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Webster 1913 Edition


Pod

Pod

,
Noun.
[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.
2.
(Bot.)
A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of
Angiospermous
.
3.
(Zool.)
A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; – said of seals.
Pod auger
, or
pod bit
,
an auger or bit the channel of which is straight instead of twisted.

Pod

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Podded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Podding
.]
To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pod

POD

,
Noun.
The pericarp, capsule or seed vessel of certain plants. The silique or pod is an oblong, membranaceous, two valved pericarp, having the seeds fixed along both sutures. A legume is a pericarp of two valves, in which the seeds are fixed along one suture only.
According to these descriptions, the seed vessels of peas and beans are legumes, and not pods; but in popular language, pod is used for the legume as well as for the silique or siliqua. In New England, it is the only word in popular use.

POD

,
Verb.
I.
To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.

Definition 2024


pod

pod

See also: POD, pod-, pód, po'd, PO'd, -pod, and -pód

English

Noun

pod (plural pods)

  1. (botany) a seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers)
  2. a small vehicle, especially used in emergency situations
  3. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A bag; a pouch.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Tusser to this entry?)
  4. (collective) A group of whales, dolphins, seals, porpoises or hippopotami.
  5. a small section of a larger office, compartmentalised for a specific purpose.

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Verb

pod (third-person singular simple present pods, present participle podding, simple past and past participle podded)

  1. (intransitive) To bear or produce pods
  2. (transitive) To remove peas from their case.
  3. (intransitive) To swell or fill.

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *podъ.

Pronunciation

Preposition

pod + instrumental

  1. below

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Lower Sorbian

Preposition

pod

  1. Superseded spelling of pód.

Polish

pod

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *podъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂po + dʰh₁-o-

Pronunciation

  • (isolated) IPA(key): [pɔt̪]
  • Homophone: pot

Preposition

pod

  1. (+ instrumental) below, beneath, under, underneath (denotes location)
    pod ziemią — underground
  2. (+ accusative) below, beneath, under, underneath (denotes movement)
  3. (+ accusative) against
    pod wiatr - against the wind
    Nie płyń pod prąd! - Don't swim against the current!

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Romanian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *podъ.

Noun

pod n (plural poduri)

  1. bridge
  2. attic

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *podъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pôd/

Noun

pȍd m (Cyrillic spelling по̏д)

  1. floor
    pasti na pod — to fall to the floor
  2. ground
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *podъ.

Alternative forms

  • (enclitic pronominal form): poda

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pôd/

Preposition

pȍd (Cyrillic spelling по̏д)

  1. (with accusative) under, beneath (with change of position, answering the question kùda)
    s(j)ela je pod stablo — she sat under the tree
    pao je pod vlak — he fell under the train
  2. (with instrumental) under, beneath (stationary, answering the question gdjȅ/gdȅ)
    ona s(j)edi pod stablom — she is sitting under the tree
    pod suncemunder the sun
  3. (with instrumental) under, beneath (being in a particular condition)
    biti pod sumnjom — to be under suspicion
    biti pod pritiskom — to be under pressure
    biti pod dojmom — to be under impression
    pod oružjemunder arms
    biti pod nadzorom — to be under supervision/surveillance
    biti pod nečijom zaštitom — to be under someone's protection
    biti pod naglaskom — to be accented (stressed), to be under the accent (stress)
    pisati pod pseudonimom — to write under the pen name, pseudonymously
    biti pod zakletvom — to be under oath
  4. (with accusative) near, toward, in (temporal, with nouns denoting a final temporal segment)
    pod jesentoward fall
    pod krajnear the end
    pod starostin one's old age
  5. (with instrumental) during (temporal)
    pod odmoromduring the (school) break
    pod pauzomduring the (job) break
    pod satomduring the (school) lesson
    pod vladavinomduring the reign of
  6. (with accusative) as, instead of, in lieu of
    pokušati prodati mrkvu pod rotkvu — to try selling carrot as radish
  7. miscellaneous idiomatic meanings
    to je pod moranje — that is obligatory
    baciti pod noge — to reject, throw away
    nebu pod oblake — far away
    pod uv(j)etom/uslovom da — under the condition of, on the condition that
    pod izgovorom — under the pretext
    pod Zagrebom — near Zagreb
    pod Velebitom — at the foot of Velebit, on the foothills of Velebit
    pod korovom — covered/overgrown with weed
    ništa pod (milim) bogom — absolutely nothing
    pod kontrolom (with genitive) — under the control (of)
    pod tim(e) mislim — by that I mean
    biti pod antibioticima — to be on antibiotics
    pod pravim kutom — perpendicular

Slovak

Preposition

pod + instrumental

  1. below

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Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ́t/
  • Tonal orthography: pȍd

Noun

pòd m inan (genitive pôda, nominative plural pôdi)

  1. floor (lower part of a room)

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.


Volapük

Noun

pod (plural pods)

  1. apple

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