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English to English noun
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an excavation that is (usually) filled with water |  | source: wordnet30
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a small lake | | Example: the pond was too small for sailing
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an organization of people or resources that can be shared | | Example: a car pool
a secretarial pool
when he was first hired he was assigned to the pool
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an association of companies for some definite purpose | | source: wordnet30
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any communal combination of funds | | Example: everyone contributed to the pool
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a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid | | Example: there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain
the body lay in a pool of blood
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the combined stakes of the betters | | source: wordnet30
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something resembling a pool of liquid | | Example: he stood in a pool of light
his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines
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any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets | | source: wordnet30
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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; as, the pools of Solomon. | | source: webster1913
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The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a snare; also, the receptacle for the stakes. | | source: webster1913 verb
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combine into a common fund | | Example: We pooled resources
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join or form a pool of people | | source: wordnet30
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To put together; to 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. | | source: webster1913
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To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction. | | source: webster1913
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