POOL
\pˈuːl], \pˈuːl], \p_ˈuː_l]\
Definitions of POOL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an association of companies for some definite purpose
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any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
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a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing"
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an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
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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"
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something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"
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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"
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any communal combination of funds; "everyone contributed to the pool"
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join or form a pool of people
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combine into a common fund; "We pooled resources"
By Princeton University
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an association of companies for some definite purpose
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any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
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a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing"
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an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
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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"
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something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"
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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"
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any communal combination of funds; "everyone contributed to the pool"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
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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.
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A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
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An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.
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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.
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To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.
By Oddity Software
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A small body of water; a puddle; a kind of billiards; the money played for in certain gambling games or the place where it is kept; a common fund of money raised to speculate with, or the persons putting up the money.
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To put into a common fund in order to share the profits.
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To form a common fund.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A small body of water.
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The receptacle for the stakes in certain games: the stakes themselves: a variety of play at billiards.
By Daniel Lyons
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To put into a common fund.
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To form a pool.
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A small collection of liquid.
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A collective stake in a gambling game; a speculative combination; a common fund.
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A game played on a six-pocket billiard-table.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, Latin] A small and rather deep collection of fresh water supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of as stream;—a puddle.
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n. [French] The box or tray into which the stakes are put in certain games of cards;—the whole amount of the stakes in one hand or round of the game.
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