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# pocket

noun (pocket, pockets); verb (pocket, pockets, pocketed, pocketing); adjective (pocket — small)

«pocket» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A pocket is a small bag sewn into clothes, where you keep small things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#m1)
2. A pocket is any small space or area: a pocket of air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#m2)
3. To pocket something is to put it in your pocket, or to keep it, sometimes unfairly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#m3)
4. Pocket (adjective) means small enough for a pocket: a pocket torch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#m4)

### In the lessons

In maths: a place where coins or things are kept; pockets counted; «pocket money». In everyday life: pocket money (UK) or allowance (USA), pockets in jackets and bags. In science: air pockets, pockets of warm water. In stories: «out of pocket» means having lost money; a kangaroo's pouch is like a pocket.

### Examples

- He has 5 coins in his pocket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#x1)
- She has 2 dollars in each pocket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#x2)
- His jacket has 4 pockets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#x3)
- How much money is in his pockets? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#x4)
- I get 5 pounds of pocket money each week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#x5)
- A kangaroo carries her baby in a pocket called a pouch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#x6)
- Check your pockets before washing your jeans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#x7)
- He pocketed the change. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#x8)
- The plane bumped through a pocket of air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#x9)
- He felt for it in his pocket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#x10)

### Note

«In each pocket» gives a rate: total = per pocket × pockets. Trap: «pocket money» is money given to a child. «Out of pocket» means you lost or spent money. Safety: keep your phone and money in a zipped pocket in crowds.

## In Jewish tradition

In maths: a place where coins or things are kept; pockets counted; «pocket money». In everyday life: pocket money (UK) or allowance (USA), pockets in jackets and bags. In science: air pockets, pockets of warm water. In stories: «out of pocket» means having lost money; a kangaroo's pouch is like a pocket.

### Examples

- PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE CARDS OR SLIPS FROM THIS POCKET (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pocket/#x1)

### Note

«In each pocket» gives a rate: total = per pocket × pockets. Trap: «pocket money» is money given to a child. «Out of pocket» means you lost or spent money. Safety: keep your phone and money in a zipped pocket in crowds.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pocket» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pocket» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pocket.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «pocket» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pocket/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pocket» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/pocket.html) on Mova free.