POUND

Definition of POUND

  1. (verb)hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
  2. (verb)strike or drive against with a heavy impact
  3. (verb)move heavily or clumsily
  4. (verb)move rhythmically
  5. (verb)partition off into compartments
  6. (verb)shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
  7. (verb)place or shut up in a pound
  8. (verb)break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
  9. (noun)16 ounces avoirdupois
  10. (noun)the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
  11. (noun)a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
  12. (noun)the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
  13. (noun)the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
  14. (noun)the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
  15. (noun)formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
  16. (noun)the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
  17. (noun)the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
  18. (noun)a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
  19. (noun)a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
  20. (noun)a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
  21. (noun)the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
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