Definition: place or shut up in a pound
Usage: pound the cows so they don't stray
Similar words: hold, confine, restrain
Definition: to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
Usage: This holds the local until the express passengers change trains; About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade; The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center; The terrorists held the journalists for ransom
Synonyms: seize, sequester, attach, impound, confiscate
Definition: take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
Usage: The FBI seized the drugs; The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment; The police confiscated the stolen artwork
Similar words: take
Definition: take into one's possession
Usage: We are taking an orphan from Romania; I'll take three salmon steaks