pouch /paʊt͡ʃ/noun 7verb 5forms 3 noun7 •A small bag usually closed with a drawstring. •An organic pocket in which a marsupial carries its young. •Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch. •A cyst or sac containing fluid. •A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse. •(slang, offensive) A protuberant belly; a paunch. •A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain etc. from shifting. verb5 •To enclose within a pouch.The beggar pouched the coin. •To transport within a pouch, especially a diplomatic pouch.We pouched the encryption device to our embassy in Beijing. •To swallow. •(no longer used) To pocket; to put up with.And for the value of the gowden piece , it shall never be said I pouched her siller — 1822 •(no longer used, rare) To pout.He pouched his mouth, and reared himself up and swelled; but answered me not. — 1754 formspouched · pouching · pouches
