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pound2       [pound] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural pounds, (collectively) pound.
1.a unit of weight and of mass, varying in different periods and countries.
2.
a.(in English-speaking countries) an avoirdupois unit of weight equal to 7000 grains, divided into 16 ounces (0.453 kg), used for ordinary commerce. Abbreviation: lb., lb. av.
b.a troy unit of weight, in the U.S. and formerly in Britain, equal to 5760 grains, divided into 12 ounces (0.373 kg), used for gold, silver, and other precious metals. Abbreviation: lb. t.
c.(in the U.S.) an apothecaries' unit of weight equal to 5760 grains, divided into 12 ounces (0.373 kg). Abbreviation: lb. ap.
3.Also called pound sterling. a paper money, nickel-brass coin, and monetary unit of the United Kingdom formerly equal to 20 shillings or 240 pence: equal to 100 new pence after decimalization in Feb. 1971. Abbreviation: L; Symbol: £
4.Also called pound Scots. a former Scottish money of account, originally equal to the pound sterling but equal to only a twelfth of the pound sterling at the union of the crowns of England and Scotland in 1603.
5.any of the monetary units of various countries, as Cyprus, Egypt, Ireland, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, and of certain Commonwealth of Nations countries.
6.(formerly) the Turkish lira.
7.a former monetary unit of Israel, Libya, and Nigeria.
8.pounds, Citizens Band Radio Slang. a meter reading in units of five decibels: used as a measure of loudness for incoming signals.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE pund (c. D pond, G Pfund, Goth, ON pund) ≪ L pondō pound (indeclinable n.), orig. abl. of pondus weight (see ponder) in the phrase libra pondō a pound by weight; see libra1]
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pound 1       (pound)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Abbr. lb.
    1. A unit of weight equal to 16 ounces (453.592 grams).
    2. A unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces (373.242 grams). See Table at measurement.
    3. The basic monetary unit of the United Kingdom, worth 20 shillings or 240 old pence before the decimalization of 1971. Also called pound sterling.
    4. See Table at currency.
  2. A unit of weight differing in various countries and times.
  3. A British unit of force equal to the weight of a standard one-pound mass where the local acceleration of gravity is 9.817 meters (32.174 feet) per second per second.
    1. The basic monetary unit of the United Kingdom, worth 20 shillings or 240 old pence before the decimalization of 1971. Also called pound sterling.
    2. See Table at currency.
  5. The primary unit of currency in Ireland before the adoption of the euro.
  6. A monetary unit of Scotland before the Act of Union (1707). Also called pound scots.
  7. The pound key on a telephone.


[Middle English, from Old English pund, from West Germanic *punda-, from Latin (lībra) pondō, (a pound) by weight; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.]

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pound 2       (pound)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   pound·ed, pound·ing, pounds

v.   tr.
  1. To strike repeatedly and forcefully. See Synonyms at beat.
  2. To beat to a powder or pulp; pulverize or crush.
  3. To instill by persistent, emphatic repetition: pounded knowledge into the students' heads.
  4. To assault with heavy gunfire.

v.   intr.
  1. To strike vigorous, repeated blows: He pounded on the table.
  2. To move along heavily and noisily: The children pounded up the stairs.
  3. To pulsate rapidly and heavily; throb: My heart pounded.
  4. To move or work laboriously: a ship that pounded through heavy seas.

n.  
  1. A heavy blow.
  2. The sound of a heavy blow; a thump.
  3. The act of pounding.


[Middle English pounden, alteration of pounen, from Old English pūnian.]

pound'er n.
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pound 3       (pound)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A public enclosure for the confinement of stray dogs or livestock.
  2. A place in which impounded property is held until redeemed.
  3. An enclosure in which animals or fish are trapped or kept.
  4. A place of confinement for lawbreakers.

tr.v.   pound·ed, pound·ing, pounds
To confine in or as if in a pound; impound.


[Middle English, from Old English pund-, enclosure (as in pundfall, pen).]

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pound       (pound)  Pronunciation Key 
A unit of weight in the US Customary System equal to 16 ounces (0.45 kilograms). See Table at measurement. See Note at weight.

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