Définitions
1.NounA bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
2.NounA person's financial resources."I paid for it out of my own pocket."
3.NounAn indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.
4.NounAn enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another."The drilling expedition discovered a pocket of natural gas."
5.NounAn area of land surrounded by a loop of a river.
6.NounThe area of the field to the side of the goal posts (four pockets in total on the field, one to each side of the goals at each end of the ground). The pocket is only a roughly defined area, extending from the behind post, at an angle, to perhaps about 30 meters out.
7.NounThe area behind the line of scrimmage subject to certain rules regarding intentional grounding, illegal contact, etc., formally extending to the end zone but more usually understood as the central area around the quarterback directly protected by the offensive line.
8.NounAn area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.
9.NounThe position held by a second defensive middle, where an advanced middle must retreat after making a touch on the attacking middle.
10.NounThe unbroken part of a wave that offers the surfer the most power.
11.NounA large bag or sack formerly used for packing various articles, such as ginger, hops, or cowries; the pocket of wool held about 168 pounds.
12.NounA hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, etc.
13.NounA cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.
14.NounA strip of canvas sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
15.NounThe pouch of an animal.
16.NounThe ideal point where the pins are hit by the bowling ball.
17.NounA socket for receiving the base of a post, stake, etc.
18.NounA bight on a lee shore.
19.NounA small space between a tooth and the adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of the two.
20.NounA small, isolated group or area.
21.NounA state achieved with steady, enjoyable drumming."in the pocket"
22.VerbTo put (something) into a pocket.
23.VerbTo cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.
24.VerbTo take and keep (something, especially money, that is not one's own)."Record executives pocketed most of the young singer's earnings.; The thief was caught on camera pocketing the diamond."
25.VerbTo put up with; to bear without complaint.
26.AdjectiveOf a size suitable for putting into a pocket."a pocket dictionary"
27.AdjectiveSmaller or more compact than usual."pocket battleship; pocket beach"
28.AdjectiveBelonging to the two initial hole cards."a pocket pair of kings"