COD (codded, codding)

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Irregular inflected forms: codded    , codding   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does COD mean? 

• COD (noun)
  The noun COD has 3 senses:

1. the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)

2. lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached

3. major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters

  Familiarity information: COD used as a noun is uncommon.

• COD (adjective)
  The adjective COD has 1 sense:

1. payable by the recipient on delivery

  Familiarity information: COD used as an adjective is very rare.

• COD (verb)
  The verb COD has 2 senses:

1. fool or hoax

2. harass with persistent criticism or carping

  Familiarity information: COD used as a verb is rare.

• COD (adverb)
  The adverb COD has 1 sense:

1. collecting the charges upon delivery

  Familiarity information: COD used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cod; pod; seedcase

Hypernyms ("cod" is a kind of...):

husk (outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cod"):

pea pod; peasecod (husk of a pea; edible in some garden peas)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

cod; codfish

Hypernyms ("cod" is a kind of...):

saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cod"):

salt cod (codfish preserved in salt; must be desalted and flaked by soaking in water and pounding; used in e.g. codfish cakes)

Holonyms ("cod" is a part of...):

Atlantic cod; Gadus morhua (one of the world's most important commercial fishes)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cod; codfish

Hypernyms ("cod" is a kind of...):

gadoid; gadoid fish (a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cod"):

codling (young codfish)

Atlantic cod; Gadus morhua (one of the world's most important commercial fishes)

Alaska cod; Gadus macrocephalus; Pacific cod (closely related to Atlantic cod)

burbot; cusk; eelpout; ling; Lota lota (elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth)

schrod; scrod (young Atlantic cod or haddock especially one split and boned for cooking)

Holonyms ("cod" is a member of...):

Gadus; genus Gadus (type genus of the Gadidae: the typical codfishes)

Derivation:

codling (young codfish)

• COD (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Payable by the recipient on delivery

Synonyms:

cod; collect

Context example:

a COD parcel

Similar:

due (owed and payable immediately or on demand)

• COD (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fool or hoax

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

befool; cod; dupe; fool; gull; put on; put one across; put one over; slang; take in

Context example:

You can't fool me!

Hypernyms (to "cod" is one way to...):

betray; deceive; lead astray (cause someone to believe an untruth)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cod"):

kid; pull the leg of (tell false information to for fun)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Harass with persistent criticism or carping

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

bait; cod; rag; rally; razz; ride; tantalise; tantalize; taunt; tease; twit

Context example:

His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie

Hypernyms (to "cod" is one way to...):

bemock; mock (treat with contempt)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cod"):

barrack; flout; gibe; jeer; scoff (laugh at with contempt and derision)

banter; chaff; jolly; josh; kid (be silly or tease one another)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

• COD (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Collecting the charges upon delivery

Synonyms:

C.O.D.; cash on delivery; COD

Context example:

mail a package C.O.D.

 Context examples 

Test cods of questionnaire questions associated with the European Quality of Life Five Dimension Five Level Scale (EQ-5D-5L) for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC Questionnaire EQ-5D-5L Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

Cod liver oil contains high levels of omega-3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and vitamins A and D. It is used as a dietary supplement.

(Cod Liver Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The oil extracted from fish such as cod, salmon, and shark.

(Fish Liver Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

A new study has found that the larvae of haddock, a commercially important type of cod, have a magnetic compass to find their way at sea.

(North Atlantic haddock use magnetic compass to guide them, National Science Foundation)

Low mercury fish include salmon, shrimp, pollock, canned light tuna, tilapia, catfish, and cod.

(Brain benefits of aerobic exercise lost to mercury exposure, NIH)

Manganese is found in nuts, legumes, seeds, tea, whole grains and leafy green vegetables while selenium can be found in fish like tuna, cod, red snapper and herring and also in beef, poultry, grains and nuts.

(Micronutrients can counter lead effects in blood pressure, SciDev.Net)

To atone for this conduct therefore, Elinor took immediate possession of the post of civility which she had assigned herself, behaved with the greatest attention to Mrs. Jennings, talked with her, laughed with her, and listened to her whenever she could; and Mrs. Jennings on her side treated them both with all possible kindness, was solicitous on every occasion for their ease and enjoyment, and only disturbed that she could not make them choose their own dinners at the inn, nor extort a confession of their preferring salmon to cod, or boiled fowls to veal cutlets.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Based on the new model, the researchers predict that an increase of 1 degree Celsius in seawater temperature, relative to the year 2000, would lead to a 32% increase in methylmercury levels in cod and a 70% increase in spiny dogfish.

(Mercury levels in fish are on the rise, National Science Foundation)

Add another item to the ever-growing list of the dangerous impacts of climate change: Warming oceans are leading to an increase of the harmful neurotoxicant methylmercury in popular seafood, including cod, Atlantic bluefin tuna and swordfish, according to research led by researchers at Harvard University.

(Mercury levels in fish are on the rise, National Science Foundation)