[syn: pod, fuel pod]
VERB (2)
1. take something out of its shell or pod;
- Example: "pod peas or beans"
2. produce pods, of plants;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pod \Pod\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Podded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Podding.]
To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
-pod \-pod\ [See Foot.]
A combining form or suffix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as,
decapod, an animal having ten feet; phyllopod, an animal
having leaflike feet; myriapod, hexapod.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pod \Pod\, n. [Probably akin to pudding, and perhaps the same
word as pad a cushion; cf. also Dan. pude pillow, cushion,
and also E. cod a husk, pod.]
1. A bag; a pouch. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.
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2. (Bot.) A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry
dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous.
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3. (Zool.) A considerable number of animals closely clustered
together; -- said of seals.
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Pod auger, or pod bit, an auger or bit the channel of
which is straight instead of twisted.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pod
n 1: the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the
seeds themselves) [syn: pod, cod, seedcase]
2: a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous
plant [syn: pod, seedpod]
3: a group of aquatic mammals
4: a detachable container of fuel on an airplane [syn: pod,
fuel pod]
v 1: take something out of its shell or pod; "pod peas or beans"
2: produce pods, of plants
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
pod
Not to be confused with P.O.D..
1. (Allegedly from abbreviation POD for "Prince Of
Darkness") A Diablo 630 (or, latterly, any letter-quality
impact printer). From the DEC-10 PODTYPE program used
to feed formatted text to it.
2. Plain Old Documentation.
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