hammer pound 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 |
pound dog pound | a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs, unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound |
pound net | trap consisting of an arrangement of nets directing fish into an enclosure |
pound pound sign | a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain) |
throb throbbing pounding | an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart), he felt a throbbing in his head |
pounding buffeting | repeated heavy blows |
pound cake | rich loaf cake made of a pound each of butter and sugar and flour |
Pound Ezra Pound Ezra Loomis Pound | United States writer who lived in Europe, strongly influenced the development of modern literature (-) |
pound lbf. | a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to feet sec sec |
British pound pound British pound sterling pound sterling quid | the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, equal to pence |
Cypriot pound pound | the basic unit of money in Cyprus, equal to cents |
Egyptian pound pound | the basic unit of money in Egypt, equal to piasters |
Irish pound Irish punt punt pound | formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland, equal to pence |
Lebanese pound pound | the basic unit of money in Lebanon, equal to piasters |
Sudanese pound pound | the basic unit of money in the Sudan, equal to piasters |
Syrian pound pound | the basic unit of money in Syria, equal to piasters |
pound lb | ounces avoirdupois, he got a hernia when he tried to lift pounds |
pound | a unit of apothecary weight equal to ounces troy |
half pound | ounces avoirdupois |
quarter pound | ounces avoirdupois |
troy pound apothecaries' pound | an apothecary weight equal to ounces or . grams |
foot-pound | a unit of work equal to a force of one pound moving through a distance of one foot |
pound | break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle, pound the roots with a heavy flat stone |
impound pound | place or shut up in a pound, pound the cows so they don't stray |
pound pound up | shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits, The prisoners are safely pounded |
thump pound poke | hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument, the salesman pounded the door knocker, a bible-thumping Southern Baptist |
pound pound off | partition off into compartments, The locks pound the water of the canal |
ram ram down pound | strike or drive against with a heavy impact, ram the gate with a sledgehammer, pound on the door |
beat pound thump | move rhythmically, Her heart was beating fast |
lumber pound | move heavily or clumsily, The heavy man lumbered across the room |
pound-foolish | unwise in dealing with large sums |