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pound
noun quantity
- 16 ounces avoirdupois
Example: he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds
verb contact
- hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
Example: the salesman pounded the door knocker
verb contact
- strike or drive against with a heavy impact
noun quantity
- the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
verb motion
- move heavily or clumsily
noun quantity
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
verb motion
- move rhythmically
noun quantity
- the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
noun quantity
- the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
verb contact
- partition off into compartments
Example: The locks pound the water of the canal
noun quantity
- the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
verb contact
- shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
Example: The prisoners are safely pounded
verb contact
- place or shut up in a pound
Example: pound the cows so they don't stray
noun quantity
- formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
verb change
- break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
Example: pound the roots with a heavy flat stone
noun quantity
- the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
noun quantity
- the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
noun quantity
- a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
noun communication
- a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
noun artifact
- a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
Example: unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound
noun act
- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
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