pool

See also: Pool

pool - English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /puːl/
  • (US, Canada) IPA: /pul/, [pʰuɫ], [pʰuəɫ]
  • Homophone: Poole

Noun

pool (plural pools)

  1. A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.
    • the pools of Solomon
    • the Pool of London
  2. Any small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
  3. Ellipsis of swimming pool.
  4. A supply of resources.
    • There is a limited pool of candidates from which to choose the new manager.
    • dating pool
  5. (by extension, computing) A set of resources that are kept ready to use.
  6. A small amount of liquid on a surface.
    • a pool of blood
  7. A localized glow of light.

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

pool (third-person singular simple present pools, present participle pooling, simple past and past participle pooled)

  1. (intransitive, of a liquid) To form a pool.

Noun

pool (plural pools)

  1. (games, uncountable) 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.
  2. (sports) 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 black ball in order to win.
  3. 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.
  4. (fencing) A group of fencers taking part in a competition.
  5. Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
    • The pool took all the wheat offered below the limit.
    • He put $10,000 into the pool.
  8. A set of players in quadrille etc.
  9. (rail transport) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
  10. (law) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.

Derived terms

Translations

  • Finnish: panos (fi) (individual); potti (fi) (aggregated)

Verb

pool (third-person singular simple present pools, present participle pooling, simple past and past participle pooled)

  1. (transitive) 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.
  2. (intransitive) To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.

Translations

  • Finnish: yhdistyä (fi)
  • Maori: whakamoana
  • Portuguese: unir esforços
  • Spanish: participar (es)

Anagrams

pool - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pool

Noun

pool c (plural polen, diminutive pooltje n)

  1. magnetic pole (especially of the Earth and other celestial bodies)
  2. electrical pole (e.g. of a battery)
  3. (figuratively) an opposing side of a principle or a doctrine

Derived terms


Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pool

Noun

pool m (plural pools, diminutive pooltje n)

  1. a gambling venture such as a football pool
  2. the stake involved in such a venture
  3. an arrangement where people pool in money to share one resource such as a carpool
  4. (sports) pool

Derived terms


Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pool

Noun

pool c (plural polen, diminutive pooltje n)

  1. the pile (upstanding usually fine hair) on certain fabrics, velvet or carpeting

Anagrams

pool - Estonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈpoːl/, [ˈpoːl]
  • Hyphenation: pool

Noun

pool (genitive poole, partitive poolt)

  1. half
  2. side
    • tagumine poolback side
    • koledam poolthe ugly side

Declension

singular plural
nominative pool pooled
accusative poole pooled
genitive poole poolte
partitive poolt pooli
illative poolde poolesse pooltesse poolisse
inessive pooles pooltes poolis
elative poolest pooltest poolist
allative poolele pooltele poolile
adessive poolel pooltel poolil
ablative poolelt pooltelt poolilt
translative pooleks poolteks pooliks
terminative pooleni poolteni
essive poolena pooltena
abessive pooleta poolteta
comitative poolega pooltega

The nonstandard plural partitive poolesid is somewhat common in colloquial use.

Postposition

pool

  1. at, to, towards
    • minu poolat my place
    • põhja poolto the north, in the north
    • igal pooleverywhere

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈpoːlʲ/, [ˈpoːlʲ]
  • Hyphenation: pool

Noun

pool (genitive pooli, partitive pooli)

  1. bobbin, coil

Inflection

singular plural
nominative pool poolid
genitive pooli poolide
partitive pooli poole / poolisid
illative pooli / poolisse poolidesse
inessive poolis poolides
elative poolist poolidest
allative poolile poolidele
adessive poolil poolidel
ablative poolilt poolidelt
translative pooliks poolideks
terminative poolini poolideni
essive poolina poolidena
abessive poolita poolideta
comitative pooliga poolidega

pool - French

Noun

pool m (plural pools)

  1. pool (sport)

pool - Ingrian

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈpoːl/, [ˈpoːlʲ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈpoːl/, [ˈpo̝ːl]
  • Hyphenation: pool

Noun

pool

  1. Alternative form of pooli

Declension

Declension of pool (type 5/keeli, no gradation)
nominative pool poolet
genitive poolen pooliin, pooliloin
partitive poolta, poolt poolia, pooliloja
illative poolee poolii, pooliloihe

pool - Karao

Noun

pool

  1. large fire (which causes damage)

pool - Sambali

Noun

pool

  1. fire

pool - Spanish

Noun

pool m (plural pooles)

  1. pool (sport)

pool - Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /puːl/
  • Homophone: pol

Noun

pool c

  1. a swimming pool

Declension

Declension of pool 
  • bubbelpool

Anagrams

pool - Votic

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈpoːl/, [ˈpoːɫ]
  • Hyphenation: pool

Noun

pool

  1. Alternative form of pooli

Numeral

pool

  1. half

Inflection

Declension of pool (type X/tuli, no gradation)
nominative pool, pooli poolõd
genitive poolõ poolije, poolijõ, pooli
partitive pooltõ poolitõ, pooli
illative poolõ, poolõsõ poolije, poolijõ, poolisõ

pool - Yucatec Maya

Noun

pool

  1. head
Meaning and Definition of pool
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