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View usage for: (pɒd) Word forms: plural podscountable nounA pod is a seed container that grows on plants such as peas or beans. ...fresh peas in the pod. ...hot red pepper pods. Synonyms: shell, case, hull, husk More Synonyms of pod (pɒd) noun1. a. the fruit of any leguminous plant, consisting of a long two-valved case that contains seeds and splits along both sides when ripe b. the seedcase as distinct from the seeds 3. a streamlined structure attached by a pylon to an aircraft and used to house a jet engine (podded engine), fuel tank, armament, etc 4. an enclosed cabin suspended from a cable or a big wheel, for carrying passengers verbWord forms: pods, podding or podded5. (transitive) to remove the pod or shell from (peas, beans, etc) 6. (intransitive) (of a plant) to produce pods Word origin C17: perhaps back formation from earlier podware bagged vegetables, probably from pod, variant of cod2 + ware1 (pɒd) nouna small group of animals, esp seals, whales, or birds Word origin C19: of unknown origin (pɒd) noun1. a straight groove along the length of certain augers and bits 2. the socket that holds the bit in a boring tool Word origin C16: of unknown origin or -pode combining form in countable nounindicating a certain type or number of feet arthropod tripod Word origin from Greek -podos footed, from pous foot pod in American English 1 (pɑd) noun1. a dry fruit or seed vessel developed from a single carpel enclosing one or more seeds and usually splitting along two sutures at maturity, as a legume 2. a podlike container, as a cocoon of a locust 3. US any of various enclosures, as a streamlined housing for a jet engine verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈpodded or ˈpodding5. to swell out into a pod Derived forms podlike (ˈpodˌlike) adjective Word origin Early ModE < ? pod in American English 2 (pɑd) US noun a small group of animals, esp. of seals or whales Word origin ? special use of pod 1pod in American English 3 (pɑd) noun1. a sharp groove in certain augers and other tools 2. the socket for the bit in a brace podo- used before a vowel p.o.'d in American English (ˌpiˈoʊd) adjective Slang angry, annoyed, irritated, etc. Word origin < p(issed) o(ff) (see the phrase piss off at piss) + -'d 2 (pɑd) 1. forming nounsb. one having (a specified number or kind of) feet arthropod 2. forming adjectives having (a specified number or kind of) feet Also -pode (poʊd) Word origin < Gr pous (gen. podos), foot More idioms containingpod like two peas in a pod Examples of 'pod' in a sentencepod Word lists withpod parts of an aircraft, parts of an aircraft, parts of plantsBritish English: pod NOUN A pod is a seed container that grows on plants such as peas or beans. ...fresh peas in the pod. - American English: pod
- Brazilian Portuguese: vagem
- Chinese: 豆荚
- European Spanish: vaina
- French: cosse
- German: Hülse
- Italian: baccello
- Japanese: サヤ
- Korean: 꼬투리
- European Portuguese: vagem
- Latin American Spanish: vaina
Chinese translation of 'pod' n (c) - (on plant)
豆荚(莢) (dòujiá)
Definition the seedcase as distinct from the seeds Remove the peas from their pods. Additional synonymsDefinition a protective outer covering Vanilla is the seed case of a South American orchid. Synonyms covering, casing, cover, shell, wrapping, jacket, envelope, capsule, folder, sheath, wrapper, integument Definition the outer covering of a fruit or seed such as a pea or bean I soaked the hulls off lima beans. Synonyms husk, skin, shell, peel, pod, rind, shuck Definition the outer covering of certain fruits and seeds a grey squirrel nibbling on a peanut husk Synonyms rind, shell, hull, covering, bark, chaff, shuck, glume - pock
- pocket
- pockmarked
- pod
- podcast
- podgy
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