part of speech
noun (pocket, pockets); verb (pocket, pockets, pocketed, pocketing); adjective (pocket — small)
meaning for a pupil
1) A pocket is a small bag sewn into clothes, where you keep small things. tree →
2) A pocket is any small space or area: a pocket of air. tree →
3) To pocket something is to put it in your pocket, or to keep it, sometimes unfairly. tree →
4) Pocket (adjective) means small enough for a pocket: a pocket torch. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths: a place where coins or things are kept; pockets counted; «pocket money». In everyday life: pocket money (UK) or allowance (USA), pockets in jackets and bags. In science: air pockets, pockets of warm water. In stories: «out of pocket» means having lost money; a kangaroo's pouch is like a pocket.
examples
- PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE CARDS OR SLIPS FROM THIS POCKET (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- He has 5 coins in his pocket. tree →
- She has 2 dollars in each pocket. tree →
- His jacket has 4 pockets. tree →
- How much money is in his pockets? tree →
- I get 5 pounds of pocket money each week. tree →
- A kangaroo carries her baby in a pocket called a pouch. tree →
- Check your pockets before washing your jeans. tree →
- He pocketed the change. tree →
- The plane bumped through a pocket of air. tree →
- He felt for it in his pocket. tree →
note
«In each pocket» gives a rate: total = per pocket × pockets. Trap: «pocket money» is money given to a child. «Out of pocket» means you lost or spent money. Safety: keep your phone and money in a zipped pocket in crowds.
In the corpora
- Pocket money is a small regular amount given to children to practise choosing, saving and making mistakes with money.
- Sea otters smash shellfish on a stone laid on the chest and keep a favourite stone in a loose skin pocket under the arm.
- Sauropod bones had air pockets inside, as birds' bones do, which made the skeleton lighter and helped breathing.
- A chick takes its first breath from the air pocket before it breaks the shell.
- The guests go home with pockets full of treats for their little brothers and sisters.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «pocket» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.