'Pouch' definitions:

Definition of 'pouch'

(from WordNet)
noun
A small or medium size container for holding or carrying things
noun
An enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air" [syn: pouch, sac, sack, pocket]
noun
(anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) [syn: pouch, pocket]
verb
Put into a small bag
verb
Send by special mail that goes through diplomatic channels
verb
Swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal" [syn: bulge, pouch, protrude]

Definition of 'Pouch'

From: GCIDE
  • Pouch \Pouch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pouched; p. pr. & vb. n. Pouching.]
  • 1. To put or take into a pouch. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To swallow; -- said of fowls. --Derham. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To pout. [Obs.] --Ainsworth. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To pocket; to put up with. [R.] --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Pouch'

From: GCIDE
  • Pouch \Pouch\, n. [F. poche a pocket, pouch, bag; probably of Teutonic origin. See Poke a bag, and cf. Poach to cook eggs, to plunder.]
  • 1. A small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for money; a shot pouch; a mail pouch, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which is shaped like, or used as, a pouch; as: (a) A protuberant belly; a paunch; -- so called in ridicule. (b) (Zool.) A sac or bag for carrying food or young; as, the cheek pouches of certain rodents, and the pouch of marsupials. (c) (Med.) A cyst or sac containing fluid. --S. Sharp. (d) (Bot.) A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse. (e) A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain, etc., from shifting. [1913 Webster]
  • Pouch mouth, a mouth with blubbered or swollen lips. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'pouch'

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