Define the word pod"-pod" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
-pod \-pod\ [See Foot.]
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.
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"Pod" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Pod \Pod\, n. [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.
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2. (Bot.) A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry
dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous.
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3. (Zool.) A considerable number of animals closely clustered
together; -- said of seals.
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Pod auger, or pod bit, an auger or bit the channel of
which is straight instead of twisted.
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"Pod" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Pod \Pod\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Podded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Podding.]
To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.
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"pod" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
pod
n 1: the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds
themselves) [syn: cod, seedcase]
2: a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous
plant [syn: seedpod]
3: a group of aquatic mammals
4: a detachable container of fuel on an airplane [syn: fuel pod]
v 1: take something out of its shell or pod; "pod peas or beans"
2: produce pods, of plants
[also: podding, podded]
"pod" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "pod":
army, bark, bay window, boll, bran, bunch, burr, capsule, case,
chaff, cod, colony, corn shuck, cornhusk, corporation, drift,
drive, drove, flock, follicle, gam, gang, herd, host, hull, husk,
jacket, kennel, legume, legumen, litter, pack, palea, paunch,
pease cod, peel, pericarp, pot, pride, rind, school, seed pod,
seed vessel, seedbox, seedcase, shell, shoal, shuck, silique, skin,
skulk, sloth, slough, trip, troop
"pod" vera "Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)"
POD
Plain Old Document [format]
"pod" vera "Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)"
POD
Print / Publishing On Demand, "PoD"
"pod" jargon "Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)"
pod n. [allegedly from abbreviation POD for `Prince Of Darkness'] A
Diablo 630 (or, latterly, any letter-quality impact printer). From the
DEC-10 PODTYPE program used to feed formatted text to it. Not to be
confused with P.O.D..
"P.O.D." jargon "Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)"
P.O.D. /P-O-D/ [rare] Acronym for `Piece Of Data' (as opposed to a code
section). See also pod.
"pod" foldoc "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)"
pod
Not to be confused with P.O.D..
1. (Allegedly from abbreviation POD for "Prince Of
Darkness") A Diablo 630 (or, latterly, any letter-quality
impact printer). From the DEC-10 PODTYPE program used
to feed formatted text to it.
2. Plain Old Documentation.
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"pod" foldoc "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)"
P.O.D.
Piece Of Data (as opposed to code).
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(2000-04-08)
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