Adam Hinz: The Blog
adjust my monitor
On 2006-11-21 at 11/21/2006 02:46:00 AM...
Pete Yorn - AliveI just finished writing a paper about the anti-mafia pool led by Falcone in 1983, and it prompted me to look up the definition of 'pool.'
My dictionary (WordWeb) listed eleven (11) definitions for pool:
Nouns:
1. An excavation that is (usually) filled with water
2. A small lake
3. An organization of people or resources that can be shared
4. An association of companies for some definite purpose
5. Any communal combination of funds
6. A small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
7. The combined stakes of the betters
8. Something resembling a pool of liquid
9. Any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
Verbs:
1. Combine into a common fund
2. Add together, as of resources
Anyway, I thought it was interesting how one word can have so many different meanings. It's a little lame, I know.