pouch
n 1: a small or medium size container for holding or carrying
things
2: an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air"
[syn: pouch, sac, sack, pocket]
3: (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a
marsupial or gopher or pelican) [syn: pouch, pocket]
v 1: put into a small bag
2: send by special mail that goes through diplomatic channels
3: swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the
huge meal" [syn: bulge, pouch, protrude]
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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.
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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.
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Pouch mouth, a mouth with blubbered or swollen lips.
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