- o.d.
- abbr. outer diameter.
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verbdose too heavily-The rock star overdosed and was found dead in his hotel room
• Syn: ↑overdose• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s
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1. Doctor of Optometry.2. (in prescriptions) the right eye. [ < L oculus dexter]3. See officer of the day.4. Old Dutch.5. (of a military uniform) olive drab.6. ordinary seaman.7. outside diameter.8. overdraft.9. overdrawn.* * *
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]–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.5. Doctor of Optometry.* * *
abbr. outer diameter
Useful english dictionary. 2012.