cod — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. Any of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fish. A sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus).

   Synonyme

   codfish

   Oberbegriffe

   GadiformesAnacanthiniwhitefishgroundfishdemersalfishvertebrateanimalorganismcreature

2. Any of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fish. A sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus). A sea fish of the genus Gadus, inclusive of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus), and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac).

3. Any of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fish. A sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus). A sea fish of the genus Gadus, inclusive of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus), and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac). An Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).

   Synonyme

   common codmilwellScotch cod

4. Any of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fish. Other not closely related fish which are similarly important to regional fisheries, as the hapuku and cultus cod.

   Gebrauch

   • informell
   • usually
   • with qualifiers

   Synonyme

   codfish

   Oberbegriffe

   GadiformesAnacanthiniwhitefishgroundfishdemersalfishvertebrateanimalorganismcreature

5. Any of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fish. Other not closely related fish which resemble the Atlantic cod, such as the rock cod (Lotella rhacina) and blue cod (Parapercis colias).

   Gebrauch

   • informell
   • usually
   • with qualifiers

   Synonyme

   codfish

   Oberbegriffe

   GadiformesAnacanthiniwhitefishgroundfishdemersalfishvertebrateanimalorganismcreature

Substantiv

1. A small bag or pouch.

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   • außer Gebrauch

   Beispiele

   There is a Cod, or Bag, that groweth commonly in the Fields;

   The Bunt is to a Sail,[The Bunt of a Sail.] as the Cod to a Net, being the very Pouch, or Bag of the Sail; and therefore all Sails have this Bunt,

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   Perspective view of the gear, showing important parts: b, beam; bl. belly; br, brail; bt, bating; c cod end, or bag;

2. A husk or integument; a pod.

   Gebrauch

   • britischer Gebrauch
   • außer Gebrauch

   Beispiele

   And he wolde fayne have filled his bely with the coddes, that the swyne ate: and noo man gave hym.

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   and I remember the wooing of a peascod instead of her, from whom I tooke two cods, and giuing her them againe, said with weeping teares, weare these for my sake: wee that are true Louers, runne into strange capers; but as all is mortall in nature, so is all nature in loue, mortall in folly.

   1. Colutæa vesicaria vulgaris sylvestris. Ordinary Bastard Sene with bladders. This greater Bastard Sene groweth in time to be a tree of a reasonable greatnesse, the stem or trunck being of the bignesse of a mans arme or greater, covered with a blackish greene ragged barke, the wood whereof is harder then of an Elder, but with a pith in the middle of the branches which are divided many wayes, having divers winged leaves composed of many small round pointed or rather flat pointed leaves, set at severall distances, and somewhat like unto Licoris, or the Hatchet fitch, among which come forth yellow flowers like unto Broome flowers and as large; after which come thinne swelling cods, like unto thinne transparent bladders; wherein are conteined blacke seede set upon a middle ribbe within the bladders, which being alittle crushed betweene the fingers, will give a cracke like a bladder full of winde: the roote groweth great and wooddy, branching forth divers wayes.

   its Cods are very crooked and ill ſhaped

3. The cocoon of a silkworm.

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   As soon as it is arrived at the size and strength necessary for the beginning its cod, it makes its web; this is his first day's employment; on the second he forms his cod, and covers himself almost over with silk; the third day he is quite hid; and the following days employs himself in thickening and strengthening his cod; always working from one single end, which he never breaks himself; and which is so fine, and so long, that those who have nicely examin'd it affirm, that each cod contains silk enough to reach the length of six English miles.

   In seven days, the cods being finished, they are gathered and laid inheaps till they have time to wind off the silk: But they first set apart the cods designed for propagation, upon a hurdle in a cool airy place.

   The whole moth kind, as well as the silkworm, immediately before their transformation into the chrysalis state, cover their bodies with a cod or clew of silk , though the nature of the silk , and their mode of spinning, are very different.

4. The scrotum.

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   • also
   • archaisch
   • in-plural

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   that which we call castoreum […] are not the same to be termed testicles or stones; for these cods or follicles are found in both sexes, though somewhat more protuberant in the male.

   Then let the cutter take and hold the tip of his cod in his left hand, and with a sharp knife cut the top thereof an inch long clean away.

   I went on one knee and thrust up and into his cod.

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   Starmara made a muffled sound that might have been a bleat of alarm or might have merely been an expression of disgust, but revealed to her from-the-floor gaze was a leather cod of weary age and condition, below a long, continuous coil of coarse rope that had been wound round and round the merchant's hips, adding noticeably to his impressive girth—which shrank rapidly as the merchant tugged, hauled on the rope, then began a ponderous imitation of a dancing-lass undulating on a pedestal at a revel, shedding coils around his feet with a clumsiness that made Surth sigh and Starmara suddenly want to laugh.

5. A pillow or cushion.

   Gebrauch

   • Scotland
   • britischer Gebrauch
   • dialectal
   • außer Gebrauch

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   Provost Maccalzean, with the silver keys in his hand, and the eldest bailie with the crimson-velvet cod, whereon they were to be delivered to her Majesty, following as fast as any member of a city corporation could be reasonably be expected to do.

   Item , ane long velvet cod or cusheon ;

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   Elizabeth Pitt, wife of Thomas Pitt of Haldon, clothier, Elizabeth Clerke of the same, spinster, and Jane Topliffe, wife of James Topliffe of the same, laborer, for stealing there on 1ˢᵗ Nov., 1640, a petticoat (parvacidam) value 4s., two children's coats value 2s., a feather bed cod value 2s., the property of Richard Bradley.

Substantiv

1. A joke or an imitation.

   Beispiele

   I assume it all could just be a cod.

2. A stupid or foolish person.

   Beispiele

   He's making a right cod of himself.

Adjektiv

1. Having the character of imitation; jocular.

   Gebrauch

   • attributive
   • in Zusammensetzungen
   • usually

   Synonyme

   fauxmock

   Beispiele

   cod psychology

   “Illegitimi non carborundum” is a well-known example of cod Latin.

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   Dalton categorises Muse's latest composition as “cod-classical bombast”.

   […] the director's vision has devolved from cod Orwell to riffing off bad girl art comic books and generally feeble posing.

   READERS of The Economist may not necessarily be familiar with the “World of Warcraft”. For those who are not, it is a cod-medieval online game in which goblins and trolls, warriors and wizards, and so on act out the fantasies of some 9m players who spend the rest of their lives in the alternative world of paper and pay-packets.

   Hynkel's anti-Semitic rants (consisting of cod-German punctuated by shouts of "Juden") are terrifying, but there is no conviction behind them, just a desperate need to distract the Tomainians from his economic failures.

   In place of snappy banter, there is cod philosophy about destiny and choice, and in place of Lalo Schifrin's adrenaline-pumping classic theme, there are orchestral minor chords on the soundtrack.

2. Bad.

   Gebrauch

   • Polari

   Antonyme

   bona

   Beispiele

   Sandy: Right, right, well I'll just open the wardrobe. Oh, here, look—his wardrobe. Ha! Julian: Ha! Oh what a naff lot! Sandy: It is a bit cod isn't it.

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   Will you take a varder at the cartz on the feely-omi in the naf strides: the one with the bona blue ogles polarying the omi-palone with a vogue on and a cod sheitel.

   Hahahahaha! @AnnaJaneCasey Vada the homi ajax, with the naff riah and the cod lally drags. Ooooo she's camp...

Verb

1. To attempt to deceive or confuse; to kid.

   Gebrauch

   • dialectal
   • Slang
   • transitiv

   Beispiele

   "How are you, Mary?" "I thought your friend Mac was codding me that you would come."

2. To joke; to kid.

   Gebrauch

   • Ireland
   • intransitiv
   • Slang

   Beispiele

   I'm only codding!

Adjektiv

1. payable by the recipient on delivery

   Synonyme

   collect

   Beispiele

   a collect call

   the letter came collect

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   a COD parcel

Substantiv

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

   Synonyme

   podseedcase

   Oberbegriffe

   husk

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

   Synonyme

   codfish

   Oberbegriffe

   saltwater fish

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

   Synonyme

   codfish

   Oberbegriffe

   gadoidgadoid fish

Verb

1. fool or hoax

   Synonyme

   gulldupeslangbefoolfoolput ontake input one overput one across

   Oberbegriffe

   deceivebetraylead astray

   Beispiele

   The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone

   You can't fool me!

2. harass with persistent criticism or carping

   Synonyme

   teaserazzragtantalizetantalisebaittaunttwitrallyride

   Oberbegriffe

   mockbemock

   Beispiele

   The children teased the new teacher

   Don't ride me so hard over my failure

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