TOD

Definition: TOD

TOD

Intransitive & transitive verb

1. To weigh; to yield in tods.

Noun

1. A fox; -- probably so named from its bushy tail.

2. An old weight used in weighing wool, being usually twenty-eight pounds.

3. A bush; a thick shrub; a bushy clump.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

"TOD" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a fox".

Date "TOD" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1611. (references)

Specialty Definition: TOD

Domain	Definition
Census	(Time of Delivery) A postal review of census addresses when the questionnaires are delivered in a mail census area. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: TOD

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
TOD	English	Time of delivery	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms within Context: TOD

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Gravity	Weighing, ponderation, trutination; weights; avoirdupois weight, troy weight, apothecaries' weight; grain, scruple, drachma, ounce, pound, lb, arroba, load, stone, hundredweight, cwt, ton, long ton, metric ton, quintal, carat, pennyweight, tod.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: TOD

English words defined with "TOD": Ivy tod ♦ Tod stove. (references)

Specialty definitions using "TOD": let-down ♦ Misnomers. (references)

Non-English Usage: "TOD" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (rag, scrap), German (death, decease, grave, parting, tomb).

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Modern Usage: TOD

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Tod am Mississippi (1974)

In Gefahr und größter Not bringt der Mittelweg den Tod (1974)

Polizeiruf 110 - Der Tod des Professors (1974)

Tod auf der Themse (1973)

Der Tod des Flohzirkusdirektors (1973)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: TOD

Domain	Title
Books	Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market, 1997: Where & How to Sell Your Fiction, Nonfiction, Illustrations and Photos for Every Age Group-From tod (reference) Dark Carnival: The Secret World of Tod Browning: Hollywood's Master of the MacAbre (reference) El Relato De Henry Tod/the Story of Henri Tod (reference) The Tale of Mr. Tod (reference) Tod Und Ritual in Den Christlichen Gemeinden Der Antike (Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements, 65) (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Strauss/Hindemith: Tod und Verklärung/Symphony "Mathis der Maler" (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: TOD

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Der tod über Dresden. Credit: Library of Congress.		Der unsichtbare Tod. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Dass der Tod uns lebendig findet, und das Leben uns nicht tot. Credit: Library of Congress.		Der Tod hat viele Gesichter : verhindert das einheitliche Polizeigesetz. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Atomkraftwerke : tod sicher!. Credit: Library of Congress.		Kollektiv Rote Rube presents Liebe, Tod, Hysterie, ein Zirkus : songs u. soundplayback : Ton, Steine, Scherben. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: TOD

"TOD" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 92.80% of the time. "TOD" is used about 250 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	92.8%	232	19,713
Lexical Verb (base form)	4%	10	111,207
Noun (singular)	2%	5	157,705
Unclassified Items	1.2%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	250	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: TOD

The following table summarizes the usage of "TOD" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Tod	First name Male	5,000	944
Tod	Last name	130	67,118
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: TOD

"TOD" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a fox".

The following table summarizes names related to "TOD."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Tod	Male	English	Todd
Todd	Male	English	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: TOD

Expressions using "TOD": Ivy tod ♦ on one's tod ♦ Tod stove. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "TOD": In-tod.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: TOD

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
tod	118	durch medikamente tod	5
jp tod	25	billie tod tsien williams	5
kevin tod smith	20	s.com tod	5
tod mcfarlane	12	child hospital tod	4
tod williams	10	daniel tod	4
komm susser tod	10	j.p tod	4
in tod venedig	9	tod sloan	4
tod handbag	8	jp shoes tod	3
shoes tod	8	dem leben nach tod	3
kiehls tod oldham	8	angehörigen eines tod	3
bluemail ch tod	7	alten den die gebildet tod wie	3
odd tod	7	martha tod dudman	3
saddle slone tod	7	andrew tod	3
browning freak tod	7	mllemann tod	3
bag tod	7	tod machover	3
brownings freak tod	6	tod rundgren	3
tod browning	6	lubitch tod	3
swank tod	6	purse tod	3
das lied mir spiel tod vom	6	maffin tod	3
jp tod handbag	5	dy tod	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: TOD

Language		Translations for "TOD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		Shkurre (boscage, Bush, Heath, moorland, scrub, shrub), Dhelpër (Charley, Fox, Reynard). (various references)

Bulgarian		Лисица (Fox). (various references)

Hungarian		Bozót (boskage, brushwood, bush, cover, Frith, Holt, overgrowth, scrub, shrubbery, spinney, thicket, underbrush). (various references)

Pig Latin		odtay

Portuguese		Raposa (fox, pug, Reynard), Pessoa Matreira, Moita (brush, Bush, clump, scrub, tussock, tussock moth), Massa De Folhagem. (various references)

Russian		Лисица (Fox). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		mera za vunu. (various references)

Turkish		Tilki (crafty fellow, cunning fellow, Fox, Reynard, sly fellow, vixen), Çalı (Bush). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: TOD

Derivations
	Words beginning with "TOD": today, todays, toddies, toddle, toddled, toddler, toddlerhood, toddlerhoods, toddlers, toddles, toddling, toddy, todies, tods, tody. (additional references)
	Words ending with "TOD": fantod. (additional references)
	Words containing "TOD": autodidact, autodidactic, autodidacts, autodyne, autodynes, blastoderm, blastoderms, blastodisc, blastodiscs, cestode, cestodes, custodes, custodial, custodian, custodians, custodianship, custodianships, custodies, custody, cytodifferentiation, cytodifferentiations, ectoderm, ectodermal, ectoderms, entoderm, entodermal, entodermic, entoderms, fantods, mastodon, mastodonic, mastodons, mastodont, mastodonts, nematode, nematodes, noncustodial, octodecillion, octodecillions, pentode, pentodes, photodecomposition, photodecompositions, photodegradable, photodetector, photodetectors, photodiode, photodiodes, photodisintegrate, photodisintegrated, photodisintegrates. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "TOD"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "TOD" (pronounced tÄ"d)
2	-Ä" d	Ballade, cod, esplanade, facade, God, nod, odd, plod, pod, prod, quad, rod, roughshod, scrod, shod, sod, squad, trod, wad.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: TOD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: dot.
	Words within the letters "d-o-t"
	-1 letter: do, od, to.
	Words containing the letters "d-o-t"
	+1 letter: dato, doat, doit, dolt, dost, dote, doth, dots, doty, toad, tods, tody, toed, told, trod.
	+2 letters: adopt, coted, datos, datto, depot, detox, dhoti, dicot, ditto, divot, doats, doest, doeth, doits, dolts, donut, dorty, dotal, doted, doter, dotes, dotty, doubt, droit, dropt, godet, idiot, noted, octad, odist, ootid, opted, outdo, outed, stood, tardo, toads, toady, today, toddy, toked, toled, tondi, tondo, toned, toped, toted, towed, toyed, trode, voted.
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