pound
/paʊnd/
पाउंड
noun
1. lb
16 ounces avoirdupois
"he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds"
2. British pound, British pound sterling, 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
4. Syrian pound
the basic unit of money in Syria
equal to 100 piasters
5. Sudanese pound
the basic unit of money in the Sudan
equal to 100 piasters
6. Lebanese pound
the basic unit of money in Lebanon
equal to 100 piasters
7. Irish pound, Irish punt, punt
formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland
equal to 100 pence
8. Egyptian pound
the basic unit of money in Egypt
equal to 100 piasters
9. Cypriot pound
the basic unit of money in Cyprus
equal to 100 cents
10. lbf.
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. Pound, Ezra Pound, Ezra Loomis Pound
United States writer who lived in Europe
strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)
12. pound sign
a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
13. dog pound
a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
"unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound"
14. hammer, hammering, pounding
the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
"the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"
"the pounding of feet on the hallway"
verb
1. thump, poke
hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
"the salesman pounded the door knocker"
"a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
2. ram, ram down
strike or drive against with a heavy impact
"ram the gate with a sledgehammer"
"pound on the door"
3. lumber
move heavily or clumsily
"The heavy man lumbered across the room"
4. beat, thump
move rhythmically
"Her heart was beating fast"
5. pound off
partition off into compartments
"The locks pound the water of the canal"
6. pound up
shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
"The prisoners are safely pounded"
7. impound
place or shut up in a pound
"pound the cows so they don't stray"
8. pound
break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
"pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"
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