Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pouch en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *puhô Frankish *pokōbor. Old French puche Old Northern French pouchebor. Middle English pouche English pouch From Middle English pouche, poche, borrowed from Old Northern French pouche, from Old French poche, puche (whence French poche; compare also the Anglo-Norman variant poke), of Germanic origin: from Frankish *poka (“pouch”) (compare Middle Dutch poke, Old English pohha, dialectal German Pfoch). Doublet of poke; compare pocket.

Meanings

  1. A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
  2. An organic pocket in which a marsupial carries its young.
  3. Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch.
  4. (dated, derogatory, slang) A protuberant belly; a paunch.
  5. A cyst or sac containing fluid.
    • […]form a large Pouch or Cyst 1747, Samuel Sharp, A Treatise on the Operations of Surgery:
  6. A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse.
  7. A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain etc. from shifting.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
pouches Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

posing pouch · manpouch · pouchful · brood pouch · shepherd's pouch · Morison's pouch · pouchling · Pavlov pouch · Faraday pouch · retort pouch · nicotine pouch · retortable pouch · pouchless · pillow pouch · pouch of Morison · pouchitis · pouchmaker · pouchy · pseudopouch · Rathke's pouch · pouchlike · Poucher · laryngeal pouch · pouchmaking · abdominal pouch · pencil pouch

Relateds

bag · pocket · sack

Synonyms

marsupium

Translations (104)

de Beutel (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · fi pussukka (small bag) · es bolsa marsupial (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · gl taleiga (small bag) · es cartapacio (small bag) · es bolsita (small bag) · fr poche (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · fr mastothèque (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · ga tiachóg (small bag) · mk џеб (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · ro punguță (small bag) · ba тоҡсай (small bag) · eo saketo (small bag) · fr bourse (small bag) · el μάρσιπος (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · fr sachet (small bag) · es saquito (small bag) · hu erszény (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · uk су́мка (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · pdt Biedel (small bag) · pl sakiewka (small bag) · gl burchaca (small bag) · uk торби́нка (small bag) · ota چانطه (small bag) · ta பை (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · es marsupio (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · es bolsa (small bag) · bg торба́ (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · cs vak (small bag) · grc μάρσιππος (small bag) · mk ќе́се (small bag) · tl lukbot (small bag) · fr marsupium (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · grc βαλλάντιον (small bag) · es petaca (small bag) · fr petit sac (small bag) · ro trăistuță (small bag) · ro marsupiu (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · uk міше́чок (small bag) · tr poşet (small bag) · bg кеси́я (small bag) · si මඩිස්සලය (small bag) · hi थैला (small bag) · it sacchetto (small bag) · hu erszény (small bag) · gl dobrer (small bag) · hi थैली (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · ba янсыҡ (small bag) · fi pussi (small bag) · ru су́мка (small bag) · fr blague à tabac (small bag) · no pung (small bag) · ru мешо́чек (small bag) · pt malote (small bag) · fr poche (small bag) · gl cartafol (small bag) · pt bolsa (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · fr sac postal (small bag) · pt bolsa (small bag) · pl saszetka (small bag) · es valija (small bag) · cmn 育兒袋 /育儿袋 (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · ru мешо́к (small bag) · tl lukbot (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · gl badaza (small bag) · hi थैली (small bag) · gl barxoleta (small bag) · ca marsupi (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · ja(small bag) · ta பை (small bag) · eo marsupio (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · ang ceod (small bag) · fr besace (small bag) · cmn(small bag) · niv ӿонтӄ (small bag) · hy քսակ (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · tr kese (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · ru су́мка (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · cmn(small bag) · oc saquet (small bag) · mk то́рба (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · de Beutel (small bag) · la marsūpium (small bag) · sq trastë (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · gd sporan (small bag) · la sacculus (small bag) · no pung (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · mk то́рбичка (small bag) · el σακούλα (small bag) · cs váček (small bag) · gl besa (small bag) · fi pussi (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · bg торби́чка (small bag) · cs vak (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · gl argán (small bag) · fr étui à munitions (small bag) · sv pung (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) · fr giberne (small bag) · fr pochon (small bag) · gl boria (small bag) · pl sakwa (small bag) · hy քսակ (small bag) · gl bucha (small bag) · ro săculeț (small bag)

pouch en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *puhô Frankish *pokōbor. Old French puche Old Northern French pouchebor. Middle English pouche English pouch From Middle English pouche, poche, borrowed from Old Northern French pouche, from Old French poche, puche (whence French poche; compare also the Anglo-Norman variant poke), of Germanic origin: from Frankish *poka (“pouch”) (compare Middle Dutch poke, Old English pohha, dialectal German Pfoch). Doublet of poke; compare pocket.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To enclose within a pouch.
    • The beggar pouched the coin.
  2. (transitive) To transport within a pouch, especially a diplomatic pouch.
    • We pouched the encryption device to our embassy in Beijing.
  3. (of fowls and fish) To swallow.
    • And, to name no more, the common Heron hath its most remarkable Parts adapted to this Service; long Legs for wading; and a long Neck answerable thereto to reach Prey; a wide, extensive Throat to pouch it; long Toes, with strong hooked Talons […] 1713, William Derham, Physico-theology, or a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God:
    • […] but if they shake the line and move, after they have remained still three or four minutes, you may conclude the fish has pouched the bait and feels the hooks, then wind up your slack and strike, but not violently, and always mind to keep the point of your rod a little raised while you are playing and killing your fish […] 1820, Thomas Frederick Salter, The Trollerʻs Guide: A New and Complete Practical Treatise on the Art of Trolling Or Fishing for Jack and Pike:
  4. (obsolete, rare) To pout.
    • He pouched his mouth, and reared himself up and swelled; but answered me not. 1754, Samuel Richardson, The History of Sir Charles Grandison:
  5. (obsolete) To pocket; to put up with.
    • And for the value of the gowden piece , it shall never be said I pouched her siller 1822, [Walter Scott], The Pirate. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
pouched Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pouched Tense=Past lexicographic
pouching Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pouches Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (5)

fi pussittaa (to enclose in a pouch) · fi lähettää kuriirilla (to transport in a diplomatic pouch) · mk ста́ви во то́рба (to enclose in a pouch) · fi lähettää kuriiripostissa (to transport in a diplomatic pouch) · bg прибирам в торба (to enclose in a pouch)