Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pool
Participle: pooled
Gerund: pooling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pool |
| you | pool |
| he;she;it | pools |
| we | pool |
| you | pool |
| they | pool |
Perfect
| I | have pooled |
| you | have pooled |
| he;she;it | has pooled |
| we | have pooled |
| you | have pooled |
| they | have pooled |
Past
| I | pooled |
| you | pooled |
| he;she;it | pooled |
| we | pooled |
| you | pooled |
| they | pooled |
Pluperfect
| I | had pooled |
| you | had pooled |
| he;she;it | had pooled |
| we | had pooled |
| you | had pooled |
| they | had pooled |
Future
| I | will pool |
| you | will pool |
| he;she;it | will pool |
| we | will pool |
| you | will pool |
| they | will pool |
Future Perfect
| I | will have pooled |
| you | will have pooled |
| he;she;it | will have pooled |
| we | will have pooled |
| you | will have pooled |
| they | will have pooled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pool |
| you | pool |
| he;she;it | pool |
| we | pool |
| you | pool |
| they | pool |
Perfect
| I | have pooled |
| you | have pooled |
| he;she;it | have pooled |
| we | have pooled |
| you | have pooled |
| they | have pooled |
Imperfect
| I | pooled |
| you | pooled |
| he;she;it | pooled |
| we | pooled |
| you | pooled |
| they | pooled |
Pluperfect
| I | had pooled |
| you | had pooled |
| he;she;it | had pooled |
| we | had pooled |
| you | had pooled |
| they | had pooled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pool |
| you | would pool |
| he;she;it | would pool |
| we | would pool |
| you | would pool |
| they | would pool |
Perfect
| I | would have pooled |
| you | would have pooled |
| he;she;it | would have pooled |
| we | would have pooled |
| you | would have pooled |
| they | would have pooled |
Imperative
| you | pool |
| we | Let's pool |
| you | pool |
Verbs conjugated like 'pool'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pool'
bool,
cool,
fool,
kool,
poll,
poo,
poof,
pooh,
poop,
poot,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English pool, pole, pol, from Old English pōl (“pool”), from Proto-West Germanic pōl, from Proto-Germanic *pōlaz (“pool, pond”), from Proto-Indo-European *bōlos (“bog, marsh”).
2. Cognate with Scots puil (“pool”), Saterland Frisian Pol (“pool”), West Frisian poel (“pool”), Dutch poel (“pool”), German Low German Pohl, Pool, Pul (“pool”), German Pfuhl (“quagmire, mudhole”), Danish pøl (“puddle”), Swedish pöl (“puddle, pool”), Icelandic pollur (“puddle”), Lithuanian bala (“puddle”), Latvian bala (“a muddly, treeless depression”), Russian боло́то (bolóto, “swamp, bog, marsh”).
3. For the meaning development to a supply of resources compare typologically Russian пруд пруди́ (prud prudí) (< пруд (prud)).
Sample Sentences
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We must pool our resources.
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“She must be exceedingly clever to have beaten the police the way she has for the last few years; and—er—I worship at the shrine of cleverness—especially if it be a woman’s. The idea struck me last night that if she and I should—er—pool our resources, we should not have to complain of the reward.”
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“Oh, so youse wants to work wid her, eh?” sniffed Rhoda Gray. “So dat’s it, is it?” [1920, Frank L. Packard, chapter 4, in The White Moll:]
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It all started 6 years ago, as Rutgers University scientists Allan Conney, Ph.D., and George C. Wagner, Ph.D., chatted at an office get-together. […] From this conversation, the two decided to pool their knowledge and join forces. [2007 November, Elizabeth Drake, “Combine and conquer: Use these winning food pairings to protect your health”, in Men's Health, volume 22, number 9, →ISSN, page 124:]
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27 February 2010, Barack Obama, Presidential Weekly Address - Time for Us to Act
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Many on both sides agreed that we should give small businesses and individuals the ability to participate in a new insurance marketplace – which members of Congress would also use – that would allow them to pool their purchasing power and get a better deal from insurance companies.