o.d.

o.d.
abbr. outer diameter.

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verb
dose too heavily
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The rock star overdosed and was found dead in his hotel room

Syn: ↑overdose
Hypernyms: ↑drug, ↑dose
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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1. Doctor of Optometry.
2. (in prescriptions) the right eye. [ < L oculus dexter]
4. Old Dutch.
5. (of a military uniform) olive drab.
6. ordinary seaman.
7. outside diameter.
8. overdraft.
9. overdrawn.

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od «od, ohd», noun.
an imaginary force formerly believed to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, and other effects.
[< German Od, coined by Baron Karl von Reichenbach, 1788-1869, a German naturalist]
OD «OH DEE», noun, plural OD's or ODs, verb, OD'd, OD'ing. Slang.
–n.
1. an overdose of a narcotic.
2. a person who has taken such an overdose: »

“When I was shooting up…I liked to hear about the ODs, and I'd think I was brave for taking it” (Time).

–v.i.
to become sick or die from an overdose of a narcotic.
o/d (no periods),
Banking. a) overdraft. b) overdrawn.
o.d.,
an abbreviation for the following:
1. olive drab (uniform).
2. on demand.
3. on duty.
4. outside diameter.
5. outside dimension.
O.D. or OD (no periods),
an abbreviation for the following:
1. officer of the day.
2. olive drab (uniform).
3. ordinary seaman.
4. Banking. a) overdraft; b) overdrawn.
5. Doctor of Optometry.

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abbr. outer diameter

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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