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POUND

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

Example:

the pounding of feet on the hallway

Synonyms:

hammer; hammering; pound; pounding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("pound" is a kind of...):

blow (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon)

Derivation:

pound (break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle)

pound (hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument)

pound (strike or drive against with a heavy impact)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs

Example:

unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound

Synonyms:

dog pound; pound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pound" is a kind of...):

enclosure (a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose)

Derivation:

pound (place or shut up in a pound)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)

Synonyms:

pound; pound sign

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("pound" is a kind of...):

symbol (an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Ezra Loomis Pound; Ezra Pound; Pound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 5

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

lbf.; pound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("pound" is a kind of...):

force unit (a unit of measurement of physical force)

Meronyms (parts of "pound"):

quarter pound (4 ounces avoirdupois)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence

Synonyms:

British pound; British pound sterling; pound; pound sterling; quid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("pound" is a kind of...):

British monetary unit (monetary unit in Great Britain)

Meronyms (parts of "pound"):

penny (a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound)

Sense 7

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Cypriot pound; pound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("pound" is a kind of...):

Cypriot monetary unit (monetary unit in Cyprus)

Meronyms (parts of "pound"):

mil (a Cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound)

Sense 8

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Egyptian pound; pound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("pound" is a kind of...):

Egyptian monetary unit (monetary unit in Egypt)

Meronyms (parts of "pound"):

piaster; piastre (a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria)

Sense 9

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Irish pound; Irish punt; pound; punt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("pound" is a kind of...):

Irish monetary unit (monetary unit in Eire)

Meronyms (parts of "pound"):

penny (a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound)

Sense 10

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Lebanese pound; pound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("pound" is a kind of...):

Lebanese monetary unit (monetary unit in Lebanon)

Meronyms (parts of "pound"):

piaster; piastre (a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria)

Sense 11

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

pound; Sudanese pound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("pound" is a kind of...):

Sudanese monetary unit (monetary unit in the Sudan)

Meronyms (parts of "pound"):

piaster; piastre (a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria)

Sense 12

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

pound; Syrian pound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("pound" is a kind of...):

Syrian monetary unit (monetary unit in Syria)

Meronyms (parts of "pound"):

piaster; piastre (a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria)

Sense 13

Meaning:

16 ounces avoirdupois

Example:

he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds

Synonyms:

lb; pound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("pound" is a kind of...):

avoirdupois unit (any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights)

Meronyms (parts of "pound"):

ounce; oz. (a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams)

half pound (8 ounces avoirdupois)

Holonyms ("pound" is a part of...):

stone (an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds)

quarter (a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds))

Sense 14

Meaning:

A unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("pound" is a kind of...):

force unit (a unit of measurement of physical force)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle

Example:

pound the roots with a heavy flat stone

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "pound" is one way to...):

break up; fragment; fragmentise; fragmentize (break or cause to break into pieces)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

pound (the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows))

pounder (a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Place or shut up in a pound

Example:

pound the cows so they don't stray

Synonyms:

impound; pound

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "pound" 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

Derivation:

pound (a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits

Example:

The prisoners are safely pounded

Synonyms:

pound; pound up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "pound" is one way to...):

confine; constrain; hold; restrain (to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement)

Verb group:

impound; pound (place or shut up in a pound)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

poundage (placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument

Example:

a bible-thumping Southern Baptist

Synonyms:

poke; pound; thump

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "pound" is one way to...):

hit (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

pound; pounding (the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows))

Sense 5

Meaning:

Partition off into compartments

Example:

The locks pound the water of the canal

Synonyms:

pound; pound off

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "pound" is one way to...):

partition; partition off (divide into parts, pieces, or sections)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 6

Meaning:

Strike or drive against with a heavy impact

Example:

pound on the door

Synonyms:

pound; ram; ram down

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "pound" is one way to...):

thrust (push forcefully)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

pound (the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows))

Sense 7

Meaning:

Move rhythmically

Example:

Her heart was beating fast

Synonyms:

beat; pound; thump

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "pound" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Verb group:

beat (indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pound"):

pulsate; pulse; throb (expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically)

flutter; palpitate (beat rapidly)

thrash (beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all)

flap (move noisily)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

pounding (an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart))

Sense 8

Meaning:

Move heavily or clumsily

Example:

The heavy man lumbered across the room

Synonyms:

lumber; pound

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "pound" is one way to...):

walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

The children pound to the playground

Credits

 Context examples: 

"Good! Good!" cried Jo, pounding with the handle of the old warming pan on which she leaned.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He worked more carefully, striving to be cool, though his heart was pounding against his chest and his hands were trembling.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

“It's better than a hundred pounds to hear you say so!” said I.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Height: 22-24 inches (56-61 cm.) Weight: 40-65 pounds (18-29 kg.)

(Airedale Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)

“Your hunter’s decided to stay aboard awhile and doesn’t want it pounding alongside.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Why, 'e took up 'is end o' the boxes like they was pounds of tea, and me a-puffin' an' a-blowin' afore I could up-end mine anyhow—an' I'm no chicken, neither.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He did not know whether Buck could start a thousand pounds.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

For example, that means losing 10 to 20 pounds if you weigh 200 pounds.

(Obesity, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

One nanogram weighs a billion times less than one gram, and almost a trillion-times less than a pound.

(Nanogram, NCI Dictionary)

Height: 13-15 inches (34-38 cm.) Weight: 31-40 pounds (14-18 kg.)

(Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, NCI Thesaurus)

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