I.
noun
1 for keeping things in
ADJECTIVE
▪ bulging
▪
tourists with bulging ~s
▪ deep
▪ zip ( BrE ), zipped , zippered ( AmE )
▪ jean ( esp. AmE ), jeans , pants ( AmE ), trouser ( esp. BrE )
▪ coat , jacket , shirt , vest ( AmE ), waistcoat ( BrE ), etc.
▪ back , breast , chest ( AmE ), front , hip , inner , inside , outer , side , top
▪ door ( esp. BrE ), seat
▪
Please read the safety leaflet in the seat ~ in front of you (= on a plane) .
▪ hidden , secret
▪
Forged passports were found in a secret ~ in the suitcase.
VERB + POCKET
▪ check , feel in , fish in , fumble in , go through , rummage in , search
▪
He went through all his ~s looking for his key.
▪ pat
▪
My cellphone rang and I patted my ~s looking for it.
▪ reach in
▪
She reached in her ~ and pulled out her phone.
▪ dip into ( figurative )
▪
Once again club members have had to dip into their ~s (= spend their own money) to buy new equipment.
▪ fish sth from/out of , get sth from/out of , pull sth from/out of , take sth from/out of
▪
I fished the list out of my ~.
▪ empty , turn out
▪
The security guard made them empty their ~s.
▪ put sth in/into , stuff sth in/into , thrust sth in/into
▪
She stuffed the money into her ~ and walked out.
▪
He walked past with his collar turned up and his hands thrust into his ~s.
▪ fill , stuff
▪
We filled our ~s with apples.
▪ line ( figurative )
▪
Dishonest officials have been lining their ~s with public funds.
▪ pick
▪
He caught a boy trying to pick his ~ on the bus.
POCKET + VERB
▪ bulge
▪
My ~s were bulging with loose change.
POCKET + NOUN
▪ lining
PREPOSITION
▪ in the/your ~
▪
My wallet was in the back ~ of my jeans.
▪ out of the/your ~
▪
He took a few coins out of his ~.
PHRASES
▪ hands in ~s , with your hands in your ~s
▪
He stood there, hands in ~s.
▪ the lining of a ~
2 small area/group
ADJECTIVE
▪ large , small
▪
The country has large ~s of unemployment.
▪ isolated
PHRASES
▪ a ~ of resistance
▪
Government forces are mopping up the last ~s of resistance.
II.
verb
Pocket is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ difference