pool
part of speech
noun (pool, pools); verb (pool, pools, pooled, pooling)
meaning for a pupil
1) A pool is a place filled with water to swim in. tree →
2) A pool is a small area of liquid: a pool of rainwater. tree →
3) To pool is to put money or things together so everyone can share them. tree →
4) A pool is a group of things or people shared: a car pool. tree →
5) Pool is also a game played with balls and a stick on a table. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths: a place to swim; water filled; laps; money pooled together; volume of a pool. In everyday life and safety: swimming lessons, pool rules. In science: puddles and rock pools by the sea, evaporation. In stories: «a pool of moonlight».
examples
- The pool holds 5000 liters of water. tree →
- She swims 10 laps in the pool. tree →
- The pool is 25 meters long. tree →
- They pooled their money to buy a gift. tree →
- No running by the pool! tree →
- We found crabs in the rock pools. tree →
- A pool of water formed under the leaky tap. tree →
- The parents set up a car pool for school. tree →
- Dad played pool with his friends. tree →
- A thirsty Stag went down to a pool to drink. tree →
note
Water filled at a rate: time = volume ÷ rate. «Pooled» money = add. Trap: laps are lengths, so distance = laps × pool length. Safety: swim only when an adult is watching; walk, do not run, near pools. «Pool» in the UK is often «swimming pool» or «swimming baths».
In the corpora
- Walking sharks can survive for hours with very little oxygen when a rock pool gets warm and stale at low tide.
- She sheds "gallons of tears", making a pool about four inches deep that reaches half down the hall.
- First, we found crabs in rock pools.
- Inflatable armbands and pool toys are not life-saving devices.
- Wet pool edges are slippery, so you should walk, not run.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «pool» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.