P.O.D.

11 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  -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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  POD
       Plain Old Document [format]
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  POD
       Print / Publishing On Demand, "PoD"
       
       

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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.}.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  P.O.D. /P-O-D/ [rare] Acronym for `Piece Of Data' (as opposed to a code
     section). See also {pod}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1998-12-18)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  P.O.D.
       
           Piece Of Data (as opposed to {code}).
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (2000-04-08)