English noun: pocket | |||
1. | pocket (artifact) a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles | ||
Broader (hypernym) | pouch | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | breast pocket, hip pocket, patch pocket, slash pocket, vest pocket | ||
Part holonym | pocket flap | ||
Part meronym | garment | ||
2. | pocket (shape) an enclosed space | ||
Samples | The trapped miners found a pocket of air. | ||
Synonyms | pouch, sac, sack | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cavity, enclosed space | ||
3. | pocket (possession) a supply of money | ||
Samples | They dipped into the taxpayers' pockets. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cash in hand, finances, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource | ||
4. | pocket (shape) (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left | ||
Samples | The ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | space | ||
Domain category | bowling | ||
5. | pocket (shape) a hollow concave shape made by removing something | ||
Synonyms | scoop | ||
Broader (hypernym) | concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature | ||
6. | pocket (phenomenon) a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly | ||
Synonyms | air hole, air pocket | ||
Broader (hypernym) | atmospheric phenomenon | ||
7. | pocket (group) a small isolated group of people | ||
Samples | They were concentrated in pockets inside the city. The battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | people | ||
8. | pocket (body) (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) | ||
Synonyms | pouch | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sac | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | atrial auricle, auricle, auricula, auricula atrii, auricular appendage, auricular appendix, cheek pouch, gastric mill, gizzard, marsupium, scrotum, utricle, utriculus, ventriculus | ||
Domain category | anatomy, general anatomy | ||
9. | pocket (artifact) an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck | ||
Broader (hypernym) | gap, opening | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | corner pocket, side pocket | ||
Part meronym | billiard table, pool table, snooker table | ||
English verb: pocket | |||
1. | pocket (possession) put in one's pocket | ||
Samples | He pocketed the change. | ||
Examples | They pocket the money | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something from somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | take | ||
2. | pocket (possession) take unlawfully | ||
Examples | They pocket the money | ||
Synonyms | bag | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | steal | ||