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to hit or strike something with heavy force

pound, lb(noun)

16 ounces avoirdupois

"he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds"

British pound, pound, British pound sterling, pound sterling, quid(noun)

the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence

pound(noun)

a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy

Syrian pound, pound(noun)

the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters

Sudanese pound, pound(noun)

the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters

Lebanese pound, pound(noun)

the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters

Irish pound, Irish punt, punt, pound(noun)

formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence

Egyptian pound, pound(noun)

the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters

Cypriot pound, pound(noun)

the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents

pound, lbf.(noun)

a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec

Pound, Ezra Pound, Ezra Loomis Pound(noun)

United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)

pound, pound sign(noun)

a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)

pound, dog pound(noun)

a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs

"unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound"

hammer, pound, hammering, pounding(verb)

the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

"the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"

thump, pound, poke(verb)

hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument

"the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

ram, ram down, pound(verb)

strike or drive against with a heavy impact

"ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door"

lumber, pound(verb)

move heavily or clumsily

"The heavy man lumbered across the room"

beat, pound, thump(verb)

move rhythmically

"Her heart was beating fast"

pound, pound off(verb)

partition off into compartments

"The locks pound the water of the canal"

pound, pound up(verb)

shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits

"The prisoners are safely pounded"

impound, pound(verb)

place or shut up in a pound

"pound the cows so they don't stray"

pound(verb)

break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle

"pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument

give the nail a final pound with the hammer

an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals

stray dogs wearing tags are kept in that pound until their owners can be notified

to move heavily or clumsily

pounding down the road as fast as he could run

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner

pounding nails into boards all day long

to strike repeatedly

during the storm the waves furiously pounded the beach

to shape with a hammer

pounding out a depression in the metal

to reduce to fine particles

the tablet may be pounded and mixed in with the animal's food

I bought a pound of meat the other day.

Should I make a cream pie or a pound cake?

I felt my heart pound after running a little.

Jeff had to pound the pavement for three months before he found a job.

Tom bought a pound of cheese.

Fish is sold by the pound here.

Butter is sold by the pound in the USA.

The pain of the compound fracture was almost unbearable.

Do you have a five-pound note?

As a rule of thumb, you should plan on one pound of beef for every two guests.

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• pond Afrikaans
• باوند, منا, رطل, جنيهArabic
• фунт Bulgarian
• lliura Catalan
• bušit libra útulek Czech
• pwys punt Welch
• pund Danish
• pfund tierheim verwahrstelle zwinger German
• toEstonian
• λίρα λίβρα μαντρί μνα μάντρα Greek
• pundo funto Esperanto
• pilar libra perrera pulverizar Spanish
• libraBasque
• naula eläinkoti isku pommittaa takoa rusikoida jyskyttää ryskyttää imaista punta pauna takavarikkoalue troy-naula sulkuallas hakata murskata marssia Finnish
• pundFaeroese
• livre fourrière pilonner French
• punt póna Irish
• punnd, nota, buail, notScots Gaelic
• puntManx
• לירהHebrew
• पाउंड Hindi
• font Hungarian
• ֆունտ Armenian
• banga Icelandic
• bacino idrico martellare colpire flagellare ingurgitare frantumare battere polverizzare picchiare canile botta lira recinto colpo forte deposito auto pestare trangugiare tritare affogarsi triturare libbra lira sterlina gattile tonfo sterlina autoparco martellio Italian
• ポンドJapanese
• 파운드, 빻다Korean
• libra Latin
• PondLuxembourgish
• daužyti svaras Lithuanian
• фунта либра кафилерија Macedonian
• paund kandang paun kurungan Malay
• lira, libraMaltese
• ပေါင်Burmese
• pond beuken Dutch
• pund Norwegian
• funt Polish
• pulverizar devorar libra pátio libra esterlina bater triturar abrigo batida Portuguese
• livră pfund pisa bate liră Romanian
• колоти́ть дроби́ть фунт толочь раздробля́ть моло́ть ло́пать Russian
• фунта, funtaSerbo
• libra Slovak
• funtSlovenian
• pund Swedish
• ratili Swahili
• దంచుTegulu
• ปอนด์Thai
• libre Turkish
• פונטYiddish

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