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Noun
Definition: the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
Definition: a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
Definition: formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
Definition: a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
Definition: United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)
Definition: a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
Definition: a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs; "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound"
Definition: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"
Definition: A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 37 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
Definition: A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
Definition: A hard blow.
Verb
Definition: hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
Definition: strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door"
Definition: partition off into compartments; "The locks pound the water of the canal"
Definition: shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits; "The prisoners are safely pounded"
Definition: break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle; "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"
Definition: To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
Definition: To strike hard, usually repeatedly.