pocket


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pocket
v. steal from a pocket; put into a pocket; profit; roll a ball into a hole (Billiards)
 
adj. small; of a pocket, of a pouch
 
n. pouch used to carry objects; sac; saccule; underground deposit of oil

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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 may also be attached to luggagebackpacks, and similar items. In older usage, a pocket was a separate small bag or pouch.

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pocket

Noun
1. a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
(hypernym) pouch
(hyponym) breast pocket
(part-holonym) garment
(part-meronym) pocket flap
(derivation) bag
2. an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air"
(synonym) pouch, sac, sack
(hypernym) cavity, enclosed space
3. a supply of money; "they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets"
(hypernym) funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource
4. (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins next bnehind it on the right or left; "the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike"
(hypernym) space
(classification) bowling
5. a hollow concave shape made by removing something
(synonym) scoop
(hypernym) concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
6. a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
(synonym) air pocket, air hole
(hypernym) atmospheric phenomenon
7. a small isolated group of people; "they were concentrated in pockets inside the city"; "the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance"
(hypernym) people
8. (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
(synonym) pouch
(hypernym) sac
(hyponym) gizzard, ventriculus, gastric mill
(classification) anatomy, general anatomy
9. an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
(hypernym) opening, gap
(hyponym) corner pocket
(part-holonym) pool table, billiard table, snooker table

Verb
1. put in one's pocket; "He pocketed the change"
(hypernym) take
2. take unlawfully
(synonym) bag
(hypernym) steal


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pocket (de)
n. paperback

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pocket
v. dát co do kapsy; vyhrát; ukrást
 
n. kapsa; přihrádka; izolovaná oblast; kapesní