pool

Definitions

1. 1noun

   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; as, the pools of Solomon.

2. 2noun

   A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.

3. 3noun

   The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a snare; also, the receptacle for the stakes.

4. 4noun

   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; a game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table.

5. 5noun

   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.

6. 6noun

   Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.

7. 7noun

   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; as, the pool took all the wheat offered below the limit; he put $10,000 into the pool.

8. 8noun

   A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.

9. 9noun

   An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.

10. 10transitive verb

    To put together; to contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of; as, the companies pooled their traffic.

11. 11intransitive verb

    To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.

12. 12noun

    any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets

13. 13noun

    an excavation that is (usually) filled with water

14. 14noun

    an association of companies for some definite purpose

    Synonyms

    consortiumsyndicate
15. 15noun

    an organization of people or resources that can be shared

    "a car pool"

    "a secretarial pool"

16. 16noun

    something resembling a pool of liquid

    "he stood in a pool of light"

    "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"

    Synonyms

    puddle
17. 17noun

    a small lake

    "the pond was too small for sailing"

    Synonyms

    pond
18. 18noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    puddle
19. 19noun

    the combined stakes of the betters

    Synonyms

    kitty
20. 20noun

    any communal combination of funds

    "everyone contributed to the pool"

21. 21verb

    join or form a pool of people

22. 22verb

    combine into a common fund

    "We pooled resources"