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pound
/paʊnd/
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  1. verb
    move heavily or clumsily

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    lumber
    type of:
    walk
  2. verb
    partition off into compartments
    "The locks pound the water of the canal"

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

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

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    cypriot pound
  5. verb
    move rhythmically

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    beat thump
    type of:
    move
  6. noun
    a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)

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    pound sign
    type of:
    symbol
  7. noun
    the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
    "the pounding of feet on the hallway"

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    hammer hammering pounding
    type of:
    blow
  8. noun
    a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
    "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound"

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    dog pound
    type of:
    enclosure
  9. noun
    the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters

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    syrian pound
  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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    lbf.
    type of:
    force unit
  11. noun
    the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence

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    british pound british pound sterling pound sterling quid
  12. noun
    formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence

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    irish pound irish punt punt
  13. noun
    16 ounces avoirdupois
    "he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds"

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    lb
    type of:
    avoirdupois unit
    part of:
    quarter stone
  14. noun
    the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters

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

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

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

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

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

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    ram ram down
    type of:
    thrust
  20. noun
    United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)

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    ezra loomis pound ezra pound
  21. noun
    a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
    type of:
    force unit
  22. verb
    break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
    "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"
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