pod1

[pod] /pɒd/
noun
1.
a somewhat elongated, two-valved seed vessel, as that of the pea or bean.
2.
a dehiscent fruit or pericarp having several seeds.
3.
Entomology.
  1. an insect egg case.
  2. a compact mass of insect eggs.
4.
a streamlined enclosure, housing, or detachable container of some kind:
an engine pod under the wing of an aircraft.
5.
a protective compartment, as for an automobile's instrument gauges.
6.
Mining. an orebody that has an elongated or lenticular shape.
7.
Radio and Television Slang. a cluster of brief commercials or spot announcements.
verb (used without object), podded, podding.
8.
to produce pods.
9.
to swell out like a pod.
Origin
1680-90; apparently back formation from podder peasecod gatherer; comparepodder, variant of podware, unexplained variant of codware bagged vegetables (cod2 + -ware crops, vegetables)
Related forms
podlike, adjective
unpodded, adjective

pod2

[pod] /pɒd/
noun
1.
a small herd or school, especially of seals or whales.
2.
a small flock of birds.
Origin
1825-35, Americanism; perhaps special (orig. facetious) use of pod1

pod3

[pod] /pɒd/
noun
1.
the straight groove or channel in the body of certain augers or bits.
2.
Carpentry. pad1 (def 15b).
Origin
1565-75; origin uncertain; perhaps a continuation of Old English pād covering, cloak, the socket being thought of as something that covers or hides from view what is held in it (though the phonology is irregular)

pod-

1.
a learned borrowing from Greek meaning “foot,” used in the formation of compound words:
pododynia.
Also, especially before a consonant, podo-.
Origin
combining form representing Greek poús (genitive podós) foot

-pod

1.
a combining form meaning “one having a foot” of the kind or number specified by the initial element; often corresponding to Neo-Latin class names ending in -poda, with -pod, used in English to name a single member of such a class:
cephalopod.
Compare -ped.
Origin
< Neo-Latin < Greek -pod-, stem of -pous, adj. derivative of poús foot

POD

1.
port of debarkation.

p.o.'d

[pee-ohd] /ˈpiˈoʊd/
adjective, Slang.
1.
pissed off.

P.O.D.

1.
pay on delivery.
2.
Post Office Department.
Examples from the web for pod
  • Fertilizers were a dead end: when the wheat plant's pod grew more seeds, its stalk collapsed under the weight.
  • Each pod is made of nine cargo containers welded together and stacked three levels tall.
  • Finally, by dangling the control pod well below the aerostat, the whole craft's centre of gravity is shifted downward.
  • Served in the pod, they are eaten by scraping the oval beans out of the salty, fuzzy pod with your teeth.
  • As the pod people say, it's painless--and good form too.
  • Finally, dangling the control pod well below the aerostat shifts the craft's centre of gravity downward.
  • If you are a hardcore coffee connoisseur, you might find the pod choices too limiting.
  • The trouble, as any horror buff or late-show aficionado well knows, is pod people.
  • They also allow you as long as you want to pack, you can keep the pod for storage, and they will either move or store your pod.
  • The tragic answer came yesterday afternoon, when the pod ran aground again.
British Dictionary definitions for pod

pod1

/pɒd/
noun
1.
  1. the fruit of any leguminous plant, consisting of a long two-valved case that contains seeds and splits along both sides when ripe
  2. the seedcase as distinct from the seeds
2.
any similar fruit
3.
a streamlined structure attached by a pylon to an aircraft and used to house a jet engine (podded engine), fuel tank, armament, etc
4.
an enclosed cabin suspended from a cable or a big wheel, for carrying passengers
verb pods, podding, podded
5.
(transitive) to remove the pod or shell from (peas, beans, etc)
6.
(intransitive) (of a plant) to produce pods
Word Origin
C17: perhaps back formation from earlier podware bagged vegetables, probably from pod, variant of cod² + ware1

pod2

/pɒd/
noun
1.
a small group of animals, esp seals, whales, or birds
Word Origin
C19: of unknown origin

pod3

/pɒd/
noun
1.
a straight groove along the length of certain augers and bits
2.
the socket that holds the bit in a boring tool
Word Origin
C16: of unknown origin

POD

abbreviation
1.
pay on delivery
2.
print on demand

-pod

combining form
1.
indicating a certain type or number of feet: arthropod, tripod
Word Origin
from Greek -podos footed, from pous foot
Word Origin and History for pod
n.

"seed of beans," 1680s, of uncertain origin; found earlier in podware "seed of legumes, seed grain" (mid-15c.), which had a parallel form codware "husked or seeded plants" (late 14c.), related to cod "husk of seeded plants," which was in Old English. In reference to pregnancy from 1890; in reference to a round belly from 1825. Meaning "detachable body of an aircraft" is from 1950. Pod people (1956) is from movie "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," based on novel by Jack Finney.

"herd of whales or seals," 1827, American English, of unknown origin.

pod in Science
pod
  (pŏd)   
A fruit or seed case that usually splits along two seams to release its seeds when mature. Legumes, such as peas and beans, produce pods.
-pod  
A suffix meaning "foot." It is used in the scientific names of the members of many groups of organisms, such as arthropod, an organism having "jointed feet," and sauropod, a dinosaur having "lizard feet." It is also used in the names of different kinds of limbs or limblike body parts, such as pseudopod, the "false foot" of an amoeba.
Slang definitions & phrases for pod

pod

noun

Marijuana; pot: Diane smoked jive, pod, and tea

[1952+ Narcotics; origin unknown; perhaps fr the pod, or seed container, the flowering and fruiting head of the female cannabis plant; perhaps an alteration of pot]


pod in Technology

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.
[Jargon File]
(1998-12-18)
Related Abbreviations for pod

POD

  1. payable on delivery
  2. post office department
  3. postoperative day
  4. print on demand
  5. probability of detection
  6. proton omnidirectional detector