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Definition of pouch in English: pouchnoun paʊtʃpaʊtʃ 1A small flexible bag, typically carried in a pocket or attached to a belt. webbing with pouches for stun grenades Example sentencesExamples - The boy was digging through a pouch at his hip.
- He looked relieved, then reached into a pouch at his belt to produce his pipe and tobacco.
- A pocket clip and a padded zippered carrying pouch are included.
- I unzipped the side pouch on the bag and pulled out a new clip and loaded it.
- Crane pushed his suspenders off his shoulders and grabbed at his pipe and fished his tobacco pouch from his pocket and began to stuff the pipe's bowl.
- He took a few practice swipes with it, and, upon finding no other place to put it, he placed it in a small pouch attached to his belt.
- She opened the little pouch at her belt and placed the leaves there.
- One of the popular sections at the exhibition is the one featuring leather goods such as bags, purses, belts and pouches.
- Basic webbing ammunition belts and pouches were supplemented by as many bandoliers as the soldier could carry without falling down.
- A cross-belt might carry his carbine or contain an ammunition pouch.
- The cartridges are carried in a clip in bunches of five, and these are carried in small leather pouches attached to the belt, several in a pouch.
- She released his hand, and patted the bulging pouch on her belt.
- Kneeling, he took some birdfeed out of a pouch attached to his belt and placed it on Jack's cheek.
- Field packs, bags, belt cases, pouches and other carrying gear are available from manufacturers striving to capture consumers' attention.
- He untied the heavy pouch at his side and dropped it onto the floor.
- She walked to the dresser, opened the jewelry box and pulled out the small velvet pouch.
- He also pulled out a smaller, leather pouch.
- Then he placed it into the small leather pouch at his waist.
- He pulled open a pouch hanging from his belt.
- He hunched down on the seat across from him and opened up a little drawstring pouch around his waist.
Synonyms bag, purse, wallet, sack, sac, pocket, container, receptacle Scottish poke, sporran historical reticule - 1.1 A lockable bag for mail or dispatches.
Example sentencesExamples - A spokesman for Royal Mail said secure pouches were strategically positioned to give a better service of delivery.
- Ponder on each of them before you open the diplomatic pouches or make responses.
- A postwoman watched in amazement as two teenagers snatched her Royal Mail pouch bag full of letters while it was attached to her bike.
- The kangaroo pouch containing the letters lay open on the table.
- Royal Mail has applied for planning permission for pouch boxes, which are used to store additional delivery bags on heavy rounds.
2A pocket-like abdominal receptacle in which marsupials carry their young during lactation. Example sentencesExamples - The functions of the brood, incubating and marsupial pouches should be further investigated in relation to their osmoprotective and perhaps also trophic roles for the embryos.
- They have a well developed marsupial pouch that opens anteriorly.
- It's a unique, dog-like marsupial that climbs trees, lives for only five years, and carries its young in a pouch that faces backwards.
- By the time they leave the pouches, the young sphaeromid juveniles have acquired a limited but efficient ability to hyper-osmoregulate, which increases in subsequent stages.
- Two situations are considered, internal development of the embryos in closed incubating, brood or marsupial pouches, and external development in eggs exposed to the external medium.
- Like their seahorse relatives, male seadragons brood the eggs but under their tail instead of in an abdominal pouch.
- They eat blueberries, heather and grass, rear their young in pouches and die in heavy snow.
- Some lay their eggs in damp leaf litter, some create nests of foam, and some even carry their eggs or tadpoles in pouches on their backs.
- Could the fossa be a link between the marsupial and the mammals without pouches?
- The primary difference is that the young are not raised in a special pouch, as in marsupials.
- A male with his brood pouch is seen in the foreground, and two enclosed females in the back.
- Other frog species have pouches to carry developing offspring, but the hip-pocket frog is the only one he knows of in which the male does the lugging.
- The female deposits her eggs into a brood pouch found on the belly of the male.
- The male seahorse has a pouch on its stomach in which to carry babies - as many as 2,000 at a time.
- Most development takes place in the pouch, and the lactation period is prolonged.
- As soon as they are expelled from the pouch, the young are on their own.
- Notice the brood pouches on the ventral surfaces of depicted males.
- They are marsupials, which just describes the fact that they carry their young in a pouch.
- The young remains in the pouch another 6-8 weeks, until its spines begin to harden.
- As everyone knows, baby kangaroos live in their mothers' pouches, and Joey is no exception.
- 2.1 Any of a number of pocket-like animal structures, such as those in the cheeks of rodents.
Example sentencesExamples - In the breeding season, Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches develop throat pouches that allow them to carry food back to their young at the nest.
- He caught chipmunks whose cheek pouches were so stuffed with lodgepole pine seeds that not one more would fit.
- I sucked all the spit from the pouches of my cheeks, making a nice squishy sound.
- Food is swallowed for transport, not carried in the pouch.
3often pouchesA baggy area of skin underneath a person's eyes. he had deep pouches under his dark eyes Example sentencesExamples - When I looked at myself in the mirror these days, I saw tangled hair, baggy pouches over my cheeks, hollow, empty eyes.
- But they were worried - worried about what the deep, blue pouches under his eyes meant, worried about the way he seemed always lost in thought during mealtimes.
- It is pretty much impossible to turn back the negative effects of ongoing sleep deprivation - when it starts showing up in lackluster skin and pouches under the eyes, it's way too late.
verb paʊtʃpaʊtʃ [with object]1Put into a pouch. he stopped, pouched his tickets, and plodded on - 1.1informal Succeed in securing.
he pouched his fifth first prize by beating Higginson in the final Example sentencesExamples - Although efforts where made to train new employees to fill the gaps, two of the four trained where pouched by other, better paying ministries, while the other two died!
- Because of the freefall, Jordan's technical staff was pouched by rival teams.
- But once he had pouched that at the second attempt, he had little to scream and bawl about.
- 1.2Cricket Catch (the ball)
Hick pouched his fourth catch with ease Example sentencesExamples - This time the catch was safely pouched by Vaughan in the gully.
- They surely can't field like village green cricketers again - and I apologise now if that offends the weekend players who would have pouched five of the six dropped chances with their eyes shut.
- But the ball sailed straight upwards and he pouched the simplest of catches.
- He pouched only one catch but it took him to 234, which equalled the record number of catches in the competition set by his predecessor.
- The teenage wicketkeeper then pouched two catches to remove both openers cheaply and wickets continued to tumble.
2Make (part of a garment) hang like a pouch. the muslin is lightly pouched over the belt
Derivatives adjective paʊtʃtpaʊtʃt The broad firm cheeks droop into a pouched flush as they sink downward into his draggled lace collar. Example sentencesExamples - Four resplendent Siberian chipmunks with their pouched cheeks and striped fur are wanted dead or alive after fleeing from an enclosure in southern England, a newspaper reported yesterday.
- This group includes all of the pouched animals, such as opossums, kangaroos, and Tasmanian devils.
- What are we to make of the many examples of hermaphroditism and sex - role reversal, of intersexed deer and pouched male kangaroos?
- The paleontologist says the brain volume of placental carnivores is about two and a half times larger, on average, than that of pouched carnivores.
adjective ˈpaʊtʃiˈpaʊtʃi His plump, pouchy features are positively pink with pleasure and he's clapping his hands delightedly. Example sentencesExamples - The best thing about a return to high waistbands is that ladies who enjoy their lunch can smooth away their pouchy tummies by investing in a sensible pair of ‘control’ knickers.
- A wig that seemed to be woven out of gray wire was set over a red, pouchy face, whose multiple chins hung over his neckcloth like wattles.
- Besides, her pouchy tummy looked strange with her slender new hips.
- In my head, I was the gorgeous young thing running around with the aged pouchy bachelor, and it was the best relationship I'd ever been in.
Origin Middle English (as a noun): from Old Northern French pouche, variant of Old French poche 'bag'. Compare with poke2. Rhymes avouch, couch, crouch, debouch, grouch, ouch, slouch, vouch Definition of pouch in US English: pouchnounpaʊtʃpouCH 1A small bag or other flexible receptacle, typically carried in a pocket or attached to a belt. webbing with pouches for stun grenades Example sentencesExamples - He untied the heavy pouch at his side and dropped it onto the floor.
- Field packs, bags, belt cases, pouches and other carrying gear are available from manufacturers striving to capture consumers' attention.
- One of the popular sections at the exhibition is the one featuring leather goods such as bags, purses, belts and pouches.
- He took a few practice swipes with it, and, upon finding no other place to put it, he placed it in a small pouch attached to his belt.
- A pocket clip and a padded zippered carrying pouch are included.
- Basic webbing ammunition belts and pouches were supplemented by as many bandoliers as the soldier could carry without falling down.
- She walked to the dresser, opened the jewelry box and pulled out the small velvet pouch.
- The cartridges are carried in a clip in bunches of five, and these are carried in small leather pouches attached to the belt, several in a pouch.
- He hunched down on the seat across from him and opened up a little drawstring pouch around his waist.
- Kneeling, he took some birdfeed out of a pouch attached to his belt and placed it on Jack's cheek.
- She opened the little pouch at her belt and placed the leaves there.
- A cross-belt might carry his carbine or contain an ammunition pouch.
- He pulled open a pouch hanging from his belt.
- He also pulled out a smaller, leather pouch.
- I unzipped the side pouch on the bag and pulled out a new clip and loaded it.
- Then he placed it into the small leather pouch at his waist.
- She released his hand, and patted the bulging pouch on her belt.
- The boy was digging through a pouch at his hip.
- He looked relieved, then reached into a pouch at his belt to produce his pipe and tobacco.
- Crane pushed his suspenders off his shoulders and grabbed at his pipe and fished his tobacco pouch from his pocket and began to stuff the pipe's bowl.
Synonyms bag, purse, wallet, sack, sac, pocket, container, receptacle - 1.1 A lockable bag for mail or dispatches.
Example sentencesExamples - A postwoman watched in amazement as two teenagers snatched her Royal Mail pouch bag full of letters while it was attached to her bike.
- Ponder on each of them before you open the diplomatic pouches or make responses.
- A spokesman for Royal Mail said secure pouches were strategically positioned to give a better service of delivery.
- Royal Mail has applied for planning permission for pouch boxes, which are used to store additional delivery bags on heavy rounds.
- The kangaroo pouch containing the letters lay open on the table.
2A pocket-like abdominal receptacle in which marsupials carry their young during lactation. Example sentencesExamples - Notice the brood pouches on the ventral surfaces of depicted males.
- The young remains in the pouch another 6-8 weeks, until its spines begin to harden.
- They have a well developed marsupial pouch that opens anteriorly.
- Could the fossa be a link between the marsupial and the mammals without pouches?
- A male with his brood pouch is seen in the foreground, and two enclosed females in the back.
- They eat blueberries, heather and grass, rear their young in pouches and die in heavy snow.
- The functions of the brood, incubating and marsupial pouches should be further investigated in relation to their osmoprotective and perhaps also trophic roles for the embryos.
- The primary difference is that the young are not raised in a special pouch, as in marsupials.
- Other frog species have pouches to carry developing offspring, but the hip-pocket frog is the only one he knows of in which the male does the lugging.
- Two situations are considered, internal development of the embryos in closed incubating, brood or marsupial pouches, and external development in eggs exposed to the external medium.
- Like their seahorse relatives, male seadragons brood the eggs but under their tail instead of in an abdominal pouch.
- The male seahorse has a pouch on its stomach in which to carry babies - as many as 2,000 at a time.
- The female deposits her eggs into a brood pouch found on the belly of the male.
- As everyone knows, baby kangaroos live in their mothers' pouches, and Joey is no exception.
- By the time they leave the pouches, the young sphaeromid juveniles have acquired a limited but efficient ability to hyper-osmoregulate, which increases in subsequent stages.
- Some lay their eggs in damp leaf litter, some create nests of foam, and some even carry their eggs or tadpoles in pouches on their backs.
- It's a unique, dog-like marsupial that climbs trees, lives for only five years, and carries its young in a pouch that faces backwards.
- They are marsupials, which just describes the fact that they carry their young in a pouch.
- As soon as they are expelled from the pouch, the young are on their own.
- Most development takes place in the pouch, and the lactation period is prolonged.
- 2.1 Any of a number of pocket-like animal structures, such as those in the cheeks of rodents.
Example sentencesExamples - Food is swallowed for transport, not carried in the pouch.
- He caught chipmunks whose cheek pouches were so stuffed with lodgepole pine seeds that not one more would fit.
- In the breeding season, Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches develop throat pouches that allow them to carry food back to their young at the nest.
- I sucked all the spit from the pouches of my cheeks, making a nice squishy sound.
verbpaʊtʃpouCH [with object]1Put into a pouch. he stopped, pouched his tickets, and plodded on 2Make (part of a garment) hang like a pouch. the muslin is lightly pouched over the belt
Origin Middle English (as a noun): from Old Northern French pouche, variant of Old French poche ‘bag’. Compare with poke. |