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to hit or strike something with heavy force
pound, lb(noun)16 ounces avoirdupois
"he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds"
British pound, pound, British pound sterling, pound sterling, quid(noun)the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
pound(noun)a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
Syrian pound, pound(noun)the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
Sudanese pound, pound(noun)the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
Lebanese pound, pound(noun)the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
Irish pound, Irish punt, punt, pound(noun)formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
Egyptian pound, pound(noun)the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
Cypriot pound, pound(noun)the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
pound, lbf.(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
Pound, Ezra Pound, Ezra Loomis Pound(noun)United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)
pound, pound sign(noun)a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
pound, dog pound(noun)a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
"unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound"
hammer, pound, hammering, pounding(verb)the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
"the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"
thump, pound, poke(verb)hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
"the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
ram, ram down, pound(verb)strike or drive against with a heavy impact
"ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door"
lumber, pound(verb)move heavily or clumsily
"The heavy man lumbered across the room"
beat, pound, thump(verb)move rhythmically
"Her heart was beating fast"
pound, pound off(verb)partition off into compartments
"The locks pound the water of the canal"
pound, pound up(verb)shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
"The prisoners are safely pounded"
impound, pound(verb)place or shut up in a pound
"pound the cows so they don't stray"
pound(verb)break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
"pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrumentgive the nail a final pound with the hammer
an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animalsstray dogs wearing tags are kept in that pound until their owners can be notified
to move heavily or clumsilypounding down the road as fast as he could run
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous mannerpounding nails into boards all day long
to strike repeatedlyduring the storm the waves furiously pounded the beach
to shape with a hammerpounding out a depression in the metal
to reduce to fine particlesthe tablet may be pounded and mixed in with the animal's food
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