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  • 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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  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is lb
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is poke
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is thump
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is ram down
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is ram
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is quid
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is British pound sterling
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is British pound
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is pound sterling
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is lumber
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is beat
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is Syrian pound
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is Sudanese pound
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is pound off
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is Lebanese pound
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is pound up
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is impound
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is Irish pound
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is Irish punt
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is punt
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is Egyptian pound
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is Cypriot pound
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is lbf.
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is pound sign
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is dog pound
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is hammer
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is pounding
  • • Relevant word or phrase for pound is hammering