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Rod — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • clan noun A large group of related families claiming descent from a common ancestor.
  • gender noun The state of being male, female, or another identity, often understood as bound up with social roles and personal identity, distinct from biological sex.
  • genus noun A biological classification rank grouping closely related species, sitting below family and above species.
  • lineage noun A line of descent traced from an ancestor; a family's ancestry or a sequence of generations.
  • rod noun A straight, thin bar, stick, or pole made of wood, metal, or similar material.
  • tribe noun A social group made up of related families or clans, often sharing language, culture, and territory.
  • voice noun The sound a person produces when speaking or singing.

Senses

Rod is used for these senses in English:

  • Rod The god of the family, ancestors and fate in Slavic mythology.
  • clan A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain.
  • lineage Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
  • tribe A socially cohesive group of people within a society.
  • voice (grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.

clan — full definition

  1. noun A large group of related families claiming descent from a common ancestor.
  2. noun Informally, any close-knit group bound by loyalty, such as an extended family or team.

gender — full definition

  1. noun The state of being male, female, or another identity, often understood as bound up with social roles and personal identity, distinct from biological sex.
  2. noun In grammar, a category — such as masculine, feminine, or neuter — that nouns and pronouns are sorted into in many languages.
  3. verb To assume, assign, or address someone as having a particular gender.

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