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pool
verb
-
pool
,
pooling
,
pools
,
pooled
to
combine
money
,
information
,
or
other
resources
so
that
they
can
be
used
together
•
The
students
pooled
their
money
to
buy
a
birthday
cake
for
the
teacher
.
The
students
pooled
their
money
to
buy
a
birthday
cake
for
the
teacher
.
•
During
the
blackout
,
neighbors
agreed
to
pool
their
generators
to
keep
important
appliances
running
.
During
the
blackout
,
neighbors
agreed
to
pool
their
generators
to
keep
important
appliances
running
.
Verb
sense
arises
from
gamblers
‘
pooling
’
stakes
;
first
recorded
in
the
1870s
.
verb
-
pool
,
pooling
,
pools
,
pooled
(
of
liquid
)
to
collect
in
one
place
and
form
a
small
,
still
area
•
Water
began
to
pool
on
the
kitchen
floor
when
the
pipe
burst
.
Water
began
to
pool
on
the
kitchen
floor
when
the
pipe
burst
.
•
Sweat
pooled
on
her
forehead
after
she
finished
the
marathon
.
Sweat
pooled
on
her
forehead
after
she
finished
the
marathon
.
From
the
noun
‘
pool
’;
first
used
as
a
verb
meaning
‘
to
form
a
puddle
’
in
the
mid-19th
century
.
