DICTOMETER

POUND

1. Synonyms:
   • Pound
   • Lb
   Definitions:
   • 16 ounces avoirdupois
   Examples:
   • He got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • British pound
   • Pound
   • British pound sterling
   • Pound sterling
   • Quid
   Definitions:
   • the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
   • equal to 100 pence
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Pound
   Definitions:
   • a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Syrian pound
   • Pound
   Definitions:
   • the basic unit of money in Syria
   • equal to 100 piasters
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Sudanese pound
   • Pound
   Definitions:
   • the basic unit of money in the Sudan
   • equal to 100 piasters
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Lebanese pound
   • Pound
   Definitions:
   • the basic unit of money in Lebanon
   • equal to 100 piasters
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Irish pound
   • Irish punt
   • Punt
   • Pound
   Definitions:
   • formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland
   • equal to 100 pence
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Egyptian pound
   • Pound
   Definitions:
   • the basic unit of money in Egypt
   • equal to 100 piasters
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Cypriot pound
   • Pound
   Definitions:
   • the basic unit of money in Cyprus
   • equal to 100 cents
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Pound
    • Lbf.
    Definitions:
    • a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Pound
    • Ezra Pound
    • Ezra Loomis Pound
    Definitions:
    • United States writer who lived in Europe
    • strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Pound
    • Pound sign
    Definitions:
    • a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Pound
    • Dog pound
    Definitions:
    • a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
    Examples:
    • Unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound
    
    
14. Synonyms:
    • Hammer
    • Pound
    • Hammering
    • Pounding
    Definitions:
    • the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
    Examples:
    • The sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard
    • The pounding of feet on the hallway
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Thump
   • Pound
   • Poke
   Definitions:
   • hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
   Examples:
   • The salesman pounded the door knocker
   • A bible-thumping Southern Baptist
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Ram
   • Ram down
   • Pound
   Definitions:
   • strike or drive against with a heavy impact
   Examples:
   • Ram the gate with a sledgehammer
   • Pound on the door
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Lumber
   • Pound
   Definitions:
   • move heavily or clumsily
   Examples:
   • The heavy man lumbered across the room
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Beat
   • Pound
   • Thump
   Definitions:
   • move rhythmically
   Examples:
   • Her heart was beating fast
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Pound
   • Pound off
   Definitions:
   • partition off into compartments
   Examples:
   • The locks pound the water of the canal
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Pound
   • Pound up
   Definitions:
   • shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
   Examples:
   • The prisoners are safely pounded
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Impound
   • Pound
   Definitions:
   • place or shut up in a pound
   Examples:
   • Pound the cows so they don't stray
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Pound
   Definitions:
   • break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
   Examples:
   • Pound the roots with a heavy flat stone