pound

1 [pound]
verb (used with object)
1.
to strike repeatedly with great force, as with an instrument, the fist, heavy missiles, etc.
2.
to produce or effect by striking or thumping, or in a manner resembling this (often followed by out ): to pound out a tune on the piano.
3.
to force (a way) by battering; batter (often followed by down ): He pounded his way through the mob. He pounded the door down.
4.
to crush into a powder or paste by beating repeatedly.
verb (used without object)
5.
to strike heavy blows repeatedly: to pound on a door.
6.
to beat or throb violently, as the heart.
7.
to give forth a thumping sound: The drums pounded loudly.
8.
to walk or go with heavy steps; move along with force or vigor.
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noun
9.
the act of pounding.
10.
a heavy or forcible blow.
11.
a thump.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English pounen, Old English pūnian; akin to Dutch puin rubbish

Related forms
pound·er, noun

Synonyms
1. See beat.
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pound

2 [pound]
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.
any of the monetary units of various countries, as Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, and of certain Commonwealth of Nations countries.
5.
a monetary unit of Ireland until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 pence.
6.
a monetary unit of Cyprus until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 cents.
7.
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.
8.
(formerly) the Turkish lira.
9.
a former monetary unit of Israel, Libya, and Nigeria.
10.
pounds, Citizens Band Radio Slang. a meter reading in units of five decibels: used as a measure of loudness for incoming signals.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English pund (cognate with Dutch pond, German Pfund, Gothic, Old Norse pund) ≪ Latin pondō pound (indeclinable noun), orig. ablative of pondus weight (see ponder) in the phrase libra pondō a pound by weight; see libra1

pound

3 [pound]
noun
1.
an enclosure maintained by public authorities for confining stray or homeless animals.
2.
an enclosure for sheltering, keeping, confining, or trapping animals.
3.
an enclosure or trap for fish.
4.
a place of confinement or imprisonment.
5.
a place or area where cars or other vehicles are impounded, as those towed away for being illegally parked.
6.
reach ( def 26 ).
verb (used with object)
7.
Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English poond; compare late Old English pund- in pundfald pinfold; akin to pond

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pound1 (paʊnd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—vb (when intr, often foll by on or at) (foll by out)
1.  to strike heavily and often
2.  (tr) to beat to a pulp; pulverize
3.  (tr) to instil by constant drilling: to pound Latin into him
4.  to produce, as by typing heavily
5.  to walk (the pavement, street, etc) repeatedly: he pounded the pavement looking for a job
6.  (intr) to throb heavily
 
—n
7.  a heavy blow; thump
8.  the act of pounding
 
[Old English pūnian; related to Dutch puin rubble]
 
'pounder1
 
—n

pound2 (paʊnd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
1.  lb an avoirdupois unit of weight that is divided into 16 ounces and is equal to 0.453 592 kilograms
2.  lb tr, Abbreviation: lb t a troy unit of weight divided into 12 ounces equal to 0.373 242 kilograms
3.  an apothecaries' unit of weight, used in the US, that is divided into 5760 grains and is equal to one pound troy
4.  (not in technical usage) lbf a unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound avoirdupois where the acceleration of free fall is 32.174 feet per second per second
5.  a.  Official name: pound sterling the standard monetary unit of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, and various UK overseas territories, divided into 100 pence
 b.  (as modifier): a pound coin
6.  the standard monetary unit of the following countries
 a.  Cyprus: divided into 100 cents
 b.  Egypt: divided into 100 piastres
 c.  Lebanon: divided into 100 piastres
 d.  Syria: divided into 100 piastres
7.  another name for lira
8.  Also called: pound Scots a former Scottish monetary unit originally worth an English pound but later declining in value to 1 shilling 8 pence
9.  Also called: punt the former standard monetary unit of the Republic of Ireland, divided into 100 pence; replaced by the euro in 2002
10.  a former monetary unit of the Sudan replaced by the dinar in 1992
 
[Old English pund, from Latin pondō pound; related to German Pfund pound, Latin pondus weight]

pound3 (paʊnd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
1.  an enclosure, esp one maintained by a public authority, for keeping officially removed vehicles or distrained goods or animals, esp stray dogs
2.  a place where people are confined
3.  a.  a trap for animals
 b.  See pound net a trap or keepnet for fish
 
—vb
4.  (tr) to confine in or as if in a pound; impound, imprison, or restrain
 
[C14: from Late Old English pund- as in pundfealdpinfold]

Pound (paʊnd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
Ezra (Loomis). 1885--1972, US poet, translator, and critic, living in Europe. Indicted for treason by the US government (1945) for pro-Fascist broadcasts during World War II, he was committed to a mental hospital until 1958. He was a founder of imagism and championed the early work of such writers as T. S. Eliot, Joyce, and Hemingway. His life work, the Cantos (1925--70), is an unfinished sequence of poems, which incorporates mythological and historical materials in several languages as well as political, economic, and autobiographical elements

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Word Origin & History

pound
"measure of weight," O.E. pund, from W.Gmc. stem *punda- "pound" as a measure of weight (cf. Goth. pund, O.H.G. pfunt, Ger. Pfund, M.Du. pont, O.Fris., O.N. pund), early borrowing from L. pondo "pound," originally in libra pondo "a pound by weight," from pondo (adv.) "by weight," ablative of *pondus
"weight" (see span (v.)). Meaning "unit of money" was in O.E., originally "pound of silver." At first "12 ounces;" meaning "16 ounces" was established before late 14c. Pound cake (1747) so called because it has a pound, more or less, of each ingredient. Pound of flesh is from "Merchant of Venice" IV.i. The abbreviations lb., £ are from libra, and reflect the medieval custom of keeping accounts in Latin.

pound
"enclosed place for animals," late O.E. pundfald "penfold, pound," related to pyndan "to dam up, enclose (water)," and thus from the same root as pond. Ultimate origin unknown; no certain cognates beyond Eng.

pound
"pulverize," O.E. punian "crush," from W.Gmc. *puno-, stem of *punojanan (cf. Low Ger. pun, Du. puin "fragments"). With intrusive -d- from 16c.
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pound (pound)
n.

  1. A unit of weight that is the basis of the avoirdupois system, equal to 16 ounces or 453.592 grams.

  2. A unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams.

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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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pound definition


  1. tv.
    to drink something quickly. (See also pound a beer.) : Dan said he could pound the cup of coffee in thirty seconds.
  2. tv.
    to copulate [with] someone. : He claims he pounded her all night. She says he snores.
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pound (sth) definition


  1. tv.
    to play something loudly on the piano, perhaps with difficulty. : Here, pound this one out. A little softer, please.
  2. tv.
    to type something on a typewriter. : I have finished writing it. Can I borrow your typewriter so I can pound it out?
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pounds definition


  1. n.
    dollars; money. (See also give (one one's) pounds.) : How many pounds does this thing cost?
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Pound definition


(1.) A weight. Heb. maneh, equal to 100 shekels (1 Kings 10:17; Ezra 2:69; Neh. 7:71, 72). Gr. litra, equal to about 12 oz. avoirdupois (John 12:3; 19:39). (2.) A sum of money; the Gr. mna or mina (Luke 19:13, 16, 18, 20, 24, 25). It was equal to 100 drachmas, and was of the value of about $3, 6s. 8d. of our money. (See MONEY.)

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There is an honorable gentleman near me who pays more than four thousand pounds
  a year for the rent of his manufactory.
In a dispute worth several hundred million pounds, that may well make sense.
The latest fitness fad has an unusual goal: bulking up the three pounds of mush
  between your ears.
Easy sleep is a distant memory now that she must contend with tens of pounds of
  extra girth.
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