pound

Definitions of pound in various dictionaries:

noun - 16 ounces avoirdupois

noun - the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland

noun - a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy

noun - the basic unit of money in Syria

noun - the basic unit of money in the Sudan

noun - the basic unit of money in Lebanon

noun - formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland

noun - the basic unit of money in Egypt

noun - the basic unit of money in Cyprus

noun - United States writer who lived in Europe

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

noun - a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs

noun - the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

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

verb - strike or drive against with a heavy impact

verb - move heavily or clumsily

verb - move rhythmically

verb - partition off into compartments

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

verb - place or shut up in a pound

verb - break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle

Abbr.

A unit of weight equal to 16 ounces (453.

A unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces (373.

A unit of weight differing in various countries and times.

A British unit of force equal to the weight of a standard one-pound mass where the local acceleration of gravity is 9.

The basic monetary unit of the United Kingdom, worth 20 shillings or 240 old pence before the decimalization of 1971.

A basic unit of currency in Cyprus, Egypt, Ireland, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, and United Kingdom.

A monetary unit of Scotland before the Act of Union (1707).

To strike repeatedly and forcefully.

To beat to a powder or pulp; pulverize or crush.

To instill by persistent, emphatic repetition: pounded knowledge into the students’ heads.

To assault with heavy gunfire.

To strike vigorous, repeated blows: He pounded on the table.

To move along heavily and noisily: The children pounded up the stairs.

To pulsate rapidly and heavily; throb: Her heart pounded.

To move or work laboriously: a ship that pounded through heavy seas.

A heavy blow.

The sound of a heavy blow; a thump.

To travel the streets on foot, especially in search of work.

A public enclosure for the confinement of stray dogs or livestock.

A place in which impounded property is held until redeemed.

An enclosure in which animals or fish are trapped or kept.

A place of confinement for lawbreakers.

verb - to strike heavily and repeatedly