COD (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)
Meaning:
The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
seedcase; pod; cod
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)
Meaning:
Lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
codfish; cod
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)
Meaning:
Major food fish of arctic and cold-temperate waters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
codfish; cod
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)
• COD (adjective)
Meaning:
Payable by the recipient on delivery
Synonyms:
cod; collect
Context examples:
a collect call / the letter came collect / a COD parcel
Similar:
due; owed (owed and payable immediately or on demand)
• COD (verb)
Meaning:
Fool or hoax
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
put one over; put one across; dupe; cod; gull; take in; befool; slang; fool; put on
Context examples:
The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone / 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
Meaning:
Harass with persistent criticism or carping
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
tantalize; razz; taunt; twit; bait; tantalise; tease; cod; rag; ride; rally
Context examples:
The children teased the new teacher / Don't ride me so hard over my failure / 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)
Meaning:
Collecting the charges upon delivery
Synonyms:
C.O.D.; cash on delivery; COD
Context example:
mail a package C.O.D.
