--- title: P — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 43 description: The 1498 words of the English dictionary under P, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/43/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / P # P — The English dictionary · page 43 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) … [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/42/) **43** [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/44/) … [77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/77/) **polynesian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with Polynesia, the large group of Pacific islands including Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga, Tahiti and New Zealand (Aotearoa), and with its peoples, languages and cultures.[↗](../../polynesian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Noun: a person from one of these peoples, such as Māori, Samoan, Tongan or Hawaiian.[↗](../../polynesian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Polynesian navigators read the stars and the waves.[↗](../../polynesian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Māori are a Polynesian people of New Zealand.[↗](../../polynesian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hawaiian is a Polynesian language.[↗](../../polynesian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class learned a Polynesian dance.[↗](../../polynesian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Polynesian Triangle has Hawaii, New Zealand and Easter Island at its corners.[↗](../../polynesian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Polynesian families live in Auckland.[↗](../../polynesian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **polyp** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A polyp is a small sea animal with a tube-shaped body and a mouth ringed with tentacles; coral and sea anemones are made of polyps.[↗](../../polyp/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (medicine) A polyp is a small lump that grows inside the body, for example in the nose or gut.[↗](../../polyp/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A coral reef is made of tiny polyps.[↗](../../polyp/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each coral polyp catches food with its tentacles.[↗](../../polyp/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor found a small polyp in his nose.[↗](../../polyp/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Polyps build their homes from limestone.[↗](../../polyp/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A sea anemone is a large polyp.[↗](../../polyp/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Coral polyps live with algae inside them.[↗](../../polyp/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **polystyrene** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Polystyrene is a light plastic.[↗](../../polystyrene/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") The common white kind is full of air bubbles and is used for packaging, cups and food boxes.[↗](../../polystyrene/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hard clear polystyrene is used for things like plastic cutlery and CD cases.[↗](../../polystyrene/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The TV came packed in polystyrene.[↗](../../polystyrene/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A polystyrene cup keeps the tea hot.[↗](../../polystyrene/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Polystyrene is very light and floats on water.[↗](../../polystyrene/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We used polystyrene balls to make model planets.[↗](../../polystyrene/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Polystyrene is hard to recycle.[↗](../../polystyrene/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bits of polystyrene were washed up on the beach.[↗](../../polystyrene/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **polytechnic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A college that teaches many practical and technical subjects, like engineering, building, computing and design, often to older students and adults.[↗](../../polytechnic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK) A kind of college that existed until 1992, when most polytechnics became universities.[↗](../../polytechnic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) Teaching many arts and sciences, especially technical ones: a polytechnic school.[↗](../../polytechnic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My uncle studied engineering at a polytechnic.[↗](../../polytechnic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In New Zealand some colleges were called polytechnics for many years.[↗](../../polytechnic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The polytechnic teaches plumbing, cooking and computer design.[↗](../../polytechnic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In 1992 most British polytechnics became universities.[↗](../../polytechnic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum went to the poly to train as a nurse.[↗](../../polytechnic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a famous college in the USA.[↗](../../polytechnic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A polytechnic is good for people who like hands-on learning.[↗](../../polytechnic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pom** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A Pom or Pommy is an English person or a British person; it is a joking word but can sound rude.[↗](../../pom/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pom is short for a pom-pom (pompom), a fluffy ball of wool or a cheerleader's bunch of ribbons.[↗](../../pom/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A pom is short for a Pomeranian, a small fluffy dog.[↗](../../pom/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Aussies beat the Poms at cricket.[↗](../../pom/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Australia, slang)[↗](../../pom/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «G'day, mate, you a Pom?» asked the man at the beach.[↗](../../pom/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My beanie hat has a red pom on top.[↗](../../pom/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We made woolly poms in art class.[↗](../../pom/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cheerleaders shook their poms.[↗](../../pom/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our neighbour's pom barks at everything.[↗](../../pom/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (short for Pomeranian)[↗](../../pom/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pomegranate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A round fruit with a tough red skin and many juicy red seeds inside.[↗](../../pomegranate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* THE POMEGRANATE and Apple-Tree disputed as to which was the most beautiful.[↗](../../pomegranate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Pearls and pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the marketplace.[↗](../../pomegranate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She cut the pomegranate and ate the red seeds one by one.[↗](../../pomegranate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig-trees and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey; (Torah DEU.8.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pomegranate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.[↗](../../pomegranate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.39.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pomegranate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about.[↗](../../pomegranate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.28.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pomegranate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil.[↗](../../pomegranate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.6.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pomegranate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy shoots are a park of pomegranates, with precious fruits; henna with spikenard plants, (Writings SNG.4.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pomegranate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And there were ninety and six pomegranates on the outside; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network round about.[↗](../../pomegranate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.52.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pomegranate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **pomelo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A very large citrus fruit, like a big grapefruit, with thick yellow-green skin.[↗](../../pomelo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Next day, the pomelo tree had disappeared.[↗](../../pomelo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They gave her one of the pomeloes.[↗](../../pomelo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We bought a pomelo and shared it between the four of us.[↗](../../pomelo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **pomeranian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A very small, fluffy dog with a fox-like face, pointed ears and a thick fur coat, often orange or cream.[↗](../../pomeranian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person from Pomerania, a region by the Baltic Sea that is now in Poland and Germany.[↗](../../pomeranian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) Coming from Pomerania.[↗](../../pomeranian/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our neighbour has a Pomeranian that looks like a tiny lion.[↗](../../pomeranian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Pomeranian barked at the postman from behind the window.[↗](../../pomeranian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A Pomeranian puppy can fit in two hands.[↗](../../pomeranian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Pomeranians need their thick fur brushed often.[↗](../../pomeranian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Queen Victoria kept Pomeranians and made the breed popular.[↗](../../pomeranian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Pomerania is a region by the Baltic Sea, and its people are Pomeranians.[↗](../../pomeranian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin calls her dog a Pom for short.[↗](../../pomeranian/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pomp** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pomp is grand display and ceremony, with splendid clothes, music and crowds, meant to impress people.[↗](../../pomp/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king rode out with great pomp and music.[↗](../../pomp/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The wedding was full of pomp and feasting.[↗](../../pomp/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not spend all your money on pomp and show.[↗](../../pomp/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The queen arrived in a golden carriage, amid pomp and splendour.[↗](../../pomp/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy pomp is brought down to the nether-world, and the noise of thy psalteries; the maggot is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.'[↗](../../pomp/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.14.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pomp/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **pompous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Acting too important and too serious, using grand words to show off.[↗](../../pompous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of speech or writing) Full of big, showy words.[↗](../../pompous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Toad made a pompous speech about how clever he was.[↗](../../pompous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The pompous mayor talked for an hour.[↗](../../pompous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He wrote in a pompous style full of long words.[↗](../../pompous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be so pompous\![↗](../../pompous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The pompous butler looked down his nose at us.[↗](../../pompous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The King made a pompous announcement at the trial.[↗](../../pompous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pond** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pond is a small area of still water, smaller than a lake.[↗](../../pond/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «The pond» (informal) can mean the Atlantic Ocean: «across the pond».[↗](../../pond/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are 12 ducks on the pond.[↗](../../pond/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 4 frogs jumped into the pond.[↗](../../pond/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pond has 30 fish.[↗](../../pond/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many ducks are left on the pond?[↗](../../pond/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We went pond dipping and found tadpoles.[↗](../../pond/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Never walk on a frozen pond.[↗](../../pond/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dragonflies lay their eggs in ponds.[↗](../../pond/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin lives across the pond in America.[↗](../../pond/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the water in the pond became dark with blood.[↗](../../pond/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Comprehend this great wisdom, understand this \[7\] knowledge, inquire into it and ponder on it, render it evident and lead \[8\] the Creator back to His throne again.[↗](../../pond/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../pond/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **ponder** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To ponder is to think about something slowly and carefully for a long time before deciding.[↗](../../ponder/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I must ponder this puzzle before I answer.[↗](../../ponder/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She pondered the words for a long time.[↗](../../ponder/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old man pondered over the riddle until he understood it.[↗](../../ponder/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · After that our father Abraham had seen, and pondered over, investigated, and understood these things, he designed, engraved, and composed them, and received them into his power (hands).[↗](../../ponder/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../ponder/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I have pondered the days of old, the years of ancient times.[↗](../../ponder/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.77.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ponder/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And when I pondered how I might know this, it was wearisome in mine eyes; (Writings PSA.73.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ponder/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And besides that Koheleth was wise, he also taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.[↗](../../ponder/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.12.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ponder/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pondering** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Pondering is thinking deeply and slowly about something; it is the -ing form of ponder.[↗](../../pondering/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Kai sat by the fire, pondering.[↗](../../pondering/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She stood in silence, pondering the question.[↗](../../pondering/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pondering over the sums, Ben at last found his mistake.[↗](../../pondering/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **ponderous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ponderous means very heavy and large, so that it is hard to lift or move.[↗](../../ponderous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Ponderous also means slow and heavy in manner, without any lightness.[↗](../../ponderous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The stone door was too ponderous to move.[↗](../../ponderous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The elephant walked with ponderous steps.[↗](../../ponderous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ship was so ponderous that fifty men could not push it into the water.[↗](../../ponderous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **pondweed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A plant that grows in ponds and slow rivers, often under or on the water, with green leaves or stems.[↗](../../pondweed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We counted the oxygen bubbles coming from the pondweed.[↗](../../pondweed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · When the lamp was closer, the pondweed made more bubbles.[↗](../../pondweed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tadpoles hide in the pondweed.[↗](../../pondweed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The frog jumped out covered in green pondweed.[↗](../../pondweed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much pondweed can choke a pond.[↗](../../pondweed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class pond has lots of pondweed.[↗](../../pondweed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pong** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK, Australia, informal) A pong is a strong, unpleasant smell.[↗](../../pong/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, informal) To pong is to smell bad.[↗](../../pong/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Pong is one of the first video games, a simple tennis-like game from the early days of computers.[↗](../../pong/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Ping-pong» is table tennis.[↗](../../pong/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What a pong\![↗](../../pong/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") Who left the bin open?[↗](../../pong/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Your football socks pong.[↗](../../pong/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fish market had a terrible pong.[↗](../../pong/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cheese ponged out the whole fridge.[↗](../../pong/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Pong was one of the first video games.[↗](../../pong/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We played ping-pong at the youth club.[↗](../../pong/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The changing room is a bit pongy.[↗](../../pong/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pony** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pony is a kind of small horse that stays small even when fully grown.[↗](../../pony/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Informally, «pony» is a word some people use for a horse that children ride.[↗](../../pony/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I rode a pony at the farm.[↗](../../pony/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A pony is shorter than most horses.[↗](../../pony/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Shetland ponies are small but very strong.[↗](../../pony/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw wild ponies on Dartmoor.[↗](../../pony/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She grooms her pony every morning before school.[↗](../../pony/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The pony trotted round the field.[↗](../../pony/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister wears her hair in a ponytail.[↗](../../pony/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Always walk behind a pony with care; it may kick if startled.[↗](../../pony/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · When the bewildered woman reached her dwelling, she mounted a pony and rode swiftly across the rolling land.[↗](../../pony/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **ponytail** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A ponytail is a hairstyle where long hair is pulled back and tied with a band at the back of the head so that it hangs down like a pony's tail.[↗](../../ponytail/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The hair that hangs down in this style.[↗](../../ponytail/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Lily tied her hair in a high ponytail for netball.[↗](../../ponytail/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Please put long hair in a ponytail before you light the Bunsen burner.[↗](../../ponytail/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her ponytail swung as she ran.[↗](../../ponytail/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some boys kept tugging her ponytail, so she moved seats.[↗](../../ponytail/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My dad has a short ponytail.[↗](../../ponytail/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She took out her ponytail and brushed her hair.[↗](../../ponytail/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The horse's real tail was longer than any ponytail.[↗](../../ponytail/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **poodle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A dog with thick curly hair, often clipped into fancy shapes; poodles come in toy, miniature and standard sizes.[↗](../../poodle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, informal, scornful) A person or country that always obeys someone more powerful.[↗](../../poodle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our neighbour's poodle has white curly fur.[↗](../../poodle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Poodles are clever and easy to train.[↗](../../poodle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The poodle wore a little pink bow.[↗](../../poodle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A standard poodle is much bigger than a toy poodle.[↗](../../poodle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Poodles don't shed much hair.[↗](../../poodle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The newspaper called the minister the prime minister's poodle.[↗](../../poodle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A magnificent Poodle appeared, walking on his hind legs just like a man.[↗](../../poodle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pool** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pool is a place filled with water to swim in.[↗](../../pool/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pool is a small area of liquid: a pool of rainwater.[↗](../../pool/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To pool is to put money or things together so everyone can share them.[↗](../../pool/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A pool is a group of things or people shared: a car pool.[↗](../../pool/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Pool is also a game played with balls and a stick on a table.[↗](../../pool/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pool holds 5000 liters of water.[↗](../../pool/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She swims 10 laps in the pool.[↗](../../pool/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pool is 25 meters long.[↗](../../pool/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They pooled their money to buy a gift.[↗](../../pool/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · No running by the pool\![↗](../../pool/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We found crabs in the rock pools.[↗](../../pool/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A pool of water formed under the leaky tap.[↗](../../pool/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The parents set up a car pool for school.[↗](../../pool/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad played pool with his friends.[↗](../../pool/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · A thirsty Stag went down to a pool to drink.[↗](../../pool/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Say unto Aaron: Stretch forth thy hand with thy rod over the rivers, over the canals, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.'[↗](../../pool/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.8.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pool/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into watersprings.[↗](../../pool/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.107.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pool/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the wood springing up with trees; (Writings ECC.2.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pool/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.[↗](../../pool/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.114.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pool/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **poop** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, childish, mostly US/Canada) Solid waste that comes out of a body; poo.[↗](../../poop/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb, informal) To pass solid waste.[↗](../../poop/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The dog pooped on the lawn.[↗](../../poop/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (slang) «Pooped» means very tired.[↗](../../poop/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I'm pooped\![↗](../../poop/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (old, sailing) The poop deck is the raised deck at the back of an old ship.[↗](../../poop/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (informal) «The poop» (US) means the inside news or information.[↗](../../poop/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please pick up your dog's poop in the park.[↗](../../poop/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby needs a new nappy — she's pooped.[↗](../../poop/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After the race I was totally pooped.[↗](../../poop/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists studied whale poop to learn about the sea.[↗](../../poop/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be a party pooper — come and dance\![↗](../../poop/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain stood on the poop deck.[↗](../../poop/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands after you poop.[↗](../../poop/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Bird poop landed on Dad's car.[↗](../../poop/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) … [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/42/) **43** [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/44/) … [77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/77/) - ← previous: [page 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/42/) - next →: [page 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/44/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)