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pouch

noun, verb — 12 senses

pouch

noun

/paʊt͡ʃ/

Etymology From Middle English pouche, poche, borrowed from Old Northern French pouche, from Old French poche, puche (whence French poche; compare also the Anglo-Norman variant poke), of Germanic origin: from Frankish *poka (“pouch”) (compare Middle Dutch poke, Old English pohha, dialectal German Pfoch). Doublet of poke; compare pocket.

7 senses
  1. 1A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
  2. 2An organic pocket in which a marsupial carries its young.
  3. 3Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch.
  4. 4A protuberant belly; a paunch.
  5. 5A cyst or sac containing fluid.
  6. 6A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse.
  7. 7A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain…
1

A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.

2

Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology An organic pocket in which a marsupial carries its young.

3

Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch.

4

Dated, Derogatory, Slang A protuberant belly; a paunch.

5

A cyst or sac containing fluid.

  • […]form a large Pouch or Cyst1747, Samuel Sharp, A Treatise on the Operations of Surgery:
6

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse.

7

A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain etc. from shifting.

Derived terms
26 termsabdominal pouch, brood pouch, Faraday pouch, laryngeal pouch, manpouch, Morison's pouch, nicotine pouch, Pavlov pouch, pencil pouch, pillow pouch, posing pouch, Poucher, pouchful, pouchitis, pouchless, pouchlike, pouchling, pouchmaker, pouchmaking, pouch of Morison, pouchy, pseudopouch, Rathke's pouch, retortable pouch, retort pouch, shepherd's pouch
Related terms
bag, pocket, sack

pouch

verb

Etymology From Middle English pouche, poche, borrowed from Old Northern French pouche, from Old French poche, puche (whence French poche; compare also the Anglo-Norman variant poke), of Germanic origin: from Frankish *poka (“pouch”) (compare Middle Dutch poke, Old English pohha, dialectal German Pfoch). Doublet of poke; compare pocket.

1

To enclose within a pouch.

  • The beggar pouched the coin.
2

To transport within a pouch, especially a diplomatic pouch.

  • We pouched the encryption device to our embassy in Beijing.
3

Of fowls and fish To swallow.

  • And, to name no more, the common Heron hath its most remarkable Parts adapted to this Service; long Legs for wading; and a long Neck answerable thereto to reach Prey; a wide, extensive Throat to pouch it; long Toes, with strong hooked Talons […]1713, William Derham, Physico-theology, or a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God:
  • […] but if they shake the line and move, after they have remained still three or four minutes, you may conclude the fish has pouched the bait and feels the hooks, then wind up your slack and strike, but not violently, and always mind to keep the point of your rod a little raised while you are playing and killing your fish […]1820, Thomas Frederick Salter, The Trollerʻs Guide: A New and Complete Practical Treatise on the Art of Trolling Or Fishing for Jack and Pike:
4

Obsolete, Rare To pout.

  • He pouched his mouth, and reared himself up and swelled; but answered me not.1754, Samuel Richardson, The History of Sir Charles Grandison:
5

Obsolete To pocket; to put up with.

  • And for the value of the gowden piece , it shall never be said I pouched her siller1822, [Walter Scott], The Pirate. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:

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