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Webster 1913 Edition

Pool

Pool

,
Noun.
[AS.
pōl
; akin to LG.
pool
,
pohl
, D.
poel
, G.
pfuhl
; cf. Icel.
pollr
, also W.
pwll
, Gael.
poll
.]
1.
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
.
Wyclif.
Charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a
pool
.
Bacon.
The sleepy
pool
above the dam.
Tennyson.
2.
A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
“The filthy mantled pool beyond your cell.”
Shak.

Pool

,
Noun.
[F.
poule
, properly, a hen. See
Pullet
.]
[Written also
poule
.]
1.
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.
2.
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.
☞ This game is played variously, but commonly with fifteen balls, besides one cue ball, the contest being to drive the most balls into the pockets.
He plays
pool
at the billiard houses.
Thackeray.
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.
Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
5.
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
.
6.
(Railroads)
A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
7.
(Law)
An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.
Pin pool
,
a variety of the game of billiards in which small wooden pins are set up to be knocked down by the balls.
–
Pool ball
,
one of the colored ivory balls used in playing the game at billiards called pool.
–
Pool snipe
(Zool.)
,
the European redshank.
[Prov. Eng.]
–
Pool table
,
a billiard table with pockets.

Pool

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pooled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Pooling
.]
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
.
Finally, it favors the
pooling
of all issues.
U. S. Grant.

Pool

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

Webster 1828 Edition

Pool

POOL

,
Noun.
[L. palus; Gr. probably from setting, standing, like L. stagnum, or from issuing, as a spring.]
A small collection of water in a hollow place, supplied by a spring, and discharging its surplus water by an outlet. It is smaller than a lake, and in New England is never confounded with pond or lake. It signifies with us, a spring with a small basin or reservoir on the surface of the earth. It is used by writers with more latitude, and sometimes signifies a body of stagnant water.

POOL

Definition 2024

Pool

Pool

See also: pool

Dutch

Noun

Pool m ‎(plural Polen, diminutive Pooltje n, feminine Poolse)

  1. A Pole (male person)

Anagrams

pool

pool

See also: Pool

English

Noun

A pool (as one supplied by a spring or occurring in the course of a stream)

pool ‎(plural pools)

  1. 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.
    the pools of Solomon
    • (Can we [[:Category:Requests for quotation/John Wycliffe|find and add]] a quotation of John Wycliffe to this entry?)[[Category:Requests for quotation/John Wycliffe|POOL]]
    • 1612, Francis Bacon, "Essay VIII., Of Marriage and Single Life", Essayes: Religious Meditations. Places of Perswasion and Disswasion. Seene and Allowed:
      Charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool.
    • 1833, Alfred Tennyson, "The Miller's Daughter", Poems, Edward Moxon:
      The sleepy pool above the dam,
  2. A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
  3. A swimming pool.
  4. A supply of resources.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
body of water
small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle

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

Etymology 2

French poule ‎(“collective stakes in a game”) (The OED suggests that this may be a transferred use of poule ‎(“hen”), which has been explained anecdotally as deriving from an old informal betting game in France - 'jeu de poule' - Game of Chicken (or Hen, literally) in which poule became synonymous with the combined money pot claimed by the winner)

Noun

pool ‎(plural pools)

  1. (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; a game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table.
  2. 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.
  3. Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. (rail transport) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
  7. (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

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; as, the companies pooled their traffic
    • (Can we date this quote?) Grant:
      Finally, it favors the pooling of all issues.
  2. (intransitive) to combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction
Translations

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Latin polus, which itself is from Ancient Greek πόλος ‎(pólos, “axis”). Cognate with English pole.

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

Etymology 2

From English pool.

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

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch pool, from Old French poil, from Latin pilus ‎(“hair”). Cognate with English pile

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

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *pooli, from Proto-Uralic *pälä. Cognates include Finnish puoli ‎(“half”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pˈoːl/

Noun

pool ‎(genitive poole, partitive poolt)

  1. half
  2. side
    tagumine pool‎
    back side
    koledam pool‎
    the ugly side
Inflection

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

Postposition

pool

  1. at, to, towards
    minu pool‎
    at my place
    põhja pool‎
    to the north, in the north
    igal pool‎
    everywhere
Inflection
allative: poole
adessive: pool
ablative: poolt

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pˈoːlʲ/

Noun

pool ‎(genitive pooli, partitive pooli)

  1. bobbin, coil
Inflection
See also

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /puːl/
  • Homophone: pol
  • Rhymes: -uːl

Etymology

Since 1968; from English pool, related to Swedish pöl, small water pool, usually on the road when it's raining.

Noun

pool c

  1. a swimming pool

Declension

Inflection of pool 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative pool poolen pooler poolerna
Genitive pools poolens poolers poolernas

Related terms

  • bubbelpool

Anagrams

Spanish

Noun

pool m ‎(plural pools)

  1. pool (sport)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -oːl

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