Pool
noun
A small body of still water.
There is a small pool of water by the garden.
Often appears as...
- swimming pool
- pool of water
noun
A game with numbered balls and a long stick.
They were playing pool in the pub.
Often appears as...
- play pool
- pool table
noun
A collection or group of something.
We have a pool of potential candidates for the job.
Often appears as...
- pool of candidates
- talent pool
verb
To collect something in one place.
We decided to pool our resources to buy a new car.
Often appears as...
- pool resources
- pool money
noun
A shared supply of vehicles or other resources.
Our company has a car pool for employees.
Often appears as...
- car pool
- pool car
Usage tips
Business, Transportation
noun
A small body of still water.
There is a small pool of water by the garden.
Often appears as...
- swimming pool
- pool of water
noun
A game with numbered balls and a long stick.
They were playing pool in the pub.
Often appears as...
- play pool
- pool table
noun
A collection or group of something.
We have a pool of potential candidates for the job.
Often appears as...
- pool of candidates
- talent pool
verb
To collect something in one place.
We decided to pool our resources to buy a new car.
Often appears as...
- pool resources
- pool money
noun
A shared supply of vehicles or other resources.
Our company has a car pool for employees.
Often appears as...
- car pool
- pool car
Usage tips
Business, Transportation
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Natural Settings
Often used to describe smaller bodies of water in nature, such as ponds.
Ducks swam in the small pool.
Pro Tip 2/2Metaphorical Use
Sometimes used metaphorically to express accumulation of liquid-like things.
A pool of sunlight illuminated the room.
Pro Tip 1/2Natural Settings
Often used to describe smaller bodies of water in nature, such as ponds.
Ducks swam in the small pool.
Pro Tip 2/2Metaphorical Use
Sometimes used metaphorically to express accumulation of liquid-like things.
A pool of sunlight illuminated the room.
Pro Tip 1/2Natural Settings
Often used to describe smaller bodies of water in nature, such as ponds.
Ducks swam in the small pool.
Pro Tip 2/2Metaphorical Use
Sometimes used metaphorically to express accumulation of liquid-like things.
A pool of sunlight illuminated the room.
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Nirmalya Kumar: India's...
that's where the important market leadership is. Right? And the last thing we point out in this slide, which is, you know, that to this story, there's one caveat. India has the youngest growing population in the world. This demographic dividend is incredible, but paradoxically, there's also the mirage of mighty labor pools.
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The past, present and...
But the plague also had an important biological impact. The sudden death of so many of the most frail and vulnerable people left behind a population with a significantly different gene pool, including genes that may have helped survivors resist the disease. And because such mutations often confer immunities
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Adorable Tiger Cub...
now that we're integrating them into the compound one of the most important aspects is obviously being on display here where the public can see them and part of that is just getting them introduced and and used to the big pool that we have we're going to see if we can take them for one of their very
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Filming Antarctica's...
but they had never they'd never really witnessed you know kind of really what happened we also knew that there was a melt pool quite drastically forming above where we were working every day the sun sun's influence was getting more and more the surface of the ice in some areas especially
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Tiger Cubs Swimming For...
Now that we're integrating them into the compound, one of the most important aspects is obviously being on display here, where the public can see them. And part of that is just getting them introduced and used to the big pool that we have.
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Diver 'VANISHES' in...
space the water coming out of the bottom of this spring coming into the pool is chemically actually quite distinct from the water in the pool but this is just the beginning the dives also revealed Clues to pass life here and a first for
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Singing from the...
they seemed easier to sing lyrics composed in the West revealed their true sources in memories of my life across the sea a swimming pool in LA moved to the apartment sorry a swimming pool in
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African Bullfrog Dad...
it's a powerful incentive for him to stay. There's another good reason Tadpoles need help to survive the tropical sun and its shrinking effect on their shallow pools.
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Orca's Extraordinary...
left to fend for themselves the young seals must learn to swim here they do so in the safety of a shallow tidal pool protected from predators by a rocky barrier
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Predators Swim In The...
right now you're a bar deep pool and even from here you can see all the way to the bottom you may have noticed the riverbed is bubbling
Video examples
Nirmalya Kumar: India's...
that's where the important market leadership is. Right? And the last thing we point out in this slide, which is, you know, that to this story, there's one caveat. India has the youngest growing population in the world. This demographic dividend is incredible, but paradoxically, there's also the mirage of mighty labor pools.
Video examples
The past, present and...
But the plague also had an important biological impact. The sudden death of so many of the most frail and vulnerable people left behind a population with a significantly different gene pool, including genes that may have helped survivors resist the disease. And because such mutations often confer immunities
Video examples
Adorable Tiger Cub...
now that we're integrating them into the compound one of the most important aspects is obviously being on display here where the public can see them and part of that is just getting them introduced and and used to the big pool that we have we're going to see if we can take them for one of their very
Video examples
Filming Antarctica's...
but they had never they'd never really witnessed you know kind of really what happened we also knew that there was a melt pool quite drastically forming above where we were working every day the sun sun's influence was getting more and more the surface of the ice in some areas especially
Video examples
Tiger Cubs Swimming For...
Now that we're integrating them into the compound, one of the most important aspects is obviously being on display here, where the public can see them. And part of that is just getting them introduced and used to the big pool that we have.
Video examples
Diver 'VANISHES' in...
space the water coming out of the bottom of this spring coming into the pool is chemically actually quite distinct from the water in the pool but this is just the beginning the dives also revealed Clues to pass life here and a first for
Video examples
Singing from the...
they seemed easier to sing lyrics composed in the West revealed their true sources in memories of my life across the sea a swimming pool in LA moved to the apartment sorry a swimming pool in
Video examples
African Bullfrog Dad...
it's a powerful incentive for him to stay. There's another good reason Tadpoles need help to survive the tropical sun and its shrinking effect on their shallow pools.
Video examples
Orca's Extraordinary...
left to fend for themselves the young seals must learn to swim here they do so in the safety of a shallow tidal pool protected from predators by a rocky barrier
Video examples
Predators Swim In The...
right now you're a bar deep pool and even from here you can see all the way to the bottom you may have noticed the riverbed is bubbling
Example 1 of 10
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Nick Nolte
American Actor
If you're older you want to tell stories about the pool of human life and living and to communicate, not only to your age group but to do an age group that can begin to understand, that has enough experience of life far beyond the taste of life.
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Nick Harkaway
English Novelist
My dad and I compete on the pool table; that's the most important competition of our lives. The fact that I'm writing and it works for me is one of the great joys for him. We talk about writing, and it's great.
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Zaha Hadid
British Architect
Wherever I am in the world, my perfect day begins with waking up and heading to the beach or the pool or somewhere I can be semi-comatose. I just wake up and go to the sun.
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Esther Williams
American Actress
Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool.
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Jonathan Scott
Canadian Entertainer
There have been some clients who have said, 'In order to compete, I'm going to put a pool in and then sell the house.' That's a terrible idea.
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Peggy Lipton
American Actress
I love pool because it's a game of strategy, a game of the eye, and your whole universe is like this. I really want to become a pool shark.
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Jason Whitlock
American Journalist
Take your money, pool your resources and support people who actually represent your views and have the time to be full-time involved.
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Sharon Stone
American Actress
I was a short order cook in a pool hall in college. So, I am the fastest cook in the world.
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Greg Gutfeld
American Author
If pop culture is a pool, it never hurts to dive into the deep end once in a while.
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Gina Raimondo
American Politician
Businesses want to be in places where there is a deep talent pool.
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Nick Nolte
American Actor
If you're older you want to tell stories about the pool of human life and living and to communicate, not only to your age group but to do an age group that can begin to understand, that has enough experience of life far beyond the taste of life.
Quote examples
Nick Harkaway
English Novelist
My dad and I compete on the pool table; that's the most important competition of our lives. The fact that I'm writing and it works for me is one of the great joys for him. We talk about writing, and it's great.
Quote examples
Zaha Hadid
British Architect
Wherever I am in the world, my perfect day begins with waking up and heading to the beach or the pool or somewhere I can be semi-comatose. I just wake up and go to the sun.
Quote examples
Esther Williams
American Actress
Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool.
Quote examples
Jonathan Scott
Canadian Entertainer
There have been some clients who have said, 'In order to compete, I'm going to put a pool in and then sell the house.' That's a terrible idea.
Quote examples
Peggy Lipton
American Actress
I love pool because it's a game of strategy, a game of the eye, and your whole universe is like this. I really want to become a pool shark.
Quote examples
Jason Whitlock
American Journalist
Take your money, pool your resources and support people who actually represent your views and have the time to be full-time involved.
Quote examples
Sharon Stone
American Actress
I was a short order cook in a pool hall in college. So, I am the fastest cook in the world.
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Greg Gutfeld
American Author
If pop culture is a pool, it never hurts to dive into the deep end once in a while.
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Gina Raimondo
American Politician
Businesses want to be in places where there is a deep talent pool.
Example 1 of 10
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