[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a small body of standing water; pond .", "a still, deep place in a stream.", "any small collection of liquid on a surface:a pool of blood.", "a puddle.", "swimming pool swimming pool.", "a subterranean accumulation of oil or gas held in porous and permeable sedimentary rockreservoir."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to form a pool.", "(of blood) to accumulate in a body part or ."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to cause pools to form in.", "to cause (blood) to form pools."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["of or for a pool:pool filters.", "taking place or occurring around or near a pool:a pool party."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Also called pocket billiards pocket billiards.any of various games played on a pool table pool tablewith a cue ball and 15 other balls that are usually numbered, in which the object is to drive all the balls into the pockets with the cue ball.Compare billiards(def) billiards(def).", "the total amount staked by a combination of bettors, as on a race, to be awarded to the successful bettor or bettors.", "the combination of such bettors.", "an association of competitors who agree to control the production, market, and price of a commodity for mutual benefit, although they appear to be rivals.Synonyms: monopoly , corner", "Finance.a combination of persons or for the purpose of manipulating the prices of securities.", "a combination of resources, funds, etc., for common advantage.", "the combined interests or funds.", "a facility, resource, or service that is shared by a group of people:a car pool;The Psychology department has built up a large participant pool for experiments.", "the persons or parties involved.", "the stakes in certain games.", "British.a billiard game.", "Fencing.a match in which each teammate successively plays against each member of the opposing team."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to put (resources, money, etc.) into a pool, or common stock or fund, as for a financial venture, according to agreement.Synonyms: consolidate , merge , combine", "to form a pool of.", "to make a common interest of."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to enter into or form a pool."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["of or belonging to a pool:a pool reporter;Pool research assistants will be assigned to code and enter the data."]}]