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Definition of 'pool'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) pool
a small body of standing water; a small pond.

2.  pool
a still, deep place in a stream.

3.  pool
any small collection of liquid on a surface; puddle:
a pool of blood.

4.  pool
a subterranean accumulation of oil or gas.

5. (v.i.) pool
to form a pool.

6.  pool
(of blood) to accumulate in a body part or organ.

7. (v.t.) pool
to cause pools to form in.

8. (n.) pool
the total amount staked by a combination of bettors, as on a race.

9.  pool
the combination of such bettors.

10.  pool
an association of competitors who conspire to control the production, market, and price of a commodity for their mutual benefit.

11.  pool
a combination of resources, funds, etc., for common advantage.

12.  pool
the combined resources or funds.

13.  pool
a facility or service shared by a group of people:
a car pool; a typing pool.

14.  pool
the persons involved.

15.  pool
the stakes in certain games.

16. (v.t.) pool
to put (resources, money, etc.) into a pool, or common fund.

17.  pool
to form a pool of.

18.  pool
to make a common interest of.

19. (v.i.) pool
to enter into or form a pool.

Etymology: (1685–95; < F poule stakes, lit., hen. See pullet)

Definition of 'pool'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) pool
an excavation that is (usually) filled with water

2. (noun) pond, pool
a small lake
"the pond was too small for sailing"

3. (noun) pool
an organization of people or resources that can be shared
"a car pool"; "a secretarial pool"; "when he was first hired he was assigned to the pool"

4. (noun) consortium, pool, syndicate
an association of companies for some definite purpose

5. (noun) pool
any communal combination of funds
"everyone contributed to the pool"

6. (noun) pool, puddle
a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
"there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain"; "the body lay in a pool of blood"

7. (noun) pool, kitty
the combined stakes of the betters

8. (noun) pool, puddle
something resembling a pool of liquid
"he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"

9. (verb) pool, pocket billiards
any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets

10. (verb) pool
combine into a common fund
"We pooled resources"

11. (verb) pool
join or form a pool of people

Definition of 'pool'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) pool
an area of liquid on the ground, floor, etc.
He was lying in a pool of blood.

2.  pool
a swimming pool
She spent all afternoon at the pool.

3.  pool
a game in which you hit balls with long sticks into holes at the edges of a table
a game of pool

4.  pool
light shining on a surface
a glowing pool of light from the street lamp

Definition of 'pool'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) pool
a small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water; as, the pools of Solomon

2. (noun) pool
a small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle

3. (noun) pool
the stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a snare; also, the receptacle for the stakes

4. (noun) pool
a game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game; a game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table

5. (noun) pool
in rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners

6. (noun) pool
any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join

7. (noun) pool
a combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed; as, the pool took all the wheat offered below the limit; he put $10,000 into the pool

8. (noun) pool
a mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement

9. (noun) pool
an aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities

10. (verb) pool
to put together; to contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of; as, the companies pooled their traffic

11. (verb) pool
to combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction

Definition of 'pool'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. pool
1. Maintenance and control of a supply of resources or personnel upon which other activities may draw. The primary purpose of a pool is to promote maximum efficiency of use of the pooled resources or personnel, e.g., a petroleum pool or a labor and equipment pool. 2. Any combination of resources which serves a common purpose.

Translation of 'pool'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a small area of still water The rain left pools in the road.
Afrikaans: plas	Arabic: بِرْكَة ماء	Bulgarian: локва
Brazilian: poça	Czech: louže	German: die Pfütze
Danish: pyt	Greek: λιμνούλα με νερό	Spanish: charco
Estonian: lomp	Farsi: آبگیر؛ چالاب	Finnish: uima-allas
French: flaque	Hebrew: שְׁלוּלִית	Hindi: पोखरा, तालाब
Croatian: bara, barica	Hungarian: pocsolya	Indonesian: genangan
Icelandic: pollur	Italian: pozzanghera	Japanese: 水たまり
Korean: 웅덩이	Lithuanian: bala	Latvian: peļķe
Malay: kolam	Dutch: plas	Norwegian: vannpytt/-dam
Polish: kałuża	Persian: حوض	Pashto: حوض
Portuguese: poça	Romanian: baltă	Russian: лужа
Slovak: mláka	Slovenian: luža	Serbian: barica
Swedish: pöl	Thai: แอ่งน้ำ	Turkish: gölcük; su birikintisi
Taiwanese: 水塘	Ukrainian: ставочок; калюжа	Urdu: تالاب
Vietnamese: vũng nước	Chinese: 水塘
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