🌱 Removing seeds 🌾 Forming pods

podding

6.2

To remove peas or beans from their pods

noun
/ˈpɒdɪŋ/

: desgranar

She spent the afternoon podding fresh peas for dinner.

Examples

The children helped with podding in the kitchen before the meal.
During harvest season, podding beans can be a relaxing and rewarding task.
I enjoy podding fresh peas from the garden.
The children love podding peas during the summer.
She spent the afternoon podding fresh peas for dinner.
During harvest season, podding beans can be a relaxing and rewarding task.
I enjoy podding fresh peas from the garden.

Synonyms

seeding

vspodding

1 3.3

Removing the small hard parts from fruit and vegetables before cooking or eating

focuses on removing seeds specifically from pods rather than whole fruits

Surface Forms

podding singular

poddings plural

Morphology

podding = pod (transparent) = pod + ing

A straightforward deverbal noun (gerund) formed from the verb 'pod' meaning to remove peas from pods; the action-based meaning follows directly.

Etymology

Podding comes from the simple word pod, which means 'a small case that holds seeds, like a pea pod'. So podding is the action of opening those pods and taking the seeds out.