Meaning of pocket | Babel Free

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1. A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
2. A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items
3. A surname.
4. In one's power, influence, or possession: The defendant had the jury in his pocket.
5. A person's financial resources
6. A person's financial resources.
   broadly
7. A space in an otherwise solid mass:cavity, hole, hollow, vacuity, void.
8. An 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
9. An 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.
10. the amount contained by a pocket. a pocketful of coins. sak vol مِلء جَيْب пълен джоб bolso cheio plná kapsa eine Tasche voll lommefuld τσέπη bolsillo lleno taskutäis یک جیب پر taskun täydeltä poche pleine מְלוֹא הַכִּיס जेबभर džep nečega zsebnyi sekantung vasafylli tascata ポケット一杯 주머니 하나 가득한(분량) kišenė pilna kabata poket penuh zak vol lommefull; god slumpkieszeń يو ډك جيب bolso cheio buzunar (plin cu) полный карман plné vrecko poln žep (česa) pun džep fickan full จำนวนเต็มกระเป๋า cep dolusu (...
11. An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another
12. An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.
13. a wallet for holding papers. beurs مِحْفَظَة جَيْب бележник carteira náprsní taška die Brieftasche tegnebog πορτοφόλιcartera, billetero rahatasku, taskuraamat دفترچه جیبی lompakko portefeuille סֵפֶר כִּיס नोट बुक džepna knjiga, notes levéltárca dompet, buku saku seðlaveski portafoglio 財布 지갑, 핸드백 užrašų knygelė, piniginė kabatasportfelis buku kecil portefeuillelommebokportfel جيبى كتابچه carteira portofel бумажник náprsná taška listnica novčanik plånbok กระเป๋าใส่กระดาษ cep defteri 錢包，皮夾子 порт...
14. An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river
15. An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river.
    Australia
16. money for personal use, especially a child's regular allowance. He gets $2 a week pocket-money. sakgeld مَصْروف الجَيْب джобни пари mesada kapesné das Taschengeld lommepenge χαρτζιλίκιpaga taskuraha پول تو جیبی taskuraha argent de poche דְמֵי כִּיס जेब खर्च džeparac zsebpénz uang saku vasapeningur paghetta 小遣銭 용돈 kišenpinigiai kabatasnauda duit belanja zakgeldlommepengerkieszonkowe د جيب خرج پيسى mesada bani de buzunar карманные деньги vreckové žepnina džeparac fickpeng[ar] เงินติดตัว cep har...
    especially
17. The 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.
18. small enough to carry in one's pocket. a pocket-size(d) dictionary. sakgrootte بِحَجْم الجَيْب джобен de bolso kapesní Taschen-... i lommestørrelse; i lommeformat μικρού μεγέθους, τσέπης de bolsillo tasku- جیبی taskukokoinen de poche קטן जेब में रखने लायक आकार का džepni, malen zseb- ukuran saku lítill, vasa-; vasabrots- tascabile ポケット型の 주머니에 넣고 다닐 수 있는 kišeninis kabatas lieluma- kecil in zakformaat i lommeformat, lomme- kieszonkowy جيبى de bolso de buzunar карманного формата vreckový žepne ve...
19. The 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.
20. saco, bolsa; [clothing] bolsillo.
21. An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.
22. A small baglike attachment forming part of a garment and used to carry small articles, as a flat pouch sewn inside a pair of pants or a piece of material sewn on its sides and bottom to the outside of a shirt.
23. The position held by a second defensive middle, where an advanced middle must retreat after making a touch on the attacking middle.
24. A small sack or bag.
25. The unbroken part of a wave that offers the surfer the most power.
26. A receptacle, cavity, or opening.
27. A large bag or sack formerly used for packing various articles, such as ginger, hops, or cowries; the pocket of wool held about 168 pounds.
28. A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, etc.
29. A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.
30. A strip of canvas sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
31. The pouch of an animal.
32. The ideal point where the pins are hit by the bowling ball.
33. A socket for receiving the base of a post, stake, etc.
34. A bight on a lee shore.
35. A small space between a tooth and the adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of the two.
36. A small, isolated group or area.
37. A state achieved with steady, enjoyable drumming.

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Examples

““Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.”

“I paid for it out of my own pocket.”

“There was, for much of the period, no cheap public transport; and even the Underground, or one of Shillibeer's horse-drawn omnibuses, was beyond the pocket of many of the poor.”

“"The financial impact of the fuel duty cut on people's pockets will in fact be minimal, […]"”

“She knew from avalanche safety courses that outstretched hands might puncture the ice surface and alert rescuers. She knew that if victims ended up buried under the snow, cupped hands in front of the face could provide a small pocket of air for the mouth and nose. Without it, the first breaths could create a suffocating ice mask.”

“The drilling expedition discovered a pocket of natural gas.”

“For many years, the popular belief among NFL analysts was that the success of an NFL team comes with a quarterback who can stand tall in the pocket and deliver the ball downfield. Members of the elite group of active quarterbacks, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and Drew Brees, for instance, also earned their reputation by making plays almost exclusively from the pocket.”

“With some notable exceptions, NFL teams that are successful on dropbacks outside the pocket have tended to win more games”

“The Pocket Area is the area between the outside edges of the normal tackle positions on each side of the center extending backward to the offensive team's end line. After the ball leaves the pocket area, this area no longer exists.”

“Matt Stevens was crumpled by Euan Murray in another scrum, allowing Parks to kick for the corner, and when Richie Gray's clean take from the subsequent line-out set up a series of drives under the posts, Parks was back in the pocket to belt over a drop-goal to make it 9-3 at the interval.”

“They are comfortable trains with decent windows, ideal for observing a line which is one of the last pockets of manually operated crossing gates and semaphore signalling - [...].”

“in the pocket”

“I derived from this speech that Mr. Herbert Pocket (for Herbert was the pale young gentleman's name) still rather confounded his intention with his execution.”

“Pollyanna Pocket was small, with long floppy ears and a tail that coiled upwards in a little ringlet. She was a bouncy, happy young dog, who frolicked all day”

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