(of a plant) bear or form pods

the peas have failed to pod

remove (peas or beans) from their pods prior to cooking

our friends would pick and pod the peas and beans

an elongated seed vessel of a leguminous plant such as the pea, splitting open on both sides when ripe

gorse pods were popping in the sun

a detachable or self-contained unit on an aircraft, spacecraft, vehicle, or vessel, having a particular function

the aircraft returned with their bomb pods empty

the torpedo's sensor pod contains a camera

a small herd or school of marine animals, especially whales

a pod of 500 dolphins frolicking in the bay

when I started listening to a pod about a cult, I expected it to be pretty dark

a pod exploring one of the more precarious moments in the space exploration programme