Pod
[pɒd] or [pɑd]
Definition
(noun.) a detachable container of fuel on an airplane.
(noun.) a group of aquatic mammals.
(noun.) a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant.
(noun.) the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves).
(verb.) produce pods, of plants.
(verb.) take something out of its shell or pod; 'pod peas or beans'.
Checked by Charlie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A bag; a pouch.
(n.) A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous.
(n.) A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; -- said of seals.
(v. i.) To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.
Checker: Sophia
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Legume, capsule, seed-vessel.
Edited by Candice
Definition
n. the covering of the seed of plants as the pea or bean: a shoal of fishes.—v.i. to fill as a pod: to produce pods:—pr.p. pod′ding; pa.t. and pa.p. pod′ded.
Edited by Eva
Examples
- He said, in what he meant for a reassuring tone, as they turned down a narrow road, 'And this is Pod's End; is it, Jupe? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- This man lives at Pod's End, and I don't quite know Pod's End,' said Mr. Gradgrind. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Great Range of Mechanisms to Treat the Tenderest Pods and Smallest Seeds. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Peanuts are really the seeds or pods of a plant belonging to the family called the earthnut in Great Britain, the nuts there being used chiefly to fatten swine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In 1809, L'Hommedieu, a Frenchman, invented an auger with two pods and cutting lips, a central screw and a twisted shank. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typist: Rachel