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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 | ||
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