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English to English noun
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16 ounces avoirdupois |  | Example: he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds
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the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence | | source: wordnet30
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a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy | | source: wordnet30
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the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters | | source: wordnet30
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the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters | | source: wordnet30
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the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters | | source: wordnet30
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formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence | | source: wordnet30
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the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters | | source: wordnet30
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the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents | | source: wordnet30
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a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec | | source: wordnet30
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United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972) | | source: wordnet30
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a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain) | | source: wordnet30
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a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs | | Example: unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound
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the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | | Example: the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard
the pounding of feet on the hallway
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An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a pinfold. | | source: webster1913
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A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces. | | source: webster1913 verb
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hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument | | Example: the salesman pounded the door knocker
a bible-thumping Southern Baptist
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| 18 |
strike or drive against with a heavy impact | | Example: ram the gate with a sledgehammer
pound on the door
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| 19 |
move heavily or clumsily | | Example: The heavy man lumbered across the room
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| 20 |
move rhythmically | | Example: Her heart was beating fast
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| 21 |
partition off into compartments | | Example: The locks pound the water of the canal
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| 22 |
shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits | | Example: The prisoners are safely pounded
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| 23 |
place or shut up in a pound | | Example: pound the cows so they don't stray
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| 24 |
break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle | | Example: pound the roots with a heavy flat stone
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To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat. | | source: webster1913
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To strike heavy blows; to beat. | | source: webster1913
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To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound. | | source: webster1913
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