pod

noun19

1. •
   A self-contained unit, container, or enclosure that holds, protects, or transports something.
2. •
   A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod.
3. •
   A very small room or space for one person to inhabit, as in a capsule hotel.
4. •
   A small vehicle, especially used in emergency situations; see escape pod.

   • cart, that is clouted and shod, cart ladder and wimble, with perser and pod — 1557
5. •
   A nicotine cartridge.
6. •
   A group or collective.
7. •
   A group of whales, dolphins, seals, porpoises or hippopotami.

   • Thar she blows! I point to a pod of beluga whales we encountered in Cunningham Inlet off Somerset Island during our third and final season. — 1989
8. •
   A group of people who regularly interact.
9. •
   A set of commercials to be shown together.

   • These matrilineal groups associate with related families, who are probably sister lineages, to form pods. — 2016
10. •
    A small group (usually 3 or 4) of forwards working together as a group in open play.
11. •
    (Internet, informal) Clipping of podcast.

    • I'd started shopping at 2 a.m., and the pod I listened to while shopping was almost through, so had to be 3 damn near. — 2022
12. •
    A small, self-contained unit within a larger system.
13. •
    A small section of a larger office, compartmentalised for a specific purpose.
14. •
    A subsection of a prison, containing a number of inmates.
15. •
    A lie-flat seat in business or first class.
16. •
    A tapered, cylindrical body of ore or minerals.
17. •
    A straight channel or groove in the body of certain forms of, usually tapered, augers and boring-bits.
18. •
    (informal) Clipping of isopod.
19. •
    (dialect, no longer used) A bag; a pouch.

verb4

1. •
   To remove peas from their case.
2. •
   To put into a pod or to enter a pod.

   • Thus the torpedoes will have to be stored internally or be podded into streamline containers. — 1955
3. •
   To bear or produce pods

   • David looked seawards along the river. He stared, rubbed his eyes, and stared again. One of the rocks seemed to have podded into something swollen, black and smooth. — 1939
4. •
   To swell or fill.

noun5

1. •
   Initialism of print on demand.
2. •
   Initialism of proof of delivery.
3. •
   Initialism of point of divergence.
4. •
   Initialism of plain old data.
5. •
   Initialism of place of death.

   • Vickers et al. found that at entry to the study, that is, when it was thought that cure was no longer possible, 98 (68%) of 164 families recorded a preference for home as POD. — 2013