Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - pouch
Pouch
pouch
n. & v. --n. 1 a small bag or detachable outside pocket. 2 a baggy area of skin underneath the eyes etc. 3 a a pocket-like receptacle in which marsupials carry their young during lactation. b any of several similar structures in various animals, e.g. in the cheeks of rodents. 4 a soldier's leather ammunition bag. 5 a lockable bag for mail or dispatches. 6 Bot. a baglike cavity, esp. the seed-vessel, in a plant. --v.tr. 1 put or make into a pouch. 2 take possession of; pocket. 3 make (part of a dress etc.) hang like a pouch. Derivatives pouched adj. pouchy adj. Etymology: ME f. ONF pouche: cf. POKE(2)
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English pocca bag Date: 14th century a small drawstring bag carried on the person, 2. a bag of small or moderate size for storing or transporting goods, pocket, packet, an anatomical structure resembling a ~, ~ed adjective II. verb Date: circa 1566 transitive verb to put or form into or as if into a ~, to transmit by ~, intransitive verb to bulge or stick out or down in a manner suggesting a ~ , to transmit mail or dispatches by ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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