how densely packed the eggshell fragments are.
From Scientific American ● May 15, 2012
As we say in the paper, “The quantity of eggshell fragments in the Od accumulation is astonishing and beyond normal palaeontological experience”.
From Scientific American ● May 15, 2012
Israeli law enforcement officials say that in investigating settler violence in the north, they often turn to people connected to the Od Yosef Chai yeshiva in the Yitzhar settlement.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2010
Odic Lights: Od, the name given by Reichenbach to an influence he believed he had discovered; it was held to explain the phenomena of mesmerism, and to account for the luminous appearances at spirit-rapping circles.
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Edward Berdoe
Additionally, Mr Carson helped create a campaign called "No OD NY", which was aimed at raising awareness of overdose prevention centres.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2023
Guest: Nancy D. Campbell, department head at Rensselaer’s department of science and technology studies, author of OD: Naloxone and the Politics of Overdose.
From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2023
He tells them that Lucy’s death might not have been an OD, and suggests there is a wider conspiracy afoot.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 10, 2019
“Our old friend OD apparently has been granted another official visa,” says one.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 25, 2018
From whom I took these weapons, back again—— OD.
From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
Oxfordshire, on river Cherwell, drainage N. to S. Altitudes: river level, 300 o.d.; the Cross, 331; high town, 424.
From Edge Hill The Battle and Battlefield by Edwin Walford
In March o.d. will be either enormously distended with eggs, or large, flabby, and empty, and ov. will be small and brownish, without any large eggs; the ovary gradually recovers its size through the summer.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
But no campers were lost, and the army colonel in charge of the cleanup committee was optimistic: “All these camps will be rebuilt, but the owners will correct the errors they have made,” O.D.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2025
He replaced it during an event, breaking the rules, but lied about it to Duke’s coach, O.D.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 23, 2020
Husband and wife team O.D. and Ruth McKee sold five cent cakes out of the family car, a 1928 Whippet.
From Forbes ● Jul. 11, 2014
“I was never happy with a B or a C. I wanted an A because I knew that O.D. had that in him.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2012
Lily's O.D. service coat was brightened with a red tissue paper sash.
From Lady Luck by Hugh Wiley
However, the article brings up the excellent point — people in churches and employees in restaurants, fast food, libraries, etc. aren’t trained to deal with OD’s or mental illness.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2016
I had some food sent up, and slept a few hours on the OD’s bunk.
From Greylorn by Keith Laumer
Yeah, Carroll always acts like he OD’d on Mountain Dew.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2016
And then to wake up the next morning and think: I am biologically incapable of sweating because I ODed on adrenaline in the Falklands.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 22, 2019
Aged 18, after ODing on brie, he moved to Berlin, where he stayed for a year and abstained from dairy products completely.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2011
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