Pool ¹

Definition: 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.

Pool ²

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

Pool ³

Definition: 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.

Pool ⁴

Definition: 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.

Pool ⁵

Definition: 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.

Pool ⁶

Definition: Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.

Pool ⁷

Definition: 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 into the pool.

Pool ⁸

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

Pool ⁹

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

Pool ¹⁰

Definition: 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.

Pool ¹¹

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

pool ¹²

Definition: any of various games played on a pool table having pockets

pool ¹³

Definition: an excavation that is (usually) filled with water

pool ¹⁴

Definition: an association of companies for some definite purpose

pool ¹⁵

Definition: 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"

pool ¹⁶

Definition: something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"

pool ¹⁷

Definition: a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing"

pool ¹⁸

Definition: 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"

pool ¹⁹

Definition: the combined stakes of the betters

pool ²⁰

Definition: any communal combination of funds; "everyone contributed to the pool"

pool ²¹

Definition: join or form a pool of people

pool ²²

Definition: combine into a common fund; "We pooled resources"