Pound

Noun

 * 1) Short for pound-force, a unit of force/weight.
 * 2) A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 37 g)
 * 3) A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g).
 * 4) 🇺🇸 The symbol  (octothorpe, hash)
 * 5) The unit of currency of used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies.
 * 6) Any of various units of currency used in Cyprus, Egypt, Lebanon, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland and Israel.

Synonyms

 * lb
 * lb t
 * £, pound sterling
 * punt
 * hash, sharp

Derived terms

 * pack on the pounds
 * take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves

Noun

 * 1) A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
 * 2) A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
 * 3) The part of a canal between two locks, and therefore at the same water level.

Verb

 * 1)  To strike (something or someone) hard repeatedly.
 * 2)  To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
 * 3)  To eat or drink very quickly.
 * You really pounded that beer!
 * 1)  To pitch consistently to a certain location.
 * The pitcher has been pounding the outside corner all night.

Synonyms

 * Thesaurus:drink

Derived terms

 * pounding
 * pound down
 * pound the table
 * pound sand

Noun

 * 1) A hard blow.

Adverbs for Pound
obstreperously; tirelessly; vigorously; lustily; bestially; vociferously; thunderously.

Thesaurus
Deutschmark, Mark, Reichsmark, abrade, ache, afghani, agonize, ail, ambush, anguish, anna, assail, assault, atomize, attack, baht, bang, barrage, bash, baste, bat, batter, bawbee, beat, beat a ruffle, beat a tattoo, beat into, beat the drum, beat time, beating, belabor, belt, biff, blanch, blench, blitz, blow, bludgeon, bonk, bottle up, box up, bray, brecciate, bruise, buffet, bung, bung up, bushwhack, cage, carat, cattery, cent, centavo, centigram, centime, check, chop, cleanse, clear, clip, clobber, cloister, clout, clump, come at, come down on, comminute, compound, confine, constrain, conto, contriturate, contuse, coop, coop in, coop up, cork up, count, count the beats, crack, crack down on, cram in, crib, crowd in, crown, crumb, crumble, crush, cudgel, cut, dash, decagram, decigram, descend on, descend upon, detain, dig, din, ding, dint, disintegrate, dog pound, doghouse, dollar, dong, dram, dram avoirdupois, drive, drive in, drub, drubbing, drum, drum music, drumbeat, drumfire, drumming, dyne, empty, encage, enclose, enclosure, expel, fall on, fall upon, farthing, feel pain, feel the pangs, fence in, fiver, flail, flap, florin, flounder, flour, flutter, force, force in, fourpence, fourpenny, fragment, franc, fusillade, gang up on, go at, go for, go pitapat, grain, gram, granulate, granulize, grate, grave, grimace, grind, grind to powder, groat, guilder, guinea, gulden, half crown, half dollar, halfpenny, hammer, harry, have a misery, have at, heave, hell, hem in, hit, hit like lightning, hobbyhorse, hold, hold in custody, hold in restraint, hundredweight, hurt, immure, impact, impound, inhibit, jab, jam in, jump, keep in, keep in custody, keep in detention, keep time, kennel, kilo, kilogram, kip, knock, knock in, kopeck, krona, krone, lambaste, land on, larrup, lay at, lay hands on, lay into, levigate, lick, light into, limbo, lira, lurch, mag, make heavy weather, mash, mass, maul, meg, megaton, mew, mew up, mill, milligram, milreis, mite, mole, monkey, mug, new pence, np, ounce, ounce avoirdupois, ounce troy, p, palpitate, palpitation, paradiddle, paste, patter, pelt, pen, pen up, pence, penfold, penny, pennyweight, peseta, pestle, pie, piece of eight, pinfold, pistareen, pitapat, pitch, pitch and toss, pitch into, pitter-patter, place of confinement, play drum, plunge, plunge in, plunk, poke, poke in, pommel, pony, pounce upon, pound avoirdupois, pound in, pound out, pound troy, poundal, pounding, powder, press in, produce, pulp, pulsate, pulsation, pulse, pulverize, pummel, punch, purgatory, purge, push in, quid, rail in, ram in, rand, rap, rat-a-tat, rat-tat, rat-tat-tat, rataplan, rattattoo, rear, reduce to powder, reel, restrain, restrict, rial, rid, rock, roll, rub-a-dub, ruble, ruff, ruffle, run in, rupee, sail into, scend, scrunch, scruple, seal up, set on, set upon, shackle, shard, shekel, shilling, shoot, shred, shrink, shut in, shut up, sixpence, slam, sledgehammer, slog, slug, smack, smart, smash, sock, sol, sou, sound a tattoo, spank, spatter, splatter, splutter, sputter, squash, squeeze in, staccato, stamp, stiver, stone, strike, stroke, stuff in, suffer, surprise, swat, sway, swing, swipe, swoop down on, take the offensive, tamp in, tap, tat-tat, tattoo, tenner, thrash, threepence, threepenny bit, thresh, thrill, thrippence, throb, throbbing, thrum, thrust in, thump, thumping, thwack, tingle, tom-tom, ton, toss, toss and tumble, triturate, tumble, tuppence, twinge, twitch, twopence, units of weight, wade into, wall in, wallop, wallow, wedge in, weight, welter, whack, whip, whop, wince, won, work over, writhe, yard, yaw, yen, yerk

Etymology 1
From, from pund:, from , an early borrowing from  pondo:, ablative form of pondus:, from. Cognate with Dutch pond:, German Pfund:, Swedish pund:.

Etymology 2
From pounde:, from  pyndan:.

Etymology 3
From pounden:, alteration of pounen:, from  punian:. Likely influenced by Etymology 2 pounde:, from  pyndan:, in relation to the hollow mortar for pounding with the pestle.

Noun

 * Arabic: , منا
 * Armenian: ֆունտ
 * Basque: libra
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: lliura
 * Chinese: 磅 (bàng)
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:, μνα
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 파운드 (paundeu)


 * Latin:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luxembourgish: Pond
 * Macedonian: либра,
 * Maltese:
 * Manx: punt
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: livră,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian: фунта
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: ratili (noun 9/10)
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Yiddish: פונט (punt)


 * Arabic: جنيه
 * Armenian: ֆունտ
 * Catalan: lliura
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 英鎊, 英镑
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: pundo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:, λίρα
 * Hindi: पाउंड
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:


 * Italian:, lira sterlina,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 파운드
 * Lithuanian: svaras
 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese:
 * Manx: punt
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: liră
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: фунта
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ปอนด์

Noun

 * Finnish: eläinkoti
 * French:
 * German: Zwinger,
 * Greek:


 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: кафилерија
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: takavarikkoalue
 * French:
 * German:


 * Greek:
 * Italian:, deposito auto


 * Finnish:


 * Italian:, colpo forte, ,


 * Finnish: sulkuallas


 * Italian: bacino idrico


 * Danish:
 * Esperanto: funto (1), pundo (2), gardejo (3), frapego (4)
 * French: (3)


 * Polish:
 * Slovak: funt (1), libra  (2)

Verb

 * Czech: bušit
 * Ewe: to
 * Finnish: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Lithuanian: daužyti


 * Old Norse: banga
 * Romanian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: buail
 * Spanish:
 * !Xóõ:


 * Ewe: to
 * Finnish:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:, , ,


 * Korean: (방아)찧다 ((bang-a-)jjihda), 빻다 (ppahda)
 * Old Norse: banga
 * Spanish: pulverizar


 * Finnish:


 * Italian: