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pound

/pˈaʊnd/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

  1. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
    “the salesman pounded the door knocker”
  2. strike or drive against with a heavy impact
    “ram the gate with a sledgehammer”
  3. move heavily or clumsily
    “The heavy man lumbered across the room”
  4. move rhythmically
    “Her heart was beating fast”
  5. partition off into compartments
    “The locks pound the water of the canal”
  6. shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
    “The prisoners are safely pounded”
  7. place or shut up in a pound
    “pound the cows so they don't stray”
  8. break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
    “pound the roots with a heavy flat stone”

noun

  1. 16 ounces avoirdupois
    “he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds”
  2. the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
  3. a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
  4. the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
  5. the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
  6. the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
  7. formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
  8. the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
  9. the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
  10. a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
  11. United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)
  12. a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)

Synonyms for pound

Words that rhyme with pound

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