pound
Move heavily or clumsily.
Shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits.
“The prisoners are safely pounded”
Place or shut up in a pound.
“pound the cows so they don't stray”
Strike or drive against with a heavy impact.
“pound on the door”
Partition off into compartments.
“The locks pound the water of the canal”
Break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle.
“pound the roots with a heavy flat stone”
Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument.
“the salesman pounded the door knocker”
Move rhythmically.
A nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec.
The basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence.
Formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence.
16 ounces avoirdupois.
“he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds”
The basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters.
The basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters.
The basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters.
United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972).
A unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy.
The basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents.
A symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain).
The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows).
“the pounding of feet on the hallway”
A public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs.
“unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound”
The basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters.