pound

Noun

• the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
  • the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard
    
  • the pounding of feet on the hallway
    

• a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
  • unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound
    

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy

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

• 16 ounces avoirdupois
  • he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds
    

Verb

• break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
  • pound the roots with a heavy flat stone
    

• place or shut up in a pound
  • pound the cows so they don't stray
    

• shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
  • The prisoners are safely pounded
    

• partition off into compartments
  • The locks pound the water of the canal
    

• move rhythmically
  • Her heart was beating fast
    

• move heavily or clumsily
  • The heavy man lumbered across the room
    

• strike or drive against with a heavy impact
  • ram the gate with a sledgehammer
    
  • pound on the door
    

• hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
  • the salesman pounded the door knocker
    
  • a bible-thumping Southern Baptist
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  hammer , hammering , pounding , dog pound , pound sign , Pound , Ezra Pound , Ezra Loomis Pound , lbf. , Cypriot pound , Egyptian pound , Irish pound , Irish punt , punt , Lebanese pound , Sudanese pound , Syrian pound , British pound , British pound sterling , pound sterling , quid , lb , impound ,