plural of pound
"She bought several pounds of apples from the farmer's market to bake a pie for the weekend."
In plain English: Pounds are a unit used to measure how heavy something is.
"She bought three pounds of apples at the market."
Usage: Use "pounds" to refer to multiple units of weight or currency, such as two pounds of apples or ten dollars in pounds. Do not use it as a singular verb or to describe a single item unless the word itself is being used as an adjective before a noun like pound cake.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pound
"The hammer pounds against the anvil every time he strikes it."
In plain English: To pound something means to hit it hard and repeatedly with force.
"He pounds the dough until it is smooth and elastic."
Usage: Use "pounds" to describe someone or something repeatedly striking an object with force, such as a hammer hitting a nail or a heavy foot stomping on the ground. Avoid using it to mean weighing items in pounds, which requires the noun form instead.
plural of Pound
"After buying all the groceries, I had to carry my heavy plastic bags filled with pounds of apples and potatoes back to the kitchen."
Pounds derives from Old French pondre, which comes from Latin pondere meaning to weigh or put down. The term originally referred to a unit of weight based on the mass of one pound before evolving into its modern plural form.