Definition of Pocked

1. Adjective. Used of paved surfaces having holes or pits.

Exact synonyms: Pockmarked, Potholed
Similar to: Rough, Unsmooth

2. Adjective. Marked by or as if by smallpox or acne or other eruptive skin disease.
Exact synonyms: Pockmarked
Similar to: Blemished

Definition of Pocked

1. Verb. (past of pock) ¹

2. Adjective. pockmarked ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pocked

1. pock [v] - See also: pock

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pocked

pobs
pocan
pochard
pochards
pochay
pochays
pochette
pochettes
pochoir
pochoirs
poché
pock
pock-pudding
pockard
pockards
pocked (current term)
pocker
pocket
pocket-flask
pocket-flasks
pocket-handkerchief
pocket-pool
pocket-size
pocket-sized
pocket-watch
pocket battleship
pocket beer
pocket beers
pocket bike
pocket bikes

Literary usage of Pocked

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Final Campaign: Marines in the Victory on Okinawa by Joseph H. Alexander (1996)
"... The difficult and shell-pocked terrain of Okinawa is seen here in a view from the crest of Sugar Loaf toward Crescent Hill and southeast beyond the ..."

2. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"One who is accustomed to play the the poi/c;" Aberd. Reg. A. 1538, V. 16. pocked SHEEP, old sheep afflicted with a disease truant, ..."

3. Cassier's Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02877163] (1900)
"If a piece of pipe be covered with insulating paint, exposing only the rough sand-pocked exterior surface, and if it be made an anode in an electrolytic ..."

4. Trukese-English Dictionary by Ward Hunt Goodenough, Hiroshi Sugita (1980)
"treat with great solicitude, ply with food or attention. pocked ... have many small dents, be pocked. ..."

5. Therapeutic Gazette (1904)
"As the erythema or inflammatory condition subsides, the pocked area is not only filled but assumes the color of the normal skin. ..."

6. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"moderately high impressed EMF, the rough sand-pocked surface becomes conducting throughout. The protecting film or skin seems to act like the non-conducting ..."

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