| pool | |
| 1. n. 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. | |
| the pools of Solomon | |
| 2. n. A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle. | |
| 3. n. (ellipsis of swimming pool). | |
| 4. n. A supply of resources. | |
| There is a limited pool of candidates from which to choose the new manager. | |
| 5. n. (by extension, computing) A set of resources that are kept ready to use. | |
| 6. n. A small amount of liquid on a surface, such as a pool of blood. | |
| 7. v. (intransitive, of a liquid) to form a pool | |
| 8. n. (game) 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 | |
| 9. n. (sport) A cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour, 7 of another, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the | |
| 10. n. 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. | |
| 11. n. Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join. | |
| 12. n. The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes. | |
| 13. n. 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 contribut | |
| The pool took all the wheat offered below the limit. | |
| He put $10,000 into the pool. | |
| 14. n. (rail transport) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement. | |
| 15. n. (legal) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities. | |
| 16. v. to put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of | |
| We must pool our resources. | |
| 17. v. (intransitive) to combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction | |
