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podding

podding is the present participle and gerund of pod.

Meaning of pod

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To bear or produce pods
    • Wherefore it was, that many ignorant Mardians, who had not pushed their investigations into the science of physiology, sagely divined, that the Tapparians must have podded into life like peas, instead of being otherwise indebted for their existence.1849, Herman Melville, Mardi, and a Voyage Thither
  2. (transitive) To remove peas from their case.
  3. (intransitive, transitive) 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, Military Review - Volume 35, Issue 9, page 81
  4. (intransitive) To swell or fill.

See all 18 meanings of pod

Questions about podding

What is podding the present participle and gerund of?
Podding is the present participle and gerund of pod.

Words near podding in the dictionary

  1. podders
  2. poddidge
  3. poddier
  4. poddies
  5. poddiest
  6. podding
  7. poddinger
  8. poddingers
  9. poddish
  10. poddy
  11. Poddębice

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