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  1. verb
    move heavily or clumsily

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  2. verb
    partition off into compartments
    "The locks pound the water of the canal"

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  3. verb
    hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
    "the salesman pounded the door knocker"

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    hit
  4. noun
    the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents

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  5. verb
    move rhythmically

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  6. noun
    a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)

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  7. noun
    the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
    "the pounding of feet on the hallway"
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  8. noun
    a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
    "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound"

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  9. noun
    the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters

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  10. noun
    a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec

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  11. noun
    the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
  12. noun
    formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
  13. noun
    16 ounces avoirdupois
    "he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds"

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  14. noun
    the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters

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  15. noun
    the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters

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  16. verb
    shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
    "The prisoners are safely pounded"

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  17. verb
    place or shut up in a pound
    "pound the cows so they don't stray"

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  18. noun
    the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters

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  19. verb
    strike or drive against with a heavy impact
    "pound on the door"

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  20. noun
    United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)
  21. noun
    a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
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  22. verb
    break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
    "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"
Examples of pound
  • "The locks pound the water of the canal"
  • "the salesman pounded the door knocker"
  • "the pounding of feet on the hallway"
  • "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound"
  • "he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds"
  • "The prisoners are safely pounded"
  • "pound the cows so they don't stray"
  • "pound on the door"
  • "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"
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