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Pouch

see synonyms of pouch

Noun

1. pouch

a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things

2. pocket, pouch, sac, sack

an enclosed space

Example Sentences:
'the trapped miners found a pocket of air'

3. pocket, pouch

(anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)

Verb

4. pouch

put into a small bag

5. pouch

send by special mail that goes through diplomatic channels

6. bulge, pouch, protrude

swell or protrude outwards

Example Sentences:
'His stomach bulged after the huge meal'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Pouch

see synonyms of pouch
noun
1. 
a small flexible baglike container
a tobacco pouch
2. 
a saclike structure in any of various animals, such as the abdominal receptacle marsupium in marsupials or the cheek fold in rodents
3. anatomy
any sac, pocket, or pouchlike cavity or space in an organ or part
4.  another word for mailbag
5.  a Scot word for pocket
verb
6. (transitive)
to place in or as if in a pouch
7. 
to arrange or become arranged in a pouchlike form
8. (transitive)
(of certain birds and fishes) to swallow

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Pouch

see synonyms of pouch
noun
1. 
a small bag or sack for carrying something, as in one's pocket
a leather tobacco pouch
2.  US
a mailbag; specif., one whose opening can be locked, as for sending diplomatic dispatches
3. 
anything shaped like a pouch
4.  Scottish
a pocket (in clothing)
5.  Archaic
a purse
6.  Anatomy
any pouchlike cavity or part
7.  Zoology
a. 
marsupium (sense 1)
b. 
a baglike part, as of a pelican's bill or a gopher's cheeks, used to carry food
verb transitive
8. 
to put in a pouch
9. 
to make into a pouch; make pouchy
10. 
to swallow
said of fish and certain birds
verb intransitive
11. 
to form a pouch or pouchlike cavity

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Pouch

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v.intr.
To assume the form of a pouch or pouchlike cavity.
n.
1. A small bag often closing with a drawstring and used especially for carrying loose items in one's pocket.
2. A bag or sack used to carry mail or diplomatic dispatches.
3. A leather bag or case for carrying powder or small-arms ammunition.
4. A sealed plastic or foil container used for packaging food or drink.
5. Something resembling a bag in shape: the pouches under one's eyes.
6. Zoology A saclike structure, such as the cheek pockets of the gopher or the external abdominal pocket in which marsupials carry their young.
7. Anatomy A pocketlike space in the body: the pharyngeal pouch.
8. Scots A pocket.
9. Archaic A small purse for coins.
v. pouched, pouch·ing, pouch·es
v.tr.
1. To place in or as if in a pouch; pocket.
2. To cause to resemble a pouch.
3. To swallow. Used of certain birds or fishes.

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