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Noun pocket has 9 senses

pocket - a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
--₁ is a kind of pouch
--₁ is a part of garment
--₁ has part: pocket flap
--₁ has particulars:
breast pocket; hip pocket; patch pocket; slash pocket; vest pocket

Derived forms: verb pocket₂, verb pocket₁
pouch, sac, sack, pocket - an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air"
--₂ is a kind of cavity, enclosed space
pocket - a supply of money; "they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets"
--₃ is a kind of funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource
pocket - (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins next bnehind it on the right or left; "the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike"
--₄ is a kind of space
scoop, pocket - a hollow concave shape made by removing something
--₅ is a kind of concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
air pocket, pocket, air hole - a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
--₆ is a kind of atmospheric phenomenon
pocket - a small isolated group of people; "they were concentrated in pockets inside the city"; "the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance"
--₇ is a kind of people
pouch, pocket - (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
--₈ is a kind of sac
--₈ has particulars:
gizzard, ventriculus, gastric mill; utricle, utriculus; auricle, atrial auricle, auricula atrii; auricula, auricular appendage, auricular appendix; cheek pouch; marsupium; scrotum
pocket - an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
--₉ is a kind of opening, gap
--₉ is a part of pool table, billiard table, snooker table
--₉ has particulars: corner pocket; side pocket

Verb pocket has 2 senses

pocket - put in one's pocket; "He pocketed the change"
--₁ is one way to take

Derived form: noun pocket₁
Sample sentence:
They pocket the money
pocket, bag - take unlawfully
--₂ is one way to steal

Derived form: noun pocket₁
Sample sentence:
They pocket the money