POD

pod, fuel pod

(noun) a detachable container of fuel on an airplane

pod

(noun) a group of aquatic mammals

pod, seedpod

(noun) a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant

pod, cod, seedcase

(noun) the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)

pod

(verb) produce pods, of plants

pod

(verb) take something out of its shell or pod; “pod peas or beans”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

pod (plural pods)

(botany) A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod.

Synonyms: capsule, case, container, hull, husk, shell, seedpod, vessel

A small vehicle, especially used in emergency situations.

(obsolete, UK, dialect) A bag; a pouch.

(collective, zoology) A group of whales, dolphins, seals, porpoises or hippopotami.

Synonym: gam

A small section of a larger office, compartmentalised for a specific purpose.

A subsection of a prison, containing a number of inmates.

A nicotine cartridge.

A lie-flat business or first class seat.

Hyponyms

• iPod

• peapod

• pea pod

• seedpod

Verb

pod (third-person singular simple present pods, present participle podding, simple past and past participle podded)

(intransitive) To bear or produce pods

(transitive) To remove peas from their case.

(transitive, intransitive) To put into a pod or to enter a pod.

(intransitive) To swell or fill.

Anagrams

• DOP, DPO, ODP, PDO, dop

Noun

POD (countable and uncountable, plural PODs)

(uncountable, publishing) Initialism of print on demand.

(mail) Initialism of proof of delivery.

(uncountable, programming) Initialism of plain old data.

Anagrams

• DOP, DPO, ODP, PDO, dop

Source: Wiktionary

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-pod. Etym: [See Foot.]

Definition: 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.

Pod, n. Etym: [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.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; -- said of seals. Pod auger, or pod bit, an auger or bit the channel of which is straight instead of twisted.

Pod, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Podded; p. pr. & vb. n. Podding.]

Definition: To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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