Main entry: pound, pounding, hammer, hammering
Definition: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
Usage: the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard; the pounding of feet on the hallway
Definition: a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
Usage: unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound
Main entry: pound, pound sign
Definition: a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
Main entry: Ezra Loomis Pound, Ezra Pound, Pound
Definition: United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)
Definition: a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
Main entry: British pound, British pound sterling, pound, pound sterling, quid
Definition: the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
Main entry: Cypriot pound, pound
Definition: the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
Main entry: Egyptian pound, pound
Definition: the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
Main entry: Irish pound, Irish punt, pound, punt
Definition: formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
Main entry: Lebanese pound, pound
Definition: the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
Main entry: Sudanese pound, pound
Definition: the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
Main entry: Syrian pound, pound
Definition: the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
Definition: 16 ounces avoirdupois
Usage: he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds
Main entry: pound
Definition: a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
Main entry: pound
Definition: break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
Usage: pound the roots with a heavy flat stone
Definition: place or shut up in a pound
Usage: pound the cows so they don't stray
Definition: shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
Usage: The prisoners are safely pounded
Main entry: pound, poke, thump
Definition: hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
Usage: the salesman pounded the door knocker; a bible-thumping Southern Baptist
Definition: partition off into compartments
Usage: The locks pound the water of the canal
Main entry: pound, ram, ram down
Definition: strike or drive against with a heavy impact
Usage: ram the gate with a sledgehammer; pound on the door
Main entry: pound, thump, beat
Definition: move rhythmically
Usage: Her heart was beating fast
Definition: move heavily or clumsily
Usage: The heavy man lumbered across the room