Definition of Pound in English :
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Pound meaning in English
Meaning of Pound in English
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Pound pronunciation in English
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Pound
see synonyms of poundNoun
1. lb, pound
16 ounces avoirdupois
Example Sentences:'he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds'
2. british pound, british pound sterling, pound, pound sterling, quid
the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
3. pound
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
7. irish pound, irish punt, pound, punt
formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
10. lbf., pound
a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
11. ezra loomis pound, ezra pound, pound
United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)
12. pound, pound sign
a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
13. dog pound, pound
a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
Example Sentences:'unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound'
14. hammer, hammering, pound, pounding
the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
Example Sentences:'the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard''the pounding of feet on the hallway'
Verb
hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
Example Sentences:'the salesman pounded the door knocker''a bible-thumping Southern Baptist'
strike or drive against with a heavy impact
Example Sentences:'ram the gate with a sledgehammer''pound on the door'
17. lumber, pound
move heavily or clumsily
Example Sentences:'The heavy man lumbered across the room'
19. pound, pound off
partition off into compartments
Example Sentences:'The locks pound the water of the canal'
20. pound, pound up
shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
Example Sentences:'The prisoners are safely pounded'
21. impound, pound
place or shut up in a pound
Example Sentences:'pound the cows so they don't stray'
22. pound
break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
Example Sentences:'pound the roots with a heavy flat stone'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Pound
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Pound
see synonyms of poundWebster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Pound
see synonyms of poundThe American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.