pool
/pul/ noun A1- A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water. · the pools of Solomon· the Pool of London
- Any small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
- A set of resources that are kept ready to use.
- Any group of like things.
- A small amount of liquid on a surface. · a pool of blood
- A localized glow of light.
Plural pools
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And the rain-pools are the seas,
From under the door there curled a little red ribbon of blood, which had meandered across the passage and formed a little pool along the skirting at the other side.
Supposing that the Swan’s splendid white color arose from his washing in the water in which he swam, the Raven left the altars in the neighborhood where he picked up his living, and took up residence in the lakes and pools.
AN OX drinking at a pool trod on a brood of young frogs and crushed one of them to death.
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