pod

/pɔd/
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pod

The gardener collects a ripe pea pod from the vine.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A detachable container: A separate unit or housing, especially one containing fuel on an aircraft.
    • A group of animals: A small social group of aquatic mammals, such as whales or dolphins.
    • A seed vessel: The part of a plant, especially a legume like peas or beans, that encloses the developing seeds.

  2. Verb:

    • To produce pods: (Of a plant) to form seed-containing pods.
    • To remove from a pod: To take something, typically seeds like peas or beans, out of their enclosing shell or pod.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The aircraft's fuel pod was jettisoned during the emergency.
    • We watched a pod of dolphins swimming near the boat.
    • The peas are growing inside the green pod.

  • Verb:

    • The bean plants will begin to pod in late summer.
    • Could you help me pod these peas for dinner?
Advanced Usage
  • "In a pod": Used informally to describe people or things that are very similar or always together.
    • Those two friends are like peas in a pod.
  • Technical/Compound Use: While "pod" itself is the base word, it forms part of technical terms. For example, in aviation, a "pod" refers to an external housing for engines or equipment.
Variants and Related Words
  • Podded (adj): Having pods or a pod-like structure.
    • The podded plants were ready for harvest.
  • Podding (n/adj): The process of forming pods; producing pods.
    • The podding phase is crucial for the crop.
Synonyms
  • Noun (for seed vessel): Shell, hull, case.
  • Noun (for group): School (of fish), herd, group.
  • Verb (to shell): Hull, shuck, shell.
Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "Pod" is not commonly used to form standard phrasal verbs. The actions are typically expressed with the verb alone, e.g., "pod peas.")

Related Idioms
  • "Like two peas in a pod": Used to emphasize that two people or things are very similar in appearance, character, or behavior.
    • The twins are like two peas in a pod; it's hard to tell them apart.
pod

The gardener collects a ripe pea pod from the vine.

Noun
  1. a detachable container of fuel on an airplane
  2. a group of aquatic mammals
  3. a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant
  4. the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
Verb
  1. produce pods, of plants
  2. take something out of its shell or pod
    • pod peas or beans

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