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The natural outer covering that houses the seeds of legumes like beans, lentils, peas and soybeans. The pods of many legumes are too tough to be eaten and must be removed (shelled), whereas some-like the snow pea-have very tender pods that are deliciously edible.

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A dry one-celled fruit with thicker walls than a capsule.

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1: in pod pregnant. (1890 —) .

2: Marijuana. Cf. pot² noun. (1952 —) .
W. Burroughs A square wants to come on hip...Talks about 'pod', and smokes it now and then (1959).

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A small herd or school of seals or whales, etc.

For a list of words related to pod, see:

• Animal Groups - pod: group of seals or whales
• Botany and Plant Parts - pod: vessel enclosing one or more seeds, usu. splitting along two sutures at maturity
• Space Exploration and Rocketry - pod: detachable compartment of spacecraft
• Cases, Boxes, and Bags - pod: protective pouch or removable housing
• Parts, Practices, and Argot - pod: intentional derailing to prevent cars on siding from entering main line

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See words rhyming with "pod."

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - bælg, kapsel, lille flok
v. intr. - sætte bælg
v. tr. - bælge

idioms:

• in pod    gravid

2.
n. - kokon af sæler eller hvaler

3.
n. - skær i langhulsbor

Nederlands (Dutch)
dop, bolster, huls, schil, peul, omhulsel, container onder vliegtuigvleugel, doppen, betalen bij aflevering (afkorting)

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Bot) gousse, cosse, gousse (de vanille), (Aviat) nacelle, bidon, (Aérosp) module
v. intr. - écosser
v. tr. - écosser

idioms:

• in pod    en cloque

2.
n. - banc d'animaux marins

3.
n. - (Tech) tarière

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Hülse, (Ugs.) dicker Bauch, schwanger
v. - hülsen

idioms:

• in pod    (ugs.) schwanger

2.
n. - Herde, Haufen

3.
n. - Bohrfutter

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διαρρηκτός καρπός ή περικάρπιο, φλούδα (οσπρίων)
v. - αφαιρώ το περικάρπιο, αποφλοιώνω, ξεφλουδίζω

idioms:

• in pod    (μτφ.) γκαστρωμένη

Italiano (Italian)
guscio

idioms:

• in pod    incinta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vagem (f), saco (m), casulo (m), bando (m)
v. - descascar, produzir vagens

idioms:

• in pod    em saco

Русский (Russian)
стручок, желобок, небольшая стая (китов)

idioms:

• in pod    собираться в стаи

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - vaina, capullo
v. intr. - criar vainas, hincharse, reunirse en manadas
v. tr. - coger guisantes, desvainar, reunir en manadas

idioms:

• in pod    embarazada

2.
n. - manada de mamíferos marinos

3.
n. - acanaladura

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fröskida, -balja, kapsel, marijuana (sl.)
v. - svälla, sätta skidor, sprita, skala

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 荚, 蚕茧, 豆荚, 卵囊, 生荚, 结荚, 剥去的荚

idioms:

• in pod    结荚

2. 一小群

3. 纵槽, 钻头承窝

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 莢, 蠶繭, 豆莢, 卵囊
v. intr. - 生莢, 結莢
v. tr. - 剝去的莢

idioms:

• in pod    結莢

2.
n. - 縱槽, 鑽頭承窩

3.
n. - 一小群

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - (완두콩 따위의) 꼬투리, 누에고치
v. intr. - 꼬투리가 되다, 꼬투리가 생기다
v. tr. - (콩의) 꼬투리를 까다

idioms:

• in pod    임신하여

2.
n. - (물개,고래등의)작은 떼

3.
n. - 포드(연료, 엔진 등이 든 날개 밑의 유선형 용기)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - さや, ポッド
v. - さやができる, さやをむく

idioms:

• in pod    妊娠して

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سنفه, قرن, قطيع, سرب, حجيرة الوقود (فعل) ينمي الفول قرونا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תרמיל של אפונה וכו', גולם של תולעת-משי, מכל-דלק (במטוס), חלק נתיק (בחללית), תא-כלים צמוד למטוס, להקה קטנה של חיות-ים, בעיקר לווייתנים, הקופסה שמסביב לביצי הארבה‬
v. intr. - ‮היה בעל תרמילי זרעים (צמח)‬
v. tr. - ‮הוציא (אפונה) מתרמיל‬
n. - ‮להקה קטנה של חיות-ים, בעיקר לווייתנים‬
n. - ‮חריץ לאורך המקדח‬

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