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COD

abbr.

1. cash on delivery

2. cause of death

3. collect on delivery

cod¹

(kŏd) or cod·fish (kŏd′fĭsh′)

n. pl. cod or cods or codfish or cod·fish·es

1. See Atlantic cod.

2. Any of various marine fishes of the family Gadidae, which includes the Atlantic cod and the haddock.

[Middle English.]

cod²

(kŏd)

1. Archaic A husk or pod.

2. Archaic The scrotum.

3. Obsolete A bag.

[Middle English, from Old English codd.]

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cod

(kɒd)

n, pl cod or cods

1. (Animals) any of the gadoid food fishes of the genus Gadus, esp G. morhua (or G. callarias), which occurs in the North Atlantic and has a long body with three rounded dorsal fins: family Gadidae. They are also a source of cod-liver oil

2. (Animals) any other fish of the family Gadidae. See gadid

3. (Animals) Austral any of various unrelated Australian fish, such as the Murray cod

[C13: probably of Germanic origin; compare Old High German cutte]

cod

(kɒd)

1. dialect Brit and US a pod or husk

2. (Anatomy) an obsolete word for scrotum

3. obsolete a bag or envelope

[Old English codd husk, bag; related to Old Norse koddi, Danish kodde]

cod

(kɒd)

vb (tr) , cods, codding or codded

1. slang Brit and Irish to make fun of; tease

2. slang Brit and Irish to play a trick on; fool

3. slang Brit and Irish a hoax or trick

4. slang Irish a fraud; hoaxer: he's an old cod.

adj (prenominal)

slang Brit mock; sham: cod Latin.

[C19: perhaps from earlier cod a fool, perhaps shortened from codger]

cod

(kɒd)

dialect Northern English a fellow; chap: he's a nice old cod.

[of unknown origin]

Cod

(Placename) Cape Cod See Cape Cod

COD

abbreviation for

1. (Commerce) cash on delivery

2. (Commerce) (in the US) collect on delivery

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cod

(kɒd)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) -cod, (esp. for kinds or species) -cods.

1. any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, esp. Gadus morhua, of cool, N Atlantic waters.

2. a closely related fish, Gadus macrocephalus, of the N Pacific.

[1325–75]

Cod

(kɒd)

n.

Cape, Cape Cod.

COD.

or cod.,

codex.

C.O.D.

or c.o.d.,

cash, or collect, on delivery (purchaser to pay for goods when delivered).

[1855–60, Amer.]

cod

Past participle: codded
Gerund: codding

Imperative
cod
cod

Present
I cod
you cod
he/she/it cods
we cod
you cod
they cod

Preterite
I codded
you codded
he/she/it codded
we codded
you codded
they codded

Present Continuous
I am codding
you are codding
he/she/it is codding
we are codding
you are codding
they are codding

Present Perfect
I have codded
you have codded
he/she/it has codded
we have codded
you have codded
they have codded

Past Continuous
I was codding
you were codding
he/she/it was codding
we were codding
you were codding
they were codding

Past Perfect
I had codded
you had codded
he/she/it had codded
we had codded
you had codded
they had codded

Future
I will cod
you will cod
he/she/it will cod
we will cod
you will cod
they will cod

Future Perfect
I will have codded
you will have codded
he/she/it will have codded
we will have codded
you will have codded
they will have codded

Future Continuous
I will be codding
you will be codding
he/she/it will be codding
we will be codding
you will be codding
they will be codding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been codding
you have been codding
he/she/it has been codding
we have been codding
you have been codding
they have been codding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been codding
you will have been codding
he/she/it will have been codding
we will have been codding
you will have been codding
they will have been codding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been codding
you had been codding
he/she/it had been codding
we had been codding
you had been codding
they had been codding

Conditional
I would cod
you would cod
he/she/it would cod
we would cod
you would cod
they would cod

Past Conditional
I would have codded
you would have codded
he/she/it would have codded
we would have codded
you would have codded
they would have codded

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Noun	1.	cod - the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves) pod, seedcase husk - outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds pea pod, peasecod - husk of a pea; edible in some garden peas
	2.	cod - lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached codfish Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua - one of the world's most important commercial fishes saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food salt cod - codfish preserved in salt; must be desalted and flaked by soaking in water and pounding; used in e.g. codfish cakes
	3.	cod - major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters codfish gadoid, gadoid fish - a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae Gadus, genus Gadus - type genus of the Gadidae: the typical codfishes 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, Lota lota, eelpout, cusk, ling - 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
Verb	1.	cod - fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" dupe, put one across, put one over, slang, take in, gull, befool, fool, put on kid, pull the leg of - tell false information to for fun; "Are you pulling my leg?" deceive, lead astray, betray - cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"
	2.	cod - harass with persistent criticism or carping; "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" bait, razz, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, twit, tease, rag, rally, ride bemock, mock - treat with contempt; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" jeer, scoff, flout, gibe, barrack - laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" banter, chaff, jolly, josh, kid - be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
Adj.	1.	cod - payable by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel" collect due - owed and payable immediately or on demand; "payment is due"
Adv.	1.	COD - collecting the charges upon delivery; "mail a package C.O.D." C.O.D., cash on delivery

cod

noun

Related words
young codling

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Translations

سَمَكُ القَدسَمَكُ القُد

treska

torsk

Kabeljau Dorsch

μπακαλιάρος βακαλάος γάδος

bacalao

turska

cabillaud morue

bakalar

tőkehal

òorskurþorskur

merluzzo

タラ鱈

대구

menkėžuvų taukai

menca

treska

polenovkatrska

bakalarбакалар

torsk

ปลาคอด

morina balığı

тріска

cá tuyết

鳕鳕鱼

COD

ABBR

1. (Brit) =cash on delivery → C.A.E.

2. (US) =collect on delivery → C.A.E.

cod

[kɒd] N (cod or cods (pl)) → bacalao m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cod

[ˈkɒd] n → morue f fraîche, cabillaud m

cod

cod-liver oil

n → Lebertran m

codpiece

n → Hosenbeutel m

cod

n → Kabeljau m; (in Baltic) → Dorsch m

cod

adj (Brit: = not genuine) → vorgetäuscht

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cod

[kɒd] n → merluzzo

cod

(kod) – plural cod

– a type of edible fish found in northern seas.

cod-liver oil

an oil obtained from cod's liver, rich in vitamins A and D.

cod

→ سَمَكُ القُد treska torsk Kabeljau μπακαλιάρος bacalao turska cabillaud bakalar merluzzo タラ 대구 kabeljauw torsk dorsz bacalhau треска torsk ปลาคอด morina balığı cá tuyết 鳕鱼

cod

n. bacalao;

___ liver oil → aceite de hígado de ___.

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It's a full catch today, ain't it?" He pointed at the pens piled high with cod. "What water did ye hev, Manuel?"

Harvey followed Penn, and sat down before a tin pan of cod's tongues and sounds, mixed with scraps of pork and fried potato, a loaf of hot bread, and some black and powerful coffee.

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'Cod's head-and-shoulders,' says the captain, and helps me.

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In Witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape Cod the eleventh of November, in the Raigne of our Sovereigne Lord, King James of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland, the fiftie-fourth, Anno.

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"I had always fancied," the Baron faltered, "that cod were salt-water fish?"

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They first caught crabs and quohogs in the sand; grown bolder, they waded out with nets for mackerel; more experienced, they pushed off in boats and captured cod; and at last, launching a navy of great ships on the sea, explored this watery world; put an incessant belt of circumnavigations round it; peeped in at Behring's Straits; and in all seasons and all oceans declared everlasting war with the mightiest animated mass that has survived the flood; most monstrous and most mountainous!

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The family doctor gave her cod liver oil, then iron, then nitrate of silver, but as the first and the second and the third were alike in doing no good, and as his advice when spring came was to go abroad, a celebrated physician was called in.

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He broke surface and dropped a ten pound rock cod into the canoe, the line and hook intact, the latter still fast in the fish's mouth.

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That's about all I'm good for now--catching trout and cod occasional.

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They possess a quite dazzling and transcendent beauty which separates them by a wide interval from the cadaverous cod and haddock whose fame is trumpeted in our streets.

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Every one knows that by the peculiar cunning of their gills, the finny tribes in general breathe the air which at all times is combined with the element in which they swim, hence, a herring or a cod might live a century, and never once raise its head above the surface.

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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.

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