pocket

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A small baglike attachment forming part of a garment and used to carry small articles, as a flat pouch sewn inside a pair of pants or a piece of material sewn on its sides and bottom to the outside of a shirt.
• noun A small sack or bag.
• noun A receptacle, cavity, or opening.
• noun Financial means; money supply.
• noun A small cavity in the earth, especially one containing ore.
• noun A small body or accumulation of ore.
• noun A pouch in an animal body, such as the cheek pouch of a rodent or the abdominal pouch of a marsupial.
• noun Games One of the pouchlike receptacles at the corners and sides of a billiard or pool table.
• noun Sports The webbing attached to the head of a lacrosse stick, in which the ball is caught and held.
• noun Baseball The deepest part of a baseball glove, just below the web, where the ball is normally caught.
• noun Sports A racing position in which a contestant has no room to pass a group of contestants immediately to his or her front or side.
• noun A small, isolated, or protected area or group.
• noun Football The area a few yards behind the line of scrimmage that blockers attempt to keep clear so that the quarterback can pass the ball.
• noun An air pocket.
• noun A bin for storing ore, grain, or other materials.
• adjective Suitable for or capable of being carried in one's pocket.
• adjective Small; miniature.
• adjective Designating the two cards that are dealt to a player face down in Texas hold'em.
• transitive verb To place in a pocket.
• transitive verb To take possession of for oneself, especially dishonestly.
• transitive verb To accept or tolerate (an insult, for example).
• transitive verb To conceal or suppress.
• transitive verb To prevent (a bill) from becoming law by failing to sign until the adjournment of the legislature.
• transitive verb Sports To hem in (a competitor) in a race.
• transitive verb Games To hit (a ball) into a pocket of a pool or billiard table.
• idiom (in (one's) pocket) In one's power, influence, or possession.
• idiom (in pocket) Having funds.
• idiom (in pocket) Having gained or retained funds of a specified amount.
• idiom (out of pocket) Out of one's own resources.
• idiom (out of pocket) Without funds or assets.
• idiom (out of pocket) In a state of having experienced a loss, especially a financial one.

from The Century Dictionary.

• To put in a pocket or in one's pocket: as. to pocket a ball in billiards; to pocket a penknife.
• To appropriate to one's self or for one's own use; take possession of.
• In racing slang, to surround in such a way as to leave no room for getting out or in front: as, he was pocketed at the beginning of the race.
• To carry in or as in the pocket; specifically, of a president, governor, or other executive officer, to prevent (a bill) from becoming law by retaining it unsigned. See pocket veto, under pocket, n.
• To accept meekly or without protest or resentment; submit to tamely or without demand for redress, apology, etc.: as, to pocket an insult.
• To conceal; give no indication of; suppress: as, to pocket one's pride.
• To control or have the control of, as if carried in one's pocket: as, to pocket a borough.
• In mech., placed in a case or pocket: as, a pocketed valve. See valve
• To submit tamely to; accept without protest or murmur.
• noun A small cavity in a rock-surface or in the channel of an intermittent stream, sometimes holding a pool of water. Also called a water-pocket.
• noun In Australia: A bar formed by a river at a bend, much curved and hollowed out near its shore end.
• noun A circular, hollowed-out spot in thick scrub.
• noun A small pouch or bag; specifically, a small pouch inserted in a garment for” carrying money or other small articles.
• noun That which is carried in the pocket; money; means; financial resources.
• noun One of the small bags or nets at the corners and sides of some billiard-tables.
• noun Any cavity or opening forming a receptacle: as, a brace-pocket, a post-pocket, etc.