pound
noun
1. 16 ounces avoirdupois
- he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds
Definition categories: quantity
2. the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
Similar word(s): quid
Definition categories: quantity
3. a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
Definition categories: quantity
4. the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
Definition categories: quantity
5. the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
Definition categories: quantity
6. the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
Definition categories: quantity
7. formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
Similar word(s): punt
Definition categories: quantity
8. the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
Definition categories: quantity
9. the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
Definition categories: quantity
10. a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
Definition categories: quantity
11. a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
Definition categories: communication, symbol
12. a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
- unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound
Definition categories: man–made, enclosure
13. the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- the pounding of feet on the hallway
Similar word(s): hammer, hammering, pounding
Definition categories: act, blow
Sentences with pound as a noun:
- the Rhode Island pound; the New Hampshire pound
verb
1. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
- the salesman pounded the door knocker
Definition categories: contact, hit
2. strike or drive against with a heavy impact
- pound on the door
Similar word(s): ram
Definition categories: contact, thrust
3. move heavily or clumsily
Similar word(s): lumber
Definition categories: motion, walk
4. move rhythmically
Definition categories: motion, move
5. partition off into compartments
- The locks pound the water of the canal
Definition categories: contact, partition
6. shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
- The prisoners are safely pounded
Definition categories: contact, confine, constrain, hold, restrain
7. place or shut up in a pound
- pound the cows so they don't stray
Similar word(s): impound
Definition categories: contact, confine, constrain, hold, restrain
8. break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
- pound the roots with a heavy flat stone
Definition categories: change, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize
Sentences with pound as a verb:
- You really pounded that beer!
- The pitcher has been pounding the outside corner all night.
- As I tiptoed past the sleeping dog, my heart was pounding but I remained silent.
- My head was pounding.
- I was pounding her all night!
- The engine pounds.