pool

1. pool (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A supply of resources.

Example: The 4-BEP and 4-CEP stock is maintained in a common pool for both Chatham and South Eastern fast main-line services.

2. pool (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A supply of resources.: A number of people when considered as a resource.

Example: dating pool

3. pool (noun) — sense 3

Definition: 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.

4. pool (verb) — sense 4

Definition: 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.

Example: We must pool our resources.

5. pool (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.