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Pocket

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Noun

1. pocket

a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles

2. pocket, pouch, sac, sack

an enclosed space

Example Sentences:
'the trapped miners found a pocket of air'

3. pocket

a supply of money

Example Sentences:
'they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets'

4. pocket

(bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left

Example Sentences:
'the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike'

5. pocket, scoop

a hollow concave shape made by removing something

6. air hole, air pocket, pocket

a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly

7. pocket

a small isolated group of people

Example Sentences:
'they were concentrated in pockets inside the city'
'the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance'

8. pocket, pouch

(anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)

9. pocket

an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck

Verb

10. pocket

put in one's pocket

Example Sentences:
'He pocketed the change'

11. bag, pocket

take unlawfully

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Pocket

see synonyms of pocket
noun
1. 
a small bag or pouch in a garment for carrying small articles, money, etc
2. 
any bag or pouch or anything resembling this
3. 
a. 
a cavity or hollow in the earth, etc, such as one containing gold or other ore
b. 
the ore in such a place
4. 
a small enclosed or isolated area
a pocket of resistance
5. billiards, snooker
any of the six holes with pouches or nets let into the corners and sides of a billiard table
6. 
a position in a race in which a competitor is hemmed in
7. sport
an area of the field where a player is shielded from opponents and has an opportunity to control attacking play
8. Australian Rules football
a player in one of two side positions at the ends of the ground
back pocket
forward pocket
9. South Africa
a bag or sack of vegetables or fruit
10.  in one's pocket
11.  in pocket
12.  out of pocket
13.  line one's pockets
14. (modifier)
suitable for fitting in a pocket; small
a pocket edition
15. (modifier) poker slang
denoting a pair formed from the two private cards dealt to a player in a game of Texas hold 'em
pocket queens
verb -ets, -eting or -eted (transitive)
16. 
to put into one's pocket
17. 
to take surreptitiously or unlawfully; steal
18. (usually passive)
to enclose or confine in or as if in a pocket
19. 
to receive (an insult, injury, etc) without retaliating
20. 
to conceal or keep back (feelings)
he pocketed his pride and accepted help
21. billiards, snooker
to drive (a ball) into a pocket
22. US
(esp of the President) to retain (a bill) without acting on it in order to prevent it from becoming law
See also pocket veto
23. 
to hem in (an opponent), as in racing

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Pocket

see synonyms of pocket
noun
1.  Archaic
a sack, esp. when used to measure something
2. 
a. 
a little bag or pouch, now usually sewn into or on clothing, for carrying money and small articles
b. 
any usually small container, compartment, enclosure, etc.
3. 
a cavity that holds or can hold something
4. 
a small area or group of a specified type
a pocket of poverty
5. 
a confining or frustrating situation
6. 
financial resources; funds; means
a drain on one's pocket
7. 
a position of being hemmed in by other contestants so as to be held back
8.  Aeronautics
air pocket
9.  US, Baseball
a hollow in a baseball mitt where the ball can be securely caught and held
10.  Bowling
the space between two pins, esp. the head pin and the pin next to it
11.  American Football
the protected area behind the offensive line, from which the quarterback passes the ball
12.  Geology
a. 
a cavity filled with ore, oil, gas, or water
b. 
a small deposit of ore
13.  Pool
any of the pouches at the sides and corners of a billiard or pool table
14.  Zoology
a sac or pouch in an animal's body
adjective
15. 
a. 
that is or can be carried in a pocket
b. 
smaller than standard
16. 
not widespread; contained; isolated
pocket resistance
verb transitive
17. 
to put into a pocket
18. 
to provide with a pocket or pockets
19. 
to envelop; enclose
20. 
to take dishonestly; appropriate (money, profits, etc.) for one's own use
21. 
to put up with (an insult, gibe, etc.) without answering or showing anger
22. 
to hide, suppress, or set aside
pocket one's pride
23.  US, Politics
to prevent passage of (a bill) by the pocket veto

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Pocket

see synonyms of pocket
n.
1. A small baglike attachment forming part of a garment and used to carry small articles, as a flat pouch sewn inside a pair of pants or a piece of material sewn on its sides and bottom to the outside of a shirt.
2. A small sack or bag.
3. A receptacle, cavity, or opening.
4. Financial means; money supply: The cost of the trip must come out of your own pocket.
5.
a. A small cavity in the earth, especially one containing ore.
b. A small body or accumulation of ore.
6. A pouch in an animal body, such as the cheek pouch of a rodent or the abdominal pouch of a marsupial.
7. Games One of the pouchlike receptacles at the corners and sides of a billiard or pool table.
8. Sports The webbing attached to the head of a lacrosse stick, in which the ball is caught and held.
9. Baseball The deepest part of a baseball glove, just below the web, where the ball is normally caught.
10. Sports A racing position in which a contestant has no room to pass a group of contestants immediately to his or her front or side.
11.
a. A small, isolated, or protected area or group: pockets of dissatisfied voters.
b. Football The area a few yards behind the line of scrimmage that blockers attempt to keep clear so that the quarterback can pass the ball.
12. An air pocket.
13. A bin for storing ore, grain, or other materials.
adj.
1. Suitable for or capable of being carried in one's pocket: a pocket handkerchief; a pocket edition of a dictionary.
2. Small; miniature: a pocket backyard; a pocket museum.
3. Designating the two cards that are dealt to a player face down in Texas hold'em: was holding pocket eights.
tr.v. pock·et·ed, pock·et·ing, pock·ets
1. To place in a pocket: pocketed her key.
2. To take possession of for oneself, especially dishonestly: pocketed the receipts from the charity dance.
3.
a. To accept or tolerate (an insult, for example).
b. To conceal or suppress: I pocketed my pride and asked for a raise.
4. To prevent (a bill) from becoming law by failing to sign until the adjournment of the legislature.
5. Sports To hem in (a competitor) in a race.
6. Games To hit (a ball) into a pocket of a pool or billiard table.

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