Pea
noun
A small round green seed that is eaten as a vegetable or used in cooking.
I added a handful of peas to the soup.
Often appears as...
- green peas
- split pea
noun
Short for 'peacoat', a short, double-breasted overcoat made from heavy wool, usually navy blue and originally worn by sailors.
He wore a black pea coat that made him look incredibly stylish.
Often appears as...
- navy pea coat
- wool pea coat
noun
Someone's slightest concern or interest.
I don't give a pea about what they think.
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial,Idiomatic
noun
A small round green seed that is eaten as a vegetable or used in cooking.
I added a handful of peas to the soup.
Often appears as...
- green peas
- split pea
noun
Short for 'peacoat', a short, double-breasted overcoat made from heavy wool, usually navy blue and originally worn by sailors.
He wore a black pea coat that made him look incredibly stylish.
Often appears as...
- navy pea coat
- wool pea coat
noun
Someone's slightest concern or interest.
I don't give a pea about what they think.
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial,Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Countable Noun
Pea is a countable noun; we say 'three peas', not 'three pea'.
She counted out twenty peas for the recipe.
Pro Tip 2/3Quantifying Words
Use words like 'handful' or 'cup' to describe a quantity of peas.
He added a cup of peas to the stew.
Pro Tip 3/3Pea Varieties
There are different types of peas, like 'snap peas' or 'snow peas' that have unique tastes.
Snap peas are sweeter and can be eaten whole.
Pro Tip 1/3Countable Noun
Pea is a countable noun; we say 'three peas', not 'three pea'.
She counted out twenty peas for the recipe.
Pro Tip 2/3Quantifying Words
Use words like 'handful' or 'cup' to describe a quantity of peas.
He added a cup of peas to the stew.
Pro Tip 3/3Pea Varieties
There are different types of peas, like 'snap peas' or 'snow peas' that have unique tastes.
Snap peas are sweeter and can be eaten whole.
Pro Tip 1/3Countable Noun
Pea is a countable noun; we say 'three peas', not 'three pea'.
She counted out twenty peas for the recipe.
Pro Tip 2/3Quantifying Words
Use words like 'handful' or 'cup' to describe a quantity of peas.
He added a cup of peas to the stew.
Pro Tip 3/3Pea Varieties
There are different types of peas, like 'snap peas' or 'snow peas' that have unique tastes.
Snap peas are sweeter and can be eaten whole.
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Video examples
Peter Doolittle: How...
because you're going to be exposed to so many different ideas. Now the problem that we have is that life comes at us, and it comes at us very quickly, and what we need to do is to take that amorphous flow of experience and somehow extract meaning from it with a working memory that's about the size of a pea.
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How Mendel's pea plants...
showing the two possible phenotypes in a three-to-one proportion. But even peas have a lot of characteristics. For example, besides being yellow or green, peas may be round or wrinkled. So we could have all these possible round yellow peas, round green peas, wrinkled yellow peas, wrinkled green peas.
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Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
you know feed hoist train them keep them safe she's very interested in me I said I think last night someone said she's got a good pea heart enormous ears enormous ears she's looking right at Sabre I think she's got a a fetish for
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What if AI learned more...
has no concept of walking or jumping so it has to spend all the time to learn these skills and then spend even more time figuring out how to peas these skills together to reach the flag so all of this trial and error and take a
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Forget Everything You...
mango and said okay fruits with only one seed inside that is reroute then they looked at blueberries and cranberries and said when the fruit has plenty of seeds inside it's a berry then they looked at the strange stuff the pea
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What we're getting wrong...
a gallon of barbecue sauce, a bag of kettle potato chips, a box of superhero-shaped vegetable-enriched macaroni noodles, a box of belVita breakfast bars, a can of refried beans, a can of sweet peas, a miniature can of corn,
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Genetics 101 PIPE National...
published the results of his hybridization studies of pea plants. In his findings, he noted the role of factors that influence the expression of traits. These factors later became known as genes.
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
no firefighters here good truly deep Ubud a cool passion wasn't money $40 for Jubilee now eligible to eat it a B as a tradition winter peas woman called up and down as well
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Best of Australian...
started with koalas because they're easy to handle and breed well they hope to perfect the methods to help rare marsupials in the wild like grim pea the hairy-nosed wombat
Video examples
How Koalas Breed PIPE...
is a success in 35 days time a tiny baby koala will make its way into beaters pouch the team will be one step closer to helping rare marsupials like grim pea
Video examples
Peter Doolittle: How...
because you're going to be exposed to so many different ideas. Now the problem that we have is that life comes at us, and it comes at us very quickly, and what we need to do is to take that amorphous flow of experience and somehow extract meaning from it with a working memory that's about the size of a pea.
Video examples
How Mendel's pea plants...
showing the two possible phenotypes in a three-to-one proportion. But even peas have a lot of characteristics. For example, besides being yellow or green, peas may be round or wrinkled. So we could have all these possible round yellow peas, round green peas, wrinkled yellow peas, wrinkled green peas.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
you know feed hoist train them keep them safe she's very interested in me I said I think last night someone said she's got a good pea heart enormous ears enormous ears she's looking right at Sabre I think she's got a a fetish for
Video examples
What if AI learned more...
has no concept of walking or jumping so it has to spend all the time to learn these skills and then spend even more time figuring out how to peas these skills together to reach the flag so all of this trial and error and take a
Video examples
Forget Everything You...
mango and said okay fruits with only one seed inside that is reroute then they looked at blueberries and cranberries and said when the fruit has plenty of seeds inside it's a berry then they looked at the strange stuff the pea
Video examples
What we're getting wrong...
a gallon of barbecue sauce, a bag of kettle potato chips, a box of superhero-shaped vegetable-enriched macaroni noodles, a box of belVita breakfast bars, a can of refried beans, a can of sweet peas, a miniature can of corn,
Video examples
Genetics 101 PIPE National...
published the results of his hybridization studies of pea plants. In his findings, he noted the role of factors that influence the expression of traits. These factors later became known as genes.
Video examples
LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
no firefighters here good truly deep Ubud a cool passion wasn't money $40 for Jubilee now eligible to eat it a B as a tradition winter peas woman called up and down as well
Video examples
Best of Australian...
started with koalas because they're easy to handle and breed well they hope to perfect the methods to help rare marsupials in the wild like grim pea the hairy-nosed wombat
Video examples
How Koalas Breed PIPE...
is a success in 35 days time a tiny baby koala will make its way into beaters pouch the team will be one step closer to helping rare marsupials like grim pea
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Jeremy Hardy
British Comedian
I've never been able to understand how risk-averse my mum is. She hated conkers, pea shooters, and anything that could have someone's eye out: skipping, swinging on your chair, talking with your mouth full.
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A. James Clark
American Businessman
I did not want to go out at 5:30 in the morning with my stocking cap and my navy pea coat on and shoot lines and grades for the rest of my life.
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Garrison Keillor
American Writer
A minister has to be able to read a clock. At noon, it's time to go home and turn up the pot roast and get the peas out of the freezer.
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Rico Rodriguez
American Actor
I think peas are really nasty. I liked them when I was younger, but I guess when you get older you have different taste buds.
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Willard Wigan
English Sculptor
My teacher said my brain was the size of a pea. He made my life miserable by singling me out in the classroom as a failure.
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Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
British Statesman
Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.
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Josh Gondelman
American Author
I'm skinny, but a soft skinny. I have strong legs, but my arms are like pea pods with single peas for elbows.
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Vanessa Paradis
French Musician
You know, when I eat three peas, I'm pregnant. When I visit a city, I'm buying a house.
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Taj Mahal
American Musician
I'm old enough to chew my peas and corn without choking.
Quote examples
Annie Murphy
Canadian Actress
Peas are terrible and a joke food.
Quote examples
Jeremy Hardy
British Comedian
I've never been able to understand how risk-averse my mum is. She hated conkers, pea shooters, and anything that could have someone's eye out: skipping, swinging on your chair, talking with your mouth full.
Quote examples
A. James Clark
American Businessman
I did not want to go out at 5:30 in the morning with my stocking cap and my navy pea coat on and shoot lines and grades for the rest of my life.
Quote examples
Garrison Keillor
American Writer
A minister has to be able to read a clock. At noon, it's time to go home and turn up the pot roast and get the peas out of the freezer.
Quote examples
Rico Rodriguez
American Actor
I think peas are really nasty. I liked them when I was younger, but I guess when you get older you have different taste buds.
Quote examples
Willard Wigan
English Sculptor
My teacher said my brain was the size of a pea. He made my life miserable by singling me out in the classroom as a failure.
Quote examples
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
British Statesman
Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.
Quote examples
Josh Gondelman
American Author
I'm skinny, but a soft skinny. I have strong legs, but my arms are like pea pods with single peas for elbows.
Quote examples
Vanessa Paradis
French Musician
You know, when I eat three peas, I'm pregnant. When I visit a city, I'm buying a house.
Quote examples
Taj Mahal
American Musician
I'm old enough to chew my peas and corn without choking.
Quote examples
Annie Murphy
Canadian Actress
Peas are terrible and a joke food.
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