Defenition of the word pound
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Defenition of the word pound
- The currency of the United Kingdom.
- The currency of Egypt.
- To strike hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument, usually repeatedly.
- The official currency of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and some of its territories, with the symbol "ВЈ".
- To break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle.
- move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"
- the basic unit of money in Great Britain; equal to 100 pence
- the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"
- the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
- move heavily or clumsily
- a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs; "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound"
- 16 ounces; "he tried to lieft 100 pounds"
- a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
- strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"
- the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
- the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
- pulsate or pound with abnormal force; "my head is pounding"; "Her heart was throbbing"
- hit hard
- United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)
- formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- 16 ounces; "he tried to lift 100 pounds"
- break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle; "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"
- place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don''t stray"
- shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits; "The prisoners are safely pounded"
- hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
- partition off into compartments; "The locks pound the water of the canal"
- strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door"
- move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room"
- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
- a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
- the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- 16 ounces avoirdupois
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
- break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
- place or shut up in a pound
- shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
- hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
- partition off into compartments
- strike or drive against with a heavy impact
- move rhythmically
Synonyms for the word pound
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- batter
- beat
- British pound
- bruise
- buffet
- clobber
- crush
- Cypriot pound
- dog pound
- Egyptian pound
- grind
- hammer
- hammering
- hit
- Irish pound
- lb
- lbf.
- Lebanese pound
- lumber
- mash
- poke
- pound sterling
- pounding
- pulsate
- pulverize
- pummel
- punt
- quid
- ram
- ram down
- squash
- strike
- Sudanese pound
- Syrian pound
- throb
- thump
Similar words in the pound
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- pound
- pound's
- pounded
- pounding
- pounds
Meronymys for the word pound
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- mil
- ounce
- penny
- piaster
- piastre
- quarter
- stone
Hyponyms for the word pound
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- flap
- flutter
- palpitate
- pulsate
- pulse
- thrash
- throb
Hypernyms for the word pound
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- ache
- author
- avoirdupois unit
- blow
- break up
- British monetary unit
- confine
- Cypriot monetary unit
- Egyptian monetary unit
- enclosure
- force unit
- fragment
- fragmentise
- fragmentize
- hit
- hold
- hurt
- Irish monetary unit
- Lebanese monetary unit
- move
- partition
- partition off
- poet
- restrain
- smart
- Sudanese monetary unit
- surname
- symbol
- Syrian monetary unit
- thrust
- walk
- writer
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