pocket

Definitions of pocket in various dictionaries:

noun - a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles

noun - an enclosed space

noun - a supply of money

noun - (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left

noun - a hollow concave shape made by removing something

noun - a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly

noun - a small isolated group of people

noun - (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)

noun - an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck

verb - put in one's pocket

verb - take unlawfully

A small baglike attachment forming part of a garment and used to carry small articles, as a flat pouch sewn inside a pair of pants or a piece of material sewn on its sides and bottom to the outside of a shirt.

A small sack or bag.

A receptacle, a cavity, or an opening.

Financial means; money supply: The cost of the trip must come out of your own pocket.

A small cavity in the earth, especially one containing ore.

A small body or accumulation of ore.

A pouch in an animal body, such as the cheek pouch of a rodent or the abdominal pouch of a marsupial.

One of the pouchlike receptacles at the corners and sides of a billiard or pool table.

Sports.

A small, isolated, or protected area or group.

An air pocket.

A bin for storing ore, grain, or other materials.

Suitable for or capable of being carried in one’s pocket: a pocket handkerchief; a pocket edition of a dictionary.

Small; miniature: a pocket backyard; a pocket museum.

To place in or as if in a pocket.

To take possession of for oneself, especially dishonestly: pocketed the receipts from the charity dance.

To accept or tolerate (an insult, for example).

To conceal or suppress: I pocketed my pride and asked for a raise.

To prevent (a bill) from becoming law by failing to sign until the adj ournment of the legislature.

To hem in (a competitor) in a race.

To hit (a ball) into a pocket of a pool or billiard table.

Having funds.

Having gained or retained funds of a specified amount: was a hundred dollars in pocket after a day at the races.

verb - to place in a pouch sewed into a garment

POCKET - A pocket is a bag- or envelope-like receptacle either fastened to or inserted in an article of clothing to hold small items. Pockets are also attach...