 pound |
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| 1. | [ noun ] 16 ounces | |
| Synonyms: | lb | |
| Examples: | "he tried to lift 100 pounds" |
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| Related terms: | avoirdupois_unit quarter stone ounce | |
| 2. | [ verb ] hit hard with the had, fist, or some heavy instrument | |
| Synonyms: | thump poke | |
| Examples: | "the salesman pounded the door knocker" "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist" |
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| Related terms: | hit punch thump | |
| 3. | [ verb ] strike or drive against with a heavy impact | |
| Synonyms: | ram ram_down | |
| Examples: | "ram the gate with a sledgehammer" "pound on the door" |
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| Related terms: | thrust hammer | |
| 4. | [ noun ] the basic unit of money in Great Britain; equal to 100 pence | |
| Synonyms: | pound_sterling quid British_pound | |
| Related terms: | British_monetary_unit penny | |
| 5. | [ verb ] move heavily or clumsily | |
| Synonyms: | lumber | |
| Examples: | "The heavy man lumbered across the room |
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| Related terms: | walk | |
| 6. | [ verb ] move rhythmically | |
| Synonyms: | beat thump | |
| Examples: | "Her heart was beating fast" |
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| Related terms: | move convulse flap pulsate palpitate beat pulse | |
| 7. | [ verb ] pulsate or pound with abnormal force | |
| Synonyms: | throb | |
| Examples: | "my head is throbbing" "Her heart was throbbing" |
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| Related terms: | ache twang throb | |
| 8. | [ noun ] the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters | |
| Synonyms: | Sudanese_pound | |
| Related terms: | Sudanese_monetary_unit piaster | |
| 9. | [ noun ] the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters | |
| Synonyms: | Lebanese_pound | |
| Related terms: | Lebanese_monetary_unit piaster | |
| 10. | [ noun ] the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters | |
| Synonyms: | Syrian_pound | |
| Related terms: | Syrian_monetary_unit piaster | |
| 11. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 8702 | |
| 12. | [ noun ] the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents | |
| Synonyms: | Cypriot_pound | |
| Related terms: | Cypriot_monetary_unit mil | |
| 13. | [ noun ] a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs | |
| Synonyms: | dog_pound | |
| Examples: | "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound" |
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| Related terms: | enclosure impound | |
| 14. | [ noun ] the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters | |
| Synonyms: | Egyptian_pound | |
| Related terms: | Egyptian_monetary_unit piaster | |
| 15. | [ noun ] the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence | |
| Synonyms: | punt irish_punt Irish_pound | |
| Related terms: | Irish_monetary_unit penny | |
| 16. | [ noun ] (verse,writing) United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972) | |
| Synonyms: | ezra_pound ezra_loomis_pound | |
| Related terms: | writer poet | |
| 17. | [ verb ] break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle | |
| Examples: | "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone" |
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| Related terms: | break_up hammer | |
| 18. | [ verb ] place or shut up in a pound | |
| Synonyms: | impound | |
| Examples: | "pound the cows so they don't stray" |
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| Related terms: | restrain | |
| 19. | [ verb ] shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits | |
| Synonyms: | pound_up | |
| Examples: | "The prisoners are safely pounded" |
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| Related terms: | restrain impound | |
| 20. | [ verb ] partition off into compartments | |
| Synonyms: | pound_off | |
| Examples: | : "The locks pound the water of the canal" |
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| Related terms: | partition | |
| 21. | [ noun ] (physics) a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec | |
| Synonyms: | lbf. | |
| Related terms: | force_unit | |
| 22. | [ noun ] the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | |
| Synonyms: | hammering pounding hammer | |
| Examples: | "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard" "the pounding of feet on the hallway" |
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| Related terms: | blow thump ram | |
| Similar spelling: |
pond Ponte point pomade |
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