pool

[ pool ]

/ pul /

noun

a small body of standing water; pond.

a still, deep place in a stream.

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

a puddle.

swimming pool.

a subterranean accumulation of oil or gas held in porous and permeable sedimentary rock (reservoir).

verb (used without object)

to form a pool.

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

verb (used with object)

to cause pools to form in.

to cause (blood) to form pools.

adjective

of or for a pool: pool filters.

taking place or occurring around or near a pool: a pool party.

Origin of pool

before 900; Middle English; Old English pōl; cognate with Dutch poel, German Pfuhl

Words nearby pool

pooh bah, pooh-bah, pooh-pooh, pook, pooka, pool, pool hall, pool malebo, pool table, pool train, poole

Definition for pools (2 of 2)

pool ²

[ pool ]

/ pul /

noun

Also called pocket billiards. any of various games played on a pool table with a cue ball and 15 other balls that are usually numbered, in which the object is to drive all the balls into the pockets with the cue ball.

the total amount staked by a combination of bettors, as on a race, to be awarded to the successful bettor or bettors.

the combination of such bettors.

an association of competitors who agree to control the production, market, and price of a commodity for mutual benefit, although they appear to be rivals.

Finance. a combination of persons or organizations for the purpose of manipulating the prices of securities.

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

the combined interests or funds.

a facility, resource, or service that is shared by a group of people: a car pool; a typing pool.

the persons or parties involved.

the stakes in certain games.

British. a billiard game.

Fencing. a match in which each teammate successively plays against each member of the opposing team.

verb (used with object)

to put (resources, money, etc.) into a pool, or common stock or fund, as for a financial venture, according to agreement.

to form a pool of.

to make a common interest of.

verb (used without object)

to enter into or form a pool.

adjective

of or belonging to a pool: a pool typist; a pool reporter.

Origin of pool

First recorded in 1685–95, pool is from the French word poule stakes, literally, hen. See pullet

SYNONYMS FOR pool

4 corner, monopoly.

13 combine, merge, consolidate.

OTHER WORDS FROM pool

pool·er, noun

Example sentences from the Web for pools

ISIS could—and very much wanted to—“transform Iran into pools of blood,” Adnani said.

Iran Says It’s Under Attack by ISIS |Jassem Al Salami |October 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Suddenly, seeing the pools and the crayfish seemed more important than chasing away spiders.

Uncovering the Secrets of St. Kitts |Debra A. Klein |June 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“With the economic downturn, you just have pools of people out of work,” Bartolino says in an interview.

At Mexican Border, Four in Five Drug Busts Involve American Citizens |Andrew Becker, G. W. Schulz, Tia Ghose |March 26, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
According to Nasaw, he also outlawed abuses known as pools, corners, wash sales, and match orders.

“The Patriarch”: Joseph Kennedy Sr.’s Outsized Life |Jacob Heilbrunn |November 21, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Pools of blood, pieces of clothing ripped off mangled limbs and trash sat on the floor.

As Syria’s Bloody Civil War Rages, Aleppo’s Hospitals Are Under Siege |Toby Muse |October 6, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
And if you look into these pools from above, you may often see it clinging to the rocks round the margin.

The Animal World, A Book of Natural History |Theodore Wood
It was moonlight, and the dwarf oak-trees made druid shadows all along the leafy galleries that overhung the pools.

The Worshipper of the Image |Richard Le Gallienne
The buffaloes generally keep to the pools and muddy places, where they lie wallowing or basking in the warm mud for hours.

The Jungle Book |Rudyard Kipling
The habitat consisted mainly of short riffles, with average depth of four inches, and pools to depths of two feet.

Five Natural Hybrid Combinations in Minnows (Cyprinidae) |Frank B. Cross
Near one of these pools grew a patch of delicate, low-spreading plants, evidently ferns.

How to Know the Ferns |Frances Theodora Parsons

British Dictionary definitions for pools (1 of 3)

pools

/ (puːlz) /

pl n

British an organized nationwide principally postal gambling pool betting on the result of football matches Also called: football pools

Word Origin for pools

C20: from pool ² (in the sense: a gambling kitty)

British Dictionary definitions for pools (2 of 3)

pool ¹

/ (puːl) /

noun

a small body of still water, usually fresh; small pond

a small isolated collection of liquid spilt or poured on a surface; puddle a pool of blood

a deep part of a stream or river where the water runs very slowly

an underground accumulation of oil or gas, usually forming a reservoir in porous sedimentary rock

See swimming pool

Word Origin for pool

Old English pōl; related to Old Frisian pōl, German Pfuhl

British Dictionary definitions for pools (3 of 3)

pool ²

/ (puːl) /

noun

any communal combination of resources, funds, etc a typing pool

the combined stakes of the betters in many gambling sports or games; kitty

commerce a group of producers who conspire to establish and maintain output levels and high prices, each member of the group being allocated a maximum quota; price ring

finance, mainly US

a joint fund organized by security-holders for speculative or manipulative purposes on financial markets
the persons or parties involved in such a combination

any of various billiard games in which the object is to pot all the balls with the cue ball, esp that played with 15 coloured and numbered balls; pocket billiards

verb (tr)

to combine (investments, money, interests, etc) into a common fund, as for a joint enterprise

commerce to organize a pool of (enterprises)

Australian informal to inform on or incriminate (someone)

Word Origin for pool

C17: from French poule, literally: hen used to signify stakes in a card game, from Medieval Latin pulla hen, from Latin pullus young animal

Medical definitions for pools

pool

[ pōōl ]

n.

A collection of blood in any region of the body due to dilation and retardation of the circulation in capillaries and veins.

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