Definitionen
1.NounA small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water."the pools of Solomon; the Pool of London"
2.NounAny small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
3.NounEllipsis of swimming pool.
4.NounA set of resources that are kept ready to use.
5.NounAny group of like things.
6.NounA small amount of liquid on a surface."a pool of blood"
7.NounA localized glow of light.
8.VerbTo form a pool.
9.NounA supply of resources.
A number of people when considered as a resource."dating pool; There is a limited pool of candidates from which to choose the new manager."
10.NounA number of people when considered as a resource."dating pool; There is a limited pool of candidates from which to choose the new manager."
11.NounA 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.
12.NounA cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour or solids, 7 of another color or stripes, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the black ball in order to win.
13.NounIn 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.
14.NounA group of fencers taking part in a competition.
15.NounA set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division.
16.NounAny gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
17.NounThe stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes.
18.NounA 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."The pool took all the wheat offered below the limit.; He put $10,000 into the pool."
19.NounA set of players in quadrille etc.
20.NounA mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
21.NounAn aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.
22.VerbTo put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of."We must pool our resources."
23.VerbTo combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.