A deep pool; a deep place in a river or the sea; a whirlpool or eddy.

A piece of low ground, a hollow; esp. (a) (chiefly Scottish) a low-lying area traversed by a stream, a vale; (b) (chiefly East Anglian) a…

A boggy or swampy place; a small pool.

A deep pool; a place where one may plunge. at the plunge: (Scottish) immersed. Obsolete (English regional in later use).

Sabbatical river: an imaginary river celebrated in Jewish legend, which was said to observe the Sabbath. Similarly Sabbatical pool: see quot. 1649.

North American./sluː/. = slew, n.1 Also, a side channel of a river, or a natural channel that is only sporadically filled with water.

south-west. U.S. A rock hollow where water is retained; hence, any temporary or intermittent pool.

a pool of water among rocks, typically along a shoreline.

A stagnant backwater; a swamp adjacent to a river, lake, etc. Also figurative.

(see quots.).

(a) a cold-water pool, esp. used to cool and invigorate the body after a hot bath, sauna, etc.; (b) Physical Geography a plunge basin; (also) the…

In Germany and in German-speaking countries: a bathing-place by natural waters, an open-air swimming-pool.

a pool or lake of very salty water in which convection is inhibited, allowing considerable heating of the bottom water by solar radiation.