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IMPOUND
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they impound ... he / she / it impounds
Past simple: impounded
-ing form: impounding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
pound the cows so they don't stray
Synonyms:
impound; pound
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "impound" is one way to...):
confine; constrain; hold; restrain (to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement)
Verb group:
pound; pound up (shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
Example:
The police confiscated the stolen artwork
Synonyms:
attach; confiscate; impound; seize; sequester
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "impound" is one way to...):
take (take into one's possession)
Verb group:
sequester (requisition forcibly, as of enemy property)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "impound"):
condemn (appropriate (property) for public use)
garnish; garnishee (take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support)
distrain (confiscate by distress)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
impounding; impoundment (placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law)