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pool
1. n. (Natation) Piscine (swimming pool).
Is there a swimming pool in this town?
2. n. Mare.
A pool of blood had collected on the ground.
3. n. Flaque.
4. n. Bol.
5. n. (Billard) Jeu où le gagnant rafle la mise.
6. n. Billard.
7. n. Ensemble de personnes qui misent ensemble.
8. n. Agrégation de biens-fonds, des droits et des charges qui y sont liés.
9. v. S'accoupler.
10. v. Mettre en commun.
anglais > anglais
pool
1. n. A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water.
the pools of Solomon
2. n. A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
3. n. (ellipsis of swimming pool).
4. n. A supply of resources.
There is a limited pool of candidates from which to choose the new manager.
5. n. (by extension, computing) A set of resources that are kept ready to use.
6. n. A small amount of liquid on a surface, such as a pool of blood.
7. v. (intransitive, of a liquid) to form a pool
8. n. (game) 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
9. n. (sport) A cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour, 7 of another, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the
10. n. In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.
11. n. Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
12. n. The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes.
13. n. A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contribut
The pool took all the wheat offered below the limit.
He put $10,000 into the pool.
14. n. (rail transport) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
15. n. (legal) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.
16. v. 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
We must pool our resources.
17. v. (intransitive) to combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction
français > anglais
piscine
1. n-f. swimming pool
2. n-f. piscina

Exemples de phrases

I found a pair of sunglasses by the swimming pool.      J'ai trouvé une paire de lunettes de soleil autour de la piscine. While swimming in the pool, she lost her locker key.      Elle a perdu la clé de son casier alors qu'elle nageait dans la piscine. She pushed him into the swimming pool.      Elle l'a poussé dans la piscine. But I don't think the pool is open this weekend.      Mais je ne pense pas que la piscine soit ouverte ce week-end. This pool isn't for diving but for swimming laps.      Cette piscine n'est pas destinée à plonger mais à faire des longueurs.

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