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pound Definition:
- Pound or Pounds may refer to:
Foot pound () A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity the height of one foot. |
Pound (v. t.) To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument |
Pound (v. t.) To comminute and pulverize by beating |
Pound (v. i.) To strike heavy blows |
Pound (v. i.) To make a jarring noise, as in running |
Pound (n.) An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law |
Pound (n.) A level stretch in a canal between locks. |
Pound (n.) A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward. |
Pound (v. t.) To confine in, or as in, a pound |
Pound (pl. ) of Pound |
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) |
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 |
pound Synonyme:
pound Deutschmark Mark Reichsmark abrade ache afghani agonize ail ambush anguish anna assail assault atomize attack baht bang barrage bash baste bat batter bawbee beat beat a ruffle beat a tattoo beat into beat the drum beat time beating belabor belt biff blanch blench blitz blow bludgeon bonk bottle up box up bray brecciate bruise buffet bung bung up bushwhack cage carat cattery cent centavo centigram centime check chop cleanse clear clip clobber cloister clout clump come at come down on comminute compound confine constrain conto contriturate contuse coop coop in coop up cork up count count the beats crack crack down on cram in crib crowd in crown crumb crumble crush cudgel cut dash decagram decigram descend on descend upon detain dig din ding dint disintegrate dog pound doghouse dollar dong dram dram avoirdupois drive drive in drub drubbing drum drum music drumbeat drumfire drumming dyne empty encage enclose enclosure expel fall on fall upon farthing feel pain feel the pangs fence in fiver flail flap florin flounder flour flutter force force in fourpence fourpenny fragment franc fusillade gang up on go at go for go pitapat grain gram granulate granulize grate grave grimace grind grind to powder groat guilder guinea gulden half crown half dollar halfpenny hammer harry have a misery have at heave hell hem in hit hit like lightning hobbyhorse hold hold in custody hold in restraint hundredweight hurt immure impact impound inhibit jab jam in jump keep in keep in custody keep in detention keep time kennel kilo kilogram kip knock knock in kopeck krona krone lambaste land on larrup lay at lay hands on lay into levigate lick light into limbo lira lurch mag make heavy weather mash mass maul meg megaton mew mew up mill milligram milreis mite mole monkey |
pound away dig drudge fag grind grub hammer hammer away keep doggedly at moil peg peg away plod plug plug along plug at plug away slog slog away toil travail wade through work away |
poundage accommodation avoirdupois beef beefiness burden capacity carriage cartage content cordage deadweight drayage expressage fatness freight freightage gravity gross weight haulage heaviness heft heftiness limit liveweight measure neat weight net net weight overbalance overweight ponderability ponderosity ponderousness quantity room space stowage tonnage underweight volume weight weightiness |