noun. 16 ounces avoirdupois he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds |
noun. the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence |
noun. a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy |
noun. the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters |
noun. the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters |
noun. the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters |
noun. formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence |
noun. the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters |
noun. the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents |
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 |
noun. United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972) |
noun. a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain) |
noun. a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound |
noun. the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard|the pounding of feet on the hallway |
verb. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument the salesman pounded the door knocker|a bible-thumping Southern Baptist |
verb. strike or drive against with a heavy impact ram the gate with a sledgehammer|pound on the door |
verb. move heavily or clumsily The heavy man lumbered across the room |
verb. move rhythmically Her heart was beating fast |
verb. partition off into compartments The locks pound the water of the canal |
verb. shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits The prisoners are safely pounded |
verb. place or shut up in a pound pound the cows so they don't stray |
verb. break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle pound the roots with a heavy flat stone |
