Definitions For Pound

noun

• The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
• A public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
• 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 Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
• 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
• 16 ounces avoirdupois
• A unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
• To hit (something or someone) with force again and again
• To crush or break (something) into very small pieces by hitting it again and again
• To walk or run with heavy and loud steps

verb

• Break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
• Place or shut up in a pound
• Shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
• Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
• Partition off into compartments
• Strike or drive against with a heavy impact
• Move rhythmically
• Move heavily or clumsily