Pool

Noun



 * 1) A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water.
 * 2) A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
 * 3) A swimming pool
 * 4) A supply of resources

Noun

 * 1)  A 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; a game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table
 * 2) In 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
 * 3) Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join
 * 4) The 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
 * 5) A 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; for example, as the pool took all the wheat offered below the limit, he put $10,000 into the pool
 * 6)  A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement
 * 7)  An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities

Verb

 * 1)  to put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of; as, the companies pooled their traffic
 * 2)  to combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial,speculative, or gambling transaction

Adjectives for Pool
rank; glistening; gloomy; palm-edged; stagnant; seething; sullen; slumbrous; slimy motionless; mirrorlike; broad; willowy glassy; tepid; rippling; little; whirling ; pebbled; dreaming; malarial; shadowed; mottled; shining; iridescent; scintillating; deep; amber; limpid; quiet; flowing; silent; brimming; oblivious;  placid;  swirling; loatnsome; polished; spacious; outdoor; wholesome; dimpled; indicated; narrow; foaming; transparent; reedy; fish; frog; frozen; smooth.

Verbs for Pool
chlorinate—; construct—; crowd—; dip into —; drain—; house—; plunge into—; splash in—; wade in—; —delights; —glistens; — invites; —laps; —ripples; —shimmers; — simmers; —sparkles; —tempts; dive into—.

Thesaurus
stagnant water, stakes, standing water, still water, stock company, substance, sump, swimming bath, swimming hole, swimming pool, syndicate, tank, tarn, team up with, tidal pond, tiger, trade association, treasure, trust, unregistered bank account, utility, volcanic lake, wading pool, water hole, water pocket, well, wherewithal, Aktiengesellschaft, Swiss bank account, accumulate, aktiebolag, amalgamate, artificial lake, assets, balance, bank, bank account, bayou lake, bear pool, blind pool, body corporate, bottom dollar, budget, bull pool, business, business establishment, cartel, cash reserves, chain, chamber of commerce, checking account, cistern, collect, collection, combine, command of money, commercial enterprise, compagnie, company, concern, conglomerate, conglomerate corporation, consolidate, consolidating company, consortium, copartnership, corporate body, corporation, dam, dead water, dike, diversified corporation, enterprise, etang, exchequer, farm pond, finances, firm, fishpond, freshwater lake, fund, funds, gather, glacial lake, group, holding company, house, industry, inland sea, jackpot, joint-stock association, joint-stock company, kitty, lagoon, laguna, lake, lakelet, landlocked water, league, life savings, linn, loch, lough, means, mere, merge, millpond, millpool, moneys, natatorium, nest egg, nyanza, operating company, oxbow lake, partnership, pecuniary resources, plash, plunderbund, plunge, plunge bath, pocket, pond, pondlet, pot, public utility, puddle, purse, reserves, reservoir, resources, salina, salt pond, savings, savings account.

Etymology 1
pol:, from (compare  poel:,  Puhl:), from  (compare  balà: 'marsh, swamp',  bala: 'woodless valley', Old Church Slavonic balŭka 'ravine').

Etymology 2
poule: (The OED suggests that this may be a transferred use of poule:, but the derivation is uncertain.)

Derived terms

 * swimming pool
 * tidepool
 * whirlpool

Derived terms

 * blind pool
 * bumper pool
 * carpool
 * cesspool
 * dirty pool
 * gene pool
 * kelly pool
 * motor pool
 * pool hall
 * pool table
 * poolroom
 * tidal pool
 * vanpool

Descendants

 * Japanese: プール (pūru)

Noun

 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, tavacska
 * Irish:
 * Italian: bacino, invaso
 * Polish:


 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic:, ,
 * Serbian: kupelj (swimming pool)
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: pool, bassäng, damm
 * Turkish: birikinti, ,
 * Welsh:


 * Armenian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: pozza, pozzanghera


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: лужа
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Swedish: pöl, göl
 * Turkish: birikinti,


 * Hebrew: מאגר
 * Persian: مخزن


 * Swedish: pool

Verb

 * Polish: zsumować


 * Portuguese:

Noun

 * 1) magnetic pole (especially of the Earth and other celestial bodies)
 * 2) electrical pole (eg. of a battery)
 * 3)  an opposing side of a principle or a doctrine

Derived terms

 * noordpool, Noordpool
 * zuidpool, Zuidpool

Noun

 * 1) a gambling venture such as a football pool
 * 2) the stake involved in such a venture
 * 3) an arrangement where people pool in money to share one resource such as a carpool
 * 4)  snooker

Derived terms

 * banenpool
 * arbeidspool

Noun

 * 1) the pile (upstanding usually fine hair) on certain fabrics, velvet or carpeting

Etymology 1
From polus:, which itself is from  πόλος:. Cognate with pole:.

Etymology 2
From pool:

Etymology 3
Possibly from pyle:, or maybe  pijl:; both from  pilus:. Cognate with pile:

Anagrams

 * loop

Noun

 * 1) half