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1. (n.) pocket
a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used esp. for carrying small articles.
2. pocket
means; financial resources:
gifts to suit every pocket.
3. pocket
a bag or pouch.
4. pocket
any pouchlike receptacle, compartment, or cavity.
5. pocket
an isolated group, area, or element contrasted with a surrounding element or group:
pockets of resistance.
6. pocket
a small, well-defined mass of ore, frequently isolated.
7. pocket
any of the pouches at the corners and sides of a pool table.
8. pocket
a position in which a competitor in a race is so hemmed in by others that his or her progress is impeded.
9. pocket
Football. the area from which a quarterback throws a pass, usu. a short distance behind the line of scrimmage and protected by a wall of blockers.
10. pocket
Bowling. the space between the headpin and the pin next behind to the left or right, taken as the target for a strike.
11. pocket
Baseball. the deepest part of a mitt or glove, roughly the center of the palm, where most balls are caught.
12. pocket
a recess, as in a wall, for receiving a sliding door, sash weights, etc.
13. (adj.) pocket
small enough for carrying in the pocket:
a pocket calculator.
14. pocket
relatively small; small-scale:
a pocket war.
15. (v.t.) pocket
to put into one's pocket:
to pocket one's keys.
16. pocket
to take as one's own, often dishonestly; appropriate:
to pocket public funds.
17. pocket
to endure without protest:
to pocket an insult.
18. pocket
to conceal or suppress:
to pocket one's pride.
19. pocket
to enclose; confine; hem in or as if in a pocket:
The town was pocketed in a small valley.
20. pocket
to drive (a ball) into the pocket of a pool table.
21. pocket
to retain (a legislative bill) without action and thus prevent from becoming a law.
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| Definition of 'pocket' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) pocket
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
2. (noun) pouch, sac, sack, pocket
an enclosed space
"the trapped miners found a pocket of air"
3. (noun) pocket
a supply of money
"they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets"
4. (noun) pocket
(bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left
"the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike"
5. (noun) scoop, pocket
a hollow concave shape made by removing something
6. (noun) air pocket, pocket, air hole
a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
7. (noun) pocket
a small isolated group of people
"they were concentrated in pockets inside the city"; "the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance"
8. (noun) pouch, pocket
(anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
9. (verb) pocket
an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
10. (verb) pocket
put in one's pocket
"He pocketed the change"
11. (verb) pocket, bag
take unlawfully
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1. (noun) pocket
a bag-like part of a piece of clothing, bag, etc.
He put the key in his jeans pocket.; the pocket on the back of the seats on a plane
2. pocket
a place where sth began or continues
pockets of resistance against the government
3. pocket
the money sb has to spend
She paid for a new computer out of her own pocket.
4. (verb) pocket
to steal or take for yourself
He pocketed the rest of the money.
5. (adjective) pocket
small
a pocket dictionary
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| Definition of 'pocket' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) pocket
a bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth
2. (noun) pocket
one of several bags attached to a billiard table, into which the balls are driven
3. (noun) pocket
a large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc
4. (noun) pocket
a hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like
5. (noun) pocket
a cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity
6. (noun) pocket
a hole containing water
7. (noun) pocket
a strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace
8. (noun) pocket
same as Pouch
9. (verb) pocket
to put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the change
10. (verb) pocket
to take clandestinely or fraudulently
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| Definitions of 'pocket' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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pocket
The seat of the human soul.
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Sense: a small bag sewn into or on to clothes, for carrying things in
He stood with his hands in his pockets; a coat-pocket; (
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 Afrikaans: sak |
 Arabic: جَيْب |
 Bulgarian: джоб |
 Brazilian: bolso |
 Czech: kapsa; kapesní |
 German: die Tasche; Taschen-... |
 Danish: lomme; -lomme; lomme- |
 Greek: τσέπη |
 Spanish: bolsillo |
 Estonian: tasku |
 Farsi: جیب |
 Finnish: tasku |
 French: (de) poche |
 Hebrew: כִּיס |
 Hindi: जेब |
 Croatian: džep |
 Hungarian: zseb |
 Indonesian: saku |
 Icelandic: vasi |
 Italian: tasca; da tasca |
 Japanese: ポケット |
 Korean: 호주머니 |
 Lithuanian: kišenė; kišeninis |
 Latvian: kabata; kabatas- |
 Malay: poket |
 Dutch: zak |
 Norwegian: lomme(-) |
 Polish: kieszeń |
 Persian: جیب |
 Pashto: جيب |
 Portuguese: bolso |
 Romanian: (de) buzunar |
 Russian: карман |
 Slovak: vrecko; vreckový |
 Slovenian: žep |
 Serbian: džep |
 Swedish: ficka |
 Thai: กระเป๋าเสื้อหรือกางเกง |
 Turkish: cep |
 Taiwanese: 衣袋 |
 Ukrainian: кишеня |
 Urdu: جيب |
 Vietnamese: túi |
 Chinese: 衣袋 |
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