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