pod 1 (p d)n. 1. Botany a. A dehiscent fruit of a leguminous plant such as the pea. b. A dry, several-seeded, dehiscent fruit. Also called seedpod. 2. Zoology A protective covering that encases the eggs of some insects and fish. 3. A casing or housing forming part of a vehicle, as: a. A streamlined external housing that encloses engines, machine guns, or fuel. b. Aerospace A detachable compartment on a spacecraft for carrying personnel or instrumentation. 4. Something resembling a pod, as in compactness. v. pod·ded, pod·ding, pods v.intr. 1. To bear or produce pods. 2. To expand or swell like a pod. v.tr. To remove (seeds) from a pod. [Origin unknown.] |
| pod 2 (pd) n. A school of marine mammals, such as seals, whales, or dolphins. See Synonyms at flock1. [Origin unknown.] |
| pod 3 (pd) n. 1. The lengthwise groove in certain boring tools such as augers. 2. The socket for holding the bit in a boring tool. [Origin unknown.] |
pod
Noun
a. a long narrow seedcase containing peas, beans, etc.
b. the seedcase as distinct from the seeds
Verb
[podding, podded]
to remove the pod from [origin unknown]
| pod (pd) A fruit or seed case that usually splits along two seams to release its seeds when mature. Legumes, such as peas and beans, produce pods. |
Pod a small herd or school of birds or mammals; a small herd of seal or whales.
Examples: pod of birds; of coots, 1832; of porpoises; of seals, 1897; of sperm whales, 1840; of whales, 1898; of whiting.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  pod - the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)husk - outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds |
| 2. |  pod - a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plantlegume - the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case peanut - underground pod of the peanut vine screw bean - spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed okra - long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant cowage - pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them; used as a vermifuge when mixed with e.g. honey fruit - the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant loment - seedpods that are constricted between the seeds and that break apart when mature into single-seeded segments | |
| 3. | pod - a group of aquatic mammals cetacean, cetacean mammal, blower - large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals pinnatiped, pinniped, pinniped mammal - aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers animal group - a group of animals | |
| 4. | pod - a detachable container of fuel on an airplane aeroplane, airplane, plane - an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane" container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) | |
| Verb | 1. | pod - take something out of its shell or pod; "pod peas or beans" shell - remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels" |
| 2. | pod - produce pods, of plants |
pod
Translations
n pod [pod]
the long seed-case of the pea, bean etc. peul قَرْن الفول او اللوبيا шушулка lusk bælg die Hülse φλούδα vaina kaun, kõder غلاف؛ پوست palko cosse תַּרמִיל फली mahuna hüvely polong (fræ)belgur baccello さや (콩의) 깍지 ankštis pāksts lenggai dop belg, skjelm strąk vagem păstaie стручок struk strok mahuna skida, balja, kapsel ฝักถั่ว tohum zarfı 豆莢 стручок پھلي quả đậu 豆荚
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