pound

[Pound]

United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885 1972)

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To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

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"

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a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs; "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound"

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United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)

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a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec

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the basic unit of money in Great Britain; equal to 100 pence

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the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents

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the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters

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formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence

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the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters

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the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters

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the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters

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16 ounces; "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"

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place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don''t stray"

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shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits; "The prisoners are safely pounded"

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hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

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partition off into compartments; "The locks pound the water of the canal"

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strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door"

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move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"

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move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room"

v. t.
To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

v. t.
To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt.

v. i.
To strike heavy blows; to beat.

v. i.
To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds.

n.
An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a pinfold.

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A level stretch in a canal between locks.

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A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.

v. t.
To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.

pl.
of Pound

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A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces.

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A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value.

Pound

Pound , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Pounding.] [OE. pounen, AS. punian to bruise. Cf. Pun a play on words.] 1. To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

With cruel blows she pounds her blubbered cheeks.

2. To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt.

Pound

Pound, v. i. 1. To strike heavy blows; to beat. 2. (Mach.) To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds.

Pound

Pound, n. [AS. pund an inclosure: cf. forpyndan to turn away, or to repress, also Icel. pynda to extort, torment, Ir. pont, pond, pound. Cf. Pinder, Pinfold, Pin to inclose, Pond.] 1. An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a pinfold. Shak. 2. A level stretch in a canal between locks. 3. (Fishing) A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward. Pound covert, a pound that is close or covered over, as a shed. -- Pound overt, a pound that is open overhead.

Pound

Pound, v. t. To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound. Milton.

Pound

Pound, n; pl. Pounds , collectively Pound pr Pounds. [AS. pund, fr. L. pondo, akin to pondus a weight, pendere top weigh. See Pendant.] 1. A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces. &hand; The pound in general use in the United States and in England is the pound avoirdupois, which is divided into sixteen ounces, and contains 7,000 grains. The pound troy is divided into twelve ounces, and contains 5,760 grains. 144 pounds avoirdupois are equal to 175 pounds troy weight. See Avoirdupois, and Troy. 2. A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value. &hand; The pound sterling was in Saxon times, about A. D. 671, a pound troy of silver, and a shilling was its twentieth part; consequently the latter was three times as large as it is at present. Peacham.

To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

To strike heavy blows; to beat.

An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a pinfold.

To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.

A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces.

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Usage Examples

There is little premium in poetry in a world that thinks of Pound and Whitman as a weight and a sampler, not an Ezra, a Walt, a thing of beauty, a joy forever.

Lighter computers and lighter sensors would let you have more function in a given weight, which is very important if you are launching things into space, and you have to pay by the pound to put things there.

And it's here and it's ready and we can really revolutionize the way we educate our children with tablet computers, and I'm committed to doing whatever I can to speaking to whomever I can to send this signal - to pound this message home. Now is the time.

To be clear, climate change is a true 800 pound gorilla in the room. The effects of global warming threaten global environmental upheaval over the coming century. But for South Florida and the Everglades, it could be our death knell if urgent action is not taken.

For families across the UK who are income-poor, but more than that, whose lives are blighted by worklessness, educational failure, family breakdown, problem debt and poor health, as well as other problems, giving them an extra pound - say through increased benefits - will not address the reason they find themselves in difficulty in the first place.

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Other Usage Examples

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.

I think there was a revolution in poetry, associated chiefly with Eliot and Pound but maybe it is of the nature of revolutions or of the nature of history that their innovations should later come to look trivial or indistinguishable from technical tricks.

I would also like to act, once in a while, but not get up every morning at 5:30 or six o'clock and pound into the studio and get home at 7:30 or eight o'clock at night, or act over and over and over every night on Broadway, either.

When I got my very first phone call that I'd hit the 'New York Times' list, I had a small rush of 'I've made it!' But the next morning, it occurred to me I didn't know what it was, so I called my agent and asked what being a 'New York Times' bestselling author really meant. He informed me that I was now a thousand pound gorilla.

It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.