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"The locks pound the water of the canal"verbpartition off into compartments
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"the salesman pounded the door knocker"verbhit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrumenttype of:
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nounthe basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
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nouna symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
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"the pounding of feet on the hallway"nounthe act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)type of:
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"unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound"nouna public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
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nounthe basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
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nouna 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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nounthe basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pencetype of:
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nounformerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
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"he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds"noun16 ounces avoirdupois
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nounthe basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
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nounthe basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
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"The prisoners are safely pounded"verbshut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
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"pound the cows so they don't stray"verbplace or shut up in a pound
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"pound on the door"verbstrike or drive against with a heavy impacttype of:
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nounUnited States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)
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nouna unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troytype of:
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"pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"verbbreak down and crush by beating, as with a pestletype of:
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- buffeted pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities
- tempest-swept pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities
- tempest-tost pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities
- tempest-tossed pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities
- storm-tossed pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities
- chicken kiev pounded chicken cutlets rolled around butter (that has been seasoned with herbs) and then covered with crumbs and fried