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pool 1 P0441500 (po͞ol)n.1. A small body of still water.2. An accumulation of standing liquid; a puddle: a pool of blood.3. A deep or still place in a stream.4. A swimming pool.5. An underground accumulation of petroleum or gas in porous sedimentary rock.intr.v. pooled, pool·ing, pools 1. To form pools or a pool: The receding tide pooled in hollows along the shore.2. To accumulate in a body part: preventing blood from pooling in the limbs. [Middle English, from Old English pōl.]
pool 2 P0441500 (po͞ol)n.1. a. A game of chance, resembling a lottery, in which the contestants put staked money into a common fund that is later paid to the winner.b. A fund containing all the money bet in a game of chance or on the outcome of an event.2. A supply, as of vehicles or workers, available for use by a group.3. A group of journalists who cover an event and then by agreement share their reports with participating news media: the White House press pool.4. a. A mutual fund established by a group of stockholders for speculating in or manipulating prices of securities.b. The persons or parties participating in such a fund.5. A grouping of assets, such as mortgages, that serves as a basis for the issuing of securities.6. An agreement between competing business concerns to establish controls over production, market, and prices for common profit.7. Any of several games played on a six-pocket billiards table usually with 15 object balls and a cue ball. Also called pocket billiards.v. pooled, pool·ing, pools v.tr. To put into a pool, as for common use: Let's pool our resources to finish the project quickly.v.intr. To join or form a pool. [French poule, hen, stakes, booty, from Old French, hen, young chicken, from Latin pullus, young of an animal; see pau- in Indo-European roots.] pool′er n.pool (puːl) n1. a small body of still water, usually fresh; small pond2. a small isolated collection of liquid spilt or poured on a surface; puddle: a pool of blood. 3. (Physical Geography) a deep part of a stream or river where the water runs very slowly4. (Geological Science) an underground accumulation of oil or gas, usually forming a reservoir in porous sedimentary rock5. (Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) See swimming pool[Old English pōl; related to Old Frisian pōl, German Pfuhl]
pool (puːl) n1. any communal combination of resources, funds, etc: a typing pool. 2. (Gambling, except Cards) the combined stakes of the betters in many gambling sports or games; kitty3. (Commerce) 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 ring4. (Banking & Finance) finance chiefly a. a joint fund organized by security-holders for speculative or manipulative purposes on financial marketsb. the persons or parties involved in such a combination5. (Billiards & Snooker) 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 billiardsvb (tr) 6. (Commerce) to combine (investments, money, interests, etc) into a common fund, as for a joint enterprise7. (Commerce) commerce to organize a pool of (enterprises)8. informal Austral to inform on or incriminate (someone)[C17: from French poule, literally: hen used to signify stakes in a card game, from Medieval Latin pulla hen, from Latin pullus young animal]pool1 (pul) n. 1. a small body of standing water; a small pond. 2. a still, deep place in a stream. 3. any small collection of liquid on a surface; puddle: a pool of blood. 4. swimming pool. 5. a subterranean accumulation of oil or gas. v.i. 6. to form a pool. 7. (of blood) to accumulate in a body part or organ. v.t. 8. to cause pools to form in. [before 900; Middle English; Old English pōl; c. Dutch poel, German Pfuhl] pool2 (pul) n. 1. Also called pocket billiards. any of various games played on a billiard table with a cue ball and 15 other balls that are driven into pockets. 2. a. the total amount staked by a combination of bettors, as on a race. b. the combination of such bettors. 3. an association of competitors who conspire to control the production, market, and price of a commodity for their mutual benefit. 4. a. a combination of resources, funds, etc., for common advantage. b. the combined resources or funds. 5. a. a facility or service shared by a group of people: a car pool; a typing pool. b. the persons involved. 6. the stakes in certain games. v.t. 7. to put (resources, money, etc.) into a pool, or common fund. 8. to form a pool of. 9. to make a common interest of. v.i. 10. to enter into or form a pool. [1685–95; < French poule stakes, literally, hen. See pullet] pool′er, n. pool1. Maintenance and control of a supply of resources or personnel upon which other activities may draw. The primary purpose of a pool is to promote maximum efficiency of use of the pooled resources or personnel, e.g., a petroleum pool or a labor and equipment pool. 2. Any combination of resources which serves a common purpose.Pool a small body of liquid; a reservoir of persons or things.Examples: pool of blood, 1843; of memory, 1903; of sunlight, 1875; of typists; of water, 1622.pool Past participle: pooled Gerund: pooling
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I pool | you pool | he/she/it pools | we pool | you pool | they pool |
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I pooled | you pooled | he/she/it pooled | we pooled | you pooled | they pooled |
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I am pooling | you are pooling | he/she/it is pooling | we are pooling | you are pooling | they are pooling |
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I have pooled | you have pooled | he/she/it has pooled | we have pooled | you have pooled | they have pooled |
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I was pooling | you were pooling | he/she/it was pooling | we were pooling | you were pooling | they were pooling |
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I had pooled | you had pooled | he/she/it had pooled | we had pooled | you had pooled | they had pooled |
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I will pool | you will pool | he/she/it will pool | we will pool | you will pool | they will pool |
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I will have pooled | you will have pooled | he/she/it will have pooled | we will have pooled | you will have pooled | they will have pooled |
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I will be pooling | you will be pooling | he/she/it will be pooling | we will be pooling | you will be pooling | they will be pooling |
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I have been pooling | you have been pooling | he/she/it has been pooling | we have been pooling | you have been pooling | they have been pooling |
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I will have been pooling | you will have been pooling | he/she/it will have been pooling | we will have been pooling | you will have been pooling | they will have been pooling |
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I had been pooling | you had been pooling | he/she/it had been pooling | we had been pooling | you had been pooling | they had been pooling |
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I would pool | you would pool | he/she/it would pool | we would pool | you would pool | they would pool |
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I would have pooled | you would have pooled | he/she/it would have pooled | we would have pooled | you would have pooled | they would have pooled | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | pool - an excavation that is (usually) filled with watercistern - an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwaterexcavation - a hole in the ground made by excavatingnatatorium, swimming bath, swimming pool - pool that provides a facility for swimming; "`swimming bath' is a British term"wading pool - a shallow pool for childrenwater jump - a pool or stream in a steeplechase or similar contest | | 2. | pool - a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing"pondfishpond - a freshwater pond with fishhorsepond - a pond for watering horseslake - a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by landmere - a small pond of standing watermillpond - a pond formed by damming a stream to provide a head of water to turn a mill wheelswimming hole - a small body of water (usually in a creek) that is deep enough to use for swimmingwater hole - a natural hole or hollow containing water | | 3. | pool - 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"organization, organisation - a group of people who work togethertyping pool - a group of typists who can work for different persons | | 4. | pool - an association of companies for some definite purposeconsortium, syndicateassociation - a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association"cartel, corporate trust, combine, trust - a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service; "they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly" | | 5. | pool - any communal combination of funds; "everyone contributed to the pool"bet, stakes, wager, stake - the money risked on a gamblereserve account, reserve fund - funds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments | | 6. | pool - 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"puddlebillabong - a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittentlybody of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"mud puddle - a puddle of mud; "the children loved a mud puddle" | | 7. | pool - the combined stakes of the betterskittybet, stakes, wager, stake - the money risked on a gamble | | 8. | pool - something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"puddleplace, spot, topographic point - a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet" | | 9. | pool - any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pocketspocket billiardstable game - a game that is played on a tablebreak - the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or poolcarom, cannon - a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the othermasse, masse shot - a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ballmiscue - a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ballsnooker - a form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball | Verb | 1. | pool - combine into a common fund; "We pooled resources"share - use jointly or in common | | 2. | pool - join or form a pool of peopleaggroup, group - form a group or group together |
pool1noun1. swimming pool, lido, swimming bath(s) (Brit.), bathing pool (archaic) a heated indoor pool2. pond, lake, mere, tarn Beautiful gardens filled with pools and fountains.3. puddle, drop, patch, splash There were pools of water on the gravel drive.
pool2noun1. supply, reserve, fall-back the available pool of manpower2. kitty, bank, fund, stock, store, pot, jackpot, stockpile, hoard, cache a reserve pool of cashverb1. combine, share, merge, put together, amalgamate, lump together, join forces on We pooled our savings to start up a new business.poolnounA combination of businesses closely interconnected for common profit:cartel, combine, syndicate, trust.Translationspool1 (puːl) noun1. a small area of still water. The rain left pools in the road. 水塘 水塘2. a similar area of any liquid. a pool of blood/oil. 潭(泊) 潭(泊) 3. a deep part of a stream or river. He was fishing (in) a pool near the river-bank. (河中的)深淵處 (河中的)渊深处 4. a swimming-pool. They spent the day at the pool. 游泳池 游泳池
pool2 (puːl) noun a stock or supply. We put our money into a general pool. 物資貯存處,供應物 物资贮存处,供应物 verb to put together for general use. We pooled our money and bought a caravan that we could all use. 集合基金 集合基金(football) pools noun plural organized gambling on the results of football matches. 有組織地買足球比賽票進行賭博 有组织地买足球比赛票进行赌博- Where is the public swimming pool? → 公共游泳池在哪儿?
- Is there a swimming pool? → 有游泳池吗?
- Is there a swimming pool? → 有游泳池吗?
- Is it an outdoor pool? → 是室外游泳池吗?
- Is the pool heated? → 游泳池是加热的吗?
- Is there a shallow pool for the children? (US)
Is there a paddling pool for the children? (UK) → 有儿童游玩的小游泳池吗? - Is there a children's pool? → 有儿童游泳池吗?
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scoop the poolTo win all, most, or the most coveted of the available awards or rewards in some competition. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. The film scooped the pool at the awards ceremony last night, winning the three top prizes for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Actress. Among online retailers, the new company clearly scooped the pool this year, capturing an incredible 70% of the market.See also: pool, scooppool up1. Of liquid, to accumulate into a pool. It turns out that rain water had been pooling up under the foundations, causing a massive amount of damage to the property.2. To gather up, accumulate, or group together something, especially money or other resources, from various places or sources. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "pool" and "up." We've all been pooling our money up to buy these lottery tickets, so we all deserve equal shares of the winnings! The four companies came together pooled up their top legal teams to sue the government over the new law.See also: pool, updirty poolDeceptive or unfair behavior. Can you believe they didn't give me all the facts on the property I'm buying? That's just dirty pool.See also: dirty, poolplay pocket poolvulgar slang To fondle a male's genitalia through a pants pocket. (Based on the comparison of a pool cue and balls to a penis and testicles, respectively.) Some guy at the bank was playing pocket pool while waiting in line. It was quite obscene! Halfway through the movie, she reached over and started playing pocket pool with me.See also: play, pocket, poolpocket poolvulgar slang The fondling of a male's genitalia through a pocket in his pants. (Based on the comparison of a pool cue and balls to a penis and testicles, respectively.) Some guy at the bank was playing pocket pool while waiting in line. It was quite obscene! I told him to quit the pocket pool during class, and I could see his face turn beet red.See also: pocket, poolpool-hoppingThe act of using private or public swimming pools without the knowledge of the owners or when the pool is closed to the public, especially during the night. There wasn't anything to do in our small Mississippi town after dark other than go pool-hopping with our friends.scoop the pool (or the kitty) be completely successful; gain everything. In gambling games, the pool or kitty is the total amount of money that is staked.See also: pool, scooppool upv.1. To accumulate in pools of liquid: Because the seal around the bathtub leaks, water pools up on the floor every time I shower.2. To group some resources for the common advantage of the participants or contributors: We pooled our money up so that we could buy a new TV. If the kids pool up their allowances, they could buy a baseball bat.See also: pool, updirty pool n. activities conducted using unfair or sneaky tactics. When they start playing dirty pool, it’s time to get mean. See also: dirty, poolpocket pool n. the act of a male playing with his genitals with his hand in his pants pocket. (Usually objectionable.) Stop playing pocket pool and get to work. See also: pocket, poolpool-hopping n. sneaking into private or public swimming pools at night or during the off-hours. The kids went pool-hopping, and one of them nearly drowned. pool
pool, game: see billiardsbilliards, any one of a number of games played with a tapered, leather-tipped stick called a cue and various numbers of balls on a rectangular, cloth-covered slate table with raised and cushioned edges. ..... Click the link for more information. .Pool in architecture, an artificial body of water, usually part of the architectural complex of a garden or park. The first pools, known in the countries of the ancient East and later in ancient Greece and Rome, had a rectangular form and were used primarily for washing; in the second half of the 16th century decorative pools appeared in Italy. Beginning in the 18th century, pools with fountains or reflecting pools of rectangular or more complex shapes became an important compositional element in the architecture of parks, primarily in geometrical parks, such as Peterhof, now Petrodvorets, and Versailles. Pools are widely used in contemporary architecture (decorative pools, wading pools in children’s parks, and so on). Covered or open structures containing water for swimming are also called pools.
Pool a type of monopolistic association that is usually characterized by being temporary. Participants in a trading pool agree to accumulate and postpone the sale of a product in order to create a shortage and a markup in prices. Option pools are created to speculate in stocks, while patent pools are formed for the joint accumulation and exploitation of patents. Participants in patent pools agree on which inventions to use and which to hold back. Pools establish rules for the distribution of total expenditures and monopolistic profits. What does it mean when you dream about a pool?A pool contains water, which can symbolize emotions or the realm of the unconscious mind. Unlike the ocean, however, a pool of water is more manageable, more domesticated, and thus easier to deal with. Dreaming about a pool could be alluding to these meanings, though it could be something simpler, like relaxing around a pool or around a pool table. Yet another meaning of this term is “pooling” resources. pool[pül] (civil engineering) A body of water contained in a reservoir, by a dam, or by the gates of a lock. (geology) Underground accumulation of petroleum. (hydrology) A small deep body of water, often fed by a spring. (mining engineering) To wedge for splitting in quarrying or mining. To undermine or undercut. swimming poolAny basin or tank containing an artificial body of water sufficiently deep for swimming.pool11. a deep part of a stream or river where the water runs very slowly 2. an underground accumulation of oil or gas, usually forming a reservoir in porous sedimentary rock 3. See swimming pool
pool21. the combined stakes of the betters in many gambling sports or games; kitty 2. 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 3. 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 POOLParallel Object-Oriented Language.
A series of languages from Philips Research Labs.
See POOL2, POOL-I, POOL-T.Pool (dreams)For many people, swimming pools are associated with summer fun, vacations, rest, and relaxation. Interpret your dream based on its content and see if any these positive feelings are being conveyed to you. All bodies of water represent our emotions and unconscious. The manner in which they are presented depends on the dreamer and on the details of the dream.pool
Pool (pūl), Eugene H., U.S. surgeon, 1874-1949. See: Pool phenomenon, Pool-Schlesinger sign. pool (pūl), 1. A collection of blood or other fluid in any region of the body; pool of blood results from dilation and retardation of the circulation in the capillaries and veins of the region. 2. A combination of resources. [A.S. pōl] pool Medtalk The totality of a substance, material or resource in a 'universe'–eg, metabolic pool, donor pool, gene pool. See Gene pool, High-risk pool, Reinsurance pool, Risk pool, Storage pool, Whirlpool, Zero work pool. pool (pūl) 1. A collection of blood or other fluid in any region of the body; pooling of blood results from dilation and retardation of the circulation in the capillaries and veins of the part. 2. A combination of resources. [A.S. pōl]pool (pūl) Collection of blood or other fluid in any body region; blood pooling results from dilation and retardation of circulation in capillaries and veins of the region. [A.S. pōl]Pool
POOL. A small lake of standing water. 2. By the grant of a pool, it is said, both the land and water will pass. Co. Litt. 5. Vide Stagnum; Water. Undoubtedly the right to fish, and probably the right to use hydraulic works, will be acquired by such grant. 2 N. Hamps. Rep. 259; An on Wat. Courses, 47; Plowd. 161; Vaugh. 103; Bac. Ab. Grants, H 3; Com. Dig. Grant, E 5; 5 Cowen, 216; Cro. Jac. 150; 1 Lev. 44; Co. Litt. 5. pool
PoolIn capital budgeting, the concept that investment projects are financed out of a pool of bonds, preferred stock, and common stock, and a weighted-average cost of capital must be used to calculate investment returns. In insurance, a group of insurers who share premiums and losses in order to spread risk. In investments, the combination of funds for the benefit of a common project, or a group of investors who use their combined influence to manipulate prices.Pool1. A group of financial instruments that may be placed into the same investment vehicle. A major example is a mortgage pool, which consists of mortgages that are divided up and placed into large groups to be sold as securities.
2. Funds that a group of investors put together to invest for mutual benefit. A major example of a pooled fund is a mutual fund.pool1. A temporary affiliation of two or more people in an attempt to manipulate a security's price and/or volume. The pool is necessary in order to acquire the capital needed to manipulate a stock having a large market value. Pools were especially popular in the 1920s and early 1930s but now have been regulated out of existence. See also blind pool, trading pool.2. See mortgage pool.poolA group of mortgage loans used as security for a bond issue. See collateralized mortgage backed securities. POOL
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Synonyms for poolnoun swimming poolSynonyms- swimming pool
- lido
- swimming bath(s)
- bathing pool
noun pondSynonymsnoun puddleSynonymsnoun supplySynonymsnoun kittySynonyms- kitty
- bank
- fund
- stock
- store
- pot
- jackpot
- stockpile
- hoard
- cache
verb combineSynonyms- combine
- share
- merge
- put together
- amalgamate
- lump together
- join forces on
Synonyms for poolnoun a combination of businesses closely interconnected for common profitSynonyms- cartel
- combine
- syndicate
- trust
Synonyms for poolnoun an excavation that is (usually) filled with waterRelated Words- cistern
- excavation
- natatorium
- swimming bath
- swimming pool
- wading pool
- water jump
noun a small lakeSynonymsRelated Words- fishpond
- horsepond
- lake
- mere
- millpond
- swimming hole
- water hole
noun an organization of people or resources that can be sharedRelated Words- organization
- organisation
- typing pool
noun an association of companies for some definite purposeSynonymsRelated Words- association
- cartel
- corporate trust
- combine
- trust
noun any communal combination of fundsRelated Words- bet
- stakes
- wager
- stake
- reserve account
- reserve fund
noun a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquidSynonymsRelated Words- billabong
- body of water
- water
- mud puddle
noun the combined stakes of the bettersSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun something resembling a pool of liquidSynonymsRelated Words- place
- spot
- topographic point
noun any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pocketsSynonymsRelated Words- table game
- break
- carom
- cannon
- masse
- masse shot
- miscue
- snooker
verb combine into a common fundRelated Wordsverb join or form a pool of peopleRelated Words |