Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pocket
Participle: pocketed
Gerund: pocketing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | pocket |
| you | pocket |
| he;she;it | pockets |
| we | pocket |
| you | pocket |
| they | pocket |
Perfect
| I | have pocketed |
| you | have pocketed |
| he;she;it | has pocketed |
| we | have pocketed |
| you | have pocketed |
| they | have pocketed |
Past
| I | pocketed |
| you | pocketed |
| he;she;it | pocketed |
| we | pocketed |
| you | pocketed |
| they | pocketed |
Pluperfect
| I | had pocketed |
| you | had pocketed |
| he;she;it | had pocketed |
| we | had pocketed |
| you | had pocketed |
| they | had pocketed |
Future
| I | will pocket |
| you | will pocket |
| he;she;it | will pocket |
| we | will pocket |
| you | will pocket |
| they | will pocket |
Future Perfect
| I | will have pocketed |
| you | will have pocketed |
| he;she;it | will have pocketed |
| we | will have pocketed |
| you | will have pocketed |
| they | will have pocketed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pocket |
| you | pocket |
| he;she;it | pocket |
| we | pocket |
| you | pocket |
| they | pocket |
Perfect
| I | have pocketed |
| you | have pocketed |
| he;she;it | have pocketed |
| we | have pocketed |
| you | have pocketed |
| they | have pocketed |
Imperfect
| I | pocketed |
| you | pocketed |
| he;she;it | pocketed |
| we | pocketed |
| you | pocketed |
| they | pocketed |
Pluperfect
| I | had pocketed |
| you | had pocketed |
| he;she;it | had pocketed |
| we | had pocketed |
| you | had pocketed |
| they | had pocketed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pocket |
| you | would pocket |
| he;she;it | would pocket |
| we | would pocket |
| you | would pocket |
| they | would pocket |
Perfect
| I | would have pocketed |
| you | would have pocketed |
| he;she;it | would have pocketed |
| we | would have pocketed |
| you | would have pocketed |
| they | would have pocketed |
Imperative
| you | pocket |
| we | Let's pocket |
| you | pocket |
Verbs conjugated like 'pocket'
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 'pocket'
docket,
packet,
picket,
rocket,
socket,
bucket,
cocker,
impocket,
jacket,
jockey,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to take something that does not belong to one
- abduct, abstract, appropriate, bag, bandit, bone, boost, borrow, burglarize, burgle, cheat, chore, convert, cop, cozen, crib, embezzle, filch, fleece, flog, gaffle, half-inch, heist, jack, kidnap, knock off, kype, kyper, liberate, lift, loot, make off with, mill, misappropriate, moonlight requisition, nick, own, peculate, pickpocket, pilfer, pillage, pinch, pirate, plunder, poach, prig, purloin, raid, ransack, rape, reave, rip, rip off, rob, run off with, snag, snatch, steal, swindle, swipe, thieve, walk off with
- to actively and intentionally gain possession or control
- appropriate, bag, catch, expropriate, grab, grasp, grip, help oneself, hook, impropriate, make free with, nab, nim, sack, seize, take
- to allow something unpleasant to exist or occur
- abear, abide, aby, accept, allow, bear, bide, brook, dree, endure, forbear, go along with, live with, pass, pouch, put up with, stand, stick, stomach, suffer, swallow, take sitting down, tolerate, thole, undergang, undergo
- conceal
- hide, enclose
Antonyms
- conceal
- reveal, expose, divulge, disclose
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Germanic *puhô
3. Frankish *pokōbor.
4. Old French poche
5. Proto-Indo-European *-tós
6. Proto-Italic *-tosder.?
7. Latin -ittus
8. Old French -ete
9. Anglo-Norman poketbor.
10. Middle English pocket
11. English pocket
12. From Middle English pocket (“bag, sack”), from Anglo-Norman poket, Old Northern French poquet, poquete, diminutive of poque, poke (“bag, sack”) (compare modern Norman pouquette and modern French pochette from Old French pochete, from puche), from Frankish *pokō (“pouch”), from Proto-Germanic *puhô (“bag; pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Equivalent to poke + -et. Doublet of pochette. Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (“purse, bag”), Old English pocca, pohha (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”), Old Norse poki (“bag, pocket”). Compare the related poke (“sack or bag”). See also Modern French pochette and Latin bucca.
Sample Sentences
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It was all too true to be disputed, and the unlucky man had to pocket his wrath with the best grace he was able, and all three faced to the right about, and took up their line of march for the highway.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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And the trunk, intimidated, doubtless, by this resolute statement, gave in. The hasp snapped sharply in its hole, and Miss Ophelia turned the key, and pocketed it in triumph.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Trusted to an unlimited extent by a careless master, who handed him a bill without looking at it, and pocketed the change without counting it, Tom had every facility and temptation to dishonesty; and nothing but an impregnable simplicity of nature, strengthened by Christian faith, could have kept him from [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)