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| pouch [ powch ] |
noun (plural pouch·es) |
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1. small soft bag: a small bag or container made of a soft material such as fabric or leather
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2. something resembling pouch: something that looks like a pouch, especially a small baggy fold of skin
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3. pocket of skin in animal: a structure in an animal resembling a pouch, especially one on the abdomen of a marsupial for carrying young, or in the cheek of a rodent for carrying food
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4. body cavity resembling pocket: a pocket-shaped space or structure in the body
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5. plant cavity: a cavity in a plant shaped like a pocket
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6. bag for mail: a lockable bag or sack for carrying mail, especially diplomatic correspondence
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7. Scotland dress
Same as pocketn (sense 1)
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verb (past and past participle pouched, present participle pouch·ing, 3rd person present singular pouch·es) |
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1. transitive verb put something in pouch: to put something into a pouch
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2. transitive and intransitive verb form pouch: to make something, or be made, into a shape resembling a pouch
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| [13th century. < Anglo-Norman puche, Old N French pouche, Old French poche "bag" < Germanic] |
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  pouch·y adjective |
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