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Pod

//ˈpɑd// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod.
  2. 2
    Initialism of print on demand. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
  3. 3
    a detachable container of fuel on an airplane wordnet
  4. 4
    A small vehicle, especially used in emergency situations.
  5. 5
    Initialism of proof of delivery. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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  1. 6
    a group of aquatic mammals wordnet
  2. 7
    A bag; a pouch. UK, dialectal, obsolete

    "cart, that is clouted and shod, cart ladder and wimble, with perser and pod"

  3. 8
    Initialism of plain old data. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
  4. 9
    a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant wordnet
  5. 10
    A group of whales, dolphins, seals, porpoises or hippopotami. collective
  6. 11
    Initialism of point of divergence. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  7. 12
    the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves) wordnet
  8. 13
    A group of people who regularly interact. broadly

    "These matrilineal groups associate with related families, who are probably sister lineages, to form pods."

  9. 14
    Initialism of place of death. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "Vickers et al. found that at entry to the study, that is, when it was thought that cure was no longer possible, 98 (68%) of 164 families recorded a preference for home as POD."

  10. 15
    A small section of a larger office, compartmentalised for a specific purpose.
  11. 16
    A subsection of a prison, containing a number of inmates.
  12. 17
    A very small room or space for one person to inhabit, as in a capsule hotel.
  13. 18
    A nicotine cartridge.
  14. 19
    A lie-flat business or first class seat.
  15. 20
    A tapered, cylindrical body of ore or minerals.
  16. 21
    A straight channel or groove in the body of certain forms of, usually tapered, augers and boring-bits.
  17. 22
    Clipping of podcast. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal

    "I'd started shopping at 2 a.m., and the pod I listened to while shopping was almost through, so had to be 3 damn near."

  18. 23
    A set of commercials to be shown together.

    "These ads are shown during commercial breaks when there is no game action. Usually, multiple spots are grouped into a pod of commercials."

  19. 24
    In rugby union, a small group (usually 3 or 4) of forwards working together as a group in open play.
  20. 25
    Clipping of isopod. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
Verb
  1. 1
    To bear or produce pods intransitive

    "Wherefore it was, that many ignorant Mardians, who had not pushed their investigations into the science of physiology, sagely divined, that the Tapparians must have podded into life like peas, instead of being otherwise indebted for their existence."

  2. 2
    produce pods, of plants wordnet
  3. 3
    To remove peas from their case. transitive
  4. 4
    take something out of its shell or pod wordnet
  5. 5
    To put into a pod or to enter a pod. intransitive, transitive

    "Thus the torpedoes will have to be stored internally or be podded into streamline containers."

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  1. 6
    To swell or fill. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English *pod ("seed-pod, husk, shell, outer covering"; attested in pod-ware (“legume seed; seed grain”)), itself possibly from Old English pād (“an outer garment, covering, coat, cloak”), from Proto-West Germanic *paidu, from Proto-Germanic *paidō (“coat, smock, shirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *baiteh₂- (“woolen clothes”). If so, then cognate with Old Saxon pēda (“skirt”), German dialectal Pfeid, Pfeit (“shirt”), Gothic 𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰 (paida, “mantle, skirt”), and perhaps Albanian petk (“gown, garment, dress, suit”) and Ancient Greek βαίτη (baítē, “goat-skin, fur-coat, tent”).

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English *pod ("seed-pod, husk, shell, outer covering"; attested in pod-ware (“legume seed; seed grain”)), itself possibly from Old English pād (“an outer garment, covering, coat, cloak”), from Proto-West Germanic *paidu, from Proto-Germanic *paidō (“coat, smock, shirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *baiteh₂- (“woolen clothes”). If so, then cognate with Old Saxon pēda (“skirt”), German dialectal Pfeid, Pfeit (“shirt”), Gothic 𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰 (paida, “mantle, skirt”), and perhaps Albanian petk (“gown, garment, dress, suit”) and Ancient Greek βαίτη (baítē, “goat-skin, fur-coat, tent”).

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