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English to English noun
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a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles |  | source: wordnet30
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an enclosed space | | Example: the trapped miners found a pocket of air
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a supply of money | | Example: they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets
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(bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left | | Example: the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike
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a hollow concave shape made by removing something | | source: wordnet30
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a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly | | source: wordnet30
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a small isolated group of people | | Example: they were concentrated in pockets inside the city
the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance
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(anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) | | source: wordnet30
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an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck | | source: wordnet30
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A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth. | | source: webster1913
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Any hollow place suggestive of a pocket in form or use; | | source: webster1913
verb
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put in one's pocket | | Example: He pocketed the change
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take unlawfully | | source: wordnet30
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To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the change. | | source: webster1913
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