Pod (Verb)
Meaning 1
Take something out of its shell or pod; "pod peas or beans".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- Carefully pod the garden peas into a large bowl before rinsing them with cold water.
- Once the green beans have cooled, pod them by hand to avoid damaging their delicate texture.
- It's time to pod the edamame for the stir-fry by carefully squeezing them from their shells.
- A helpful tip for removing the seeds from a cardamom pod is to use your fingernail.
- You'll want to pod fresh lima beans, as they're sweeter when they aren't cooked with their shells.
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Meaning 2
Produce pods, of plants.
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
Examples
- The soybean plant begins to pod as it matures in the field.
- Coffee plants are known to pod seeds that are then harvested for their coffee beans.
- Certain varieties of flowering peas are bred specifically to pod more frequently.
- It is essential for gardeners to monitor their garden, waiting for the okra plants to pod.
- The cocoa tree pods several red or yellow fruits every year that contain the cacao seeds.