cod

«cod» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a large sea fish with white flesh, eaten a lot as food… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a cod, cod; plural usually cod); adjective (cod — UK informal, fake)

meaning for a pupil

1) A cod is a large sea fish with white flesh, eaten a lot as food, especially in fish and chips. tree →

2) (UK, informal) «Cod» before a word means fake or pretend, not real: a cod accent, cod science. tree →

3) COD (cash on delivery) means paying when goods are delivered, in some countries. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday British, Irish, Canadian and Australian life cod is the classic fish in fish and chips. In geography and science lessons, overfishing of cod is a famous example: the Atlantic cod near Newfoundland in Canada collapsed after too much fishing, showing why sustainable fishing matters. Cod liver oil is a vitamin supplement. Phrases: cod and chips, cod liver oil, Atlantic cod, the Cod Wars (UK and Iceland fishing quarrels).

examples

• Barges''*) quotes, from the Paris Cod. 7()'2 the following passage, which occurs also in the Brit. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• Can I have cod and chips, please? tree →
• Cod is a fish with flaky white flesh. tree →
• Too much fishing made the cod disappear near Newfoundland. tree →
• Grandma made us take cod liver oil in winter. tree →
• The fishermen caught three huge cod. tree →
• (UK, informal) He put on a cod French accent to make us laugh. tree →
• Britain and Iceland once argued about cod fishing. tree →
• Choose cod with a label saying it was caught sustainably. tree →
• All good things go in threes, so Matte and his wife fished for salmon in spring, for herring in summer, and for cod in winter. tree →

note

The plural is usually the same: one cod, ten cod (like «sheep»); «cods» is used for different kinds. Do not confuse with «COD» (cash on delivery) or the video game short name. «Cod» as «fake» is informal British use.

In the corpora

• Catch too many and there are not enough left to have babies, which is what happened to the cod off Canada.
• Cod-liver oil contains omega-3 fats and vitamins A and D, and was used in the past to prevent rickets.
• Too much vitamin A can be harmful, so cod-liver oil should not be doubled up with other vitamin A supplements.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cod» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.