Pool
(n.) A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream |
Pool
(n.) A small body of standing or stagnant water |
Pool
(n.) The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc. |
Pool
(n.) A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole |
Pool
(n.) 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. |
Pool
(n.) Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join. |
Pool
(n.) 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 |
Pool
(n.) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement. |
Pool
(n.) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities. |
Pool
(v. t.) To put together |
Pool
(v. i.) To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction. |
Sea pool
() A pool of salt water. |
Spring
(v. i.) To leap |
Spring
(v. i.) To issue with speed and violence |
Spring
(v. i.) To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert. |
Spring
(v. i.) To fly back |
Spring
(v. i.) To bend from a straight direction or plane surface |
Spring
(v. i.) To shoot up, out, or forth |
Spring
(v. i.) To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor |
Spring
(v. i.) To grow |
Spring
(v. t.) To cause to spring up |
Spring
(v. t.) To produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly. |
Spring
(v. t.) To cause to explode |
Spring
(v. t.) To crack or split |
Spring
(v. t.) To cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap operated by a spring |
Spring
(v. t.) To bend by force, as something stiff or strong |
Spring
(v. t.) To pass over by leaping |
Spring
(v. i.) A leap |
Spring
(v. i.) A flying back |
Spring
(v. i.) Elastic power or force. |
Spring
(v. i.) An elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber, tough wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical purposes, as receiving and imparting power, diminishing concussion, regulating motion, measuring weight or other force. |
Spring
(v. i.) Any source of supply |
Spring
(v. i.) Any active power |
Spring
(v. i.) That which springs, or is originated, from a source |
Spring
(v. i.) A race |
Spring
(v. i.) A youth |
Spring
(v. i.) A shoot |
Spring
(v. i.) That which causes one to spring |
Spring
(v. i.) The season of the year when plants begin to vegetate and grow |
Spring
(v. i.) The time of growth and progress |
Spring
(v. i.) A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely. |
Spring
(v. i.) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position |
leap
leaping
spring
saltation
bound
bounce | a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards |
pool
pocket billiards | any of various games played on a pool table having pockets |
numbers pool
numbers game
numbers racket
numbers | an illegal daily lottery |
| spring break | a week or more of recess during the spring term at school |
| dirty pool | conduct that is unfair or unethical or unsportsmanlike |
leopard frog
spring frog Rana pipiens | common North American green or brownish frog having white-edged dark oval spots |
green frog
spring frog Rana clamitans | similar to bullfrog, found in or near marshes and ponds, of United States and Canada |
spring peeper
Hyla crucifer | a small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring |
| spring chicken | a young chicken having tender meat |
| spring cankerworm | variably colored looper, larva of Paleacrita vernata |
| air cushion air spring | a mechanical device using confined air to absorb the shock of motion |
| box spring | a coiled bedspring in a frame that is covered with cloth |
coil spring
volute spring | a spring in the shape of a coil |
cue
cue stick
pool cue
pool stick | sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards |
| leaf spring | long narrow spring consisting of several layers of metal springs bracketed together |
| pool | an excavation that is (usually) filled with water |
| pool ball | ball used in playing pool |
pool table
billiard table
snooker table | game equipment consisting of a heavy table on which pool is played |
set gun
spring gun | a gun that is set to fire on any intruder that comes in contact with the wire that sets it off |
| spiral spring | a spring that is wound like a spiral |
| spring | a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed, the spring was broken |
spring balance
spring scale | a balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring |
| spring mattress | a mattress containing springs in a rigid frame |
swimming pool
swimming bath
natatorium | pool that provides a facility for swimming, `swimming bath' is a British term |
| wading pool | a shallow pool for children |
give
spring
springiness | the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length |
green onion
spring onion
scallion | a young onion before the bulb has enlarged, eaten in salads |
egg roll
spring roll | minced vegetables and meat wrapped in a pancake and fried |
| spring water | water from a spring |
labor force
labor pool | the source of trained people from which workers can be hired |
consortium
pool
syndicate | an association of companies for some definite purpose |
| car pool | a small group of car drivers who arrange to take turns driving while the others are passengers |
| motor pool | a fleet of military vehicles controlled by a single agency and available for use as needed |
| pool | an organization of people or resources that can be shared, a car pool, a secretarial pool, when he was first hired he was assigned to the pool |
| typing pool | a group of typists who can work for different persons |
| spring | a point at which water issues forth |
pool
puddle | something resembling a pool of liquid, he stood in a pool of light, his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines |
hot spring
thermal spring | a natural spring of water at a temperature ofF or above |
pond
pool | a small lake, the pond was too small for sailing |
| pool puddle | a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid, there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain, the body lay in a pool of blood |
spring
fountain
outflow
outpouring
natural spring | a natural flow of ground water |
| pool player | someone who shoots pool |
young person
youth
younker
spring chicken | a young person (especially a young man or boy) |
Carolina spring beauty
Claytonia caroliniana | similar to Claytonia virginica but having usually pink flowers, eastern North America |
spring beauty
Clatonia lanceolata | small slender plant having one pair of succulent leaves at the middle of the stem and a loose raceme of white or pink or rose bowl-shaped flowers and an edible corm |
Virginia spring beauty
Claytonia virginica | small cormous perennial grown for its low rosette of succulent foliage and racemes of pink-tinged white flowers, eastern North America |
spring cress
Cardamine bulbosa | small white-flowered cress common in wet places in eastern North America |
winter heath
spring heath
Erica carnea | dwarf European shrub with very early blooming bell-shaped red flowers |
spring squill
Scilla verna
sea onion | European scilla with small blue or purple flowers |
spring vetchling
spring vetch Lathyrus vernus | bushy European perennial having nodding racemose violet-blue flowers |