Noun

• S: (n) pound (pound%1:23:09::), lb (lb%1:23:00::) (16 ounces avoirdupois) "he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds"
• S: (n) British pound (british_pound%1:23:00::), pound (pound%1:23:01::), British pound sterling (british_pound_sterling%1:23:00::), pound sterling (pound_sterling%1:23:00::), quid (quid%1:23:00::) (the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence)
• S: (n) pound (pound%1:23:10::) (a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy)
• S: (n) Syrian pound (syrian_pound%1:23:00::), pound (pound%1:23:08::) (the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters)
• S: (n) Sudanese pound (sudanese_pound%1:23:00::), pound (pound%1:23:07::) (the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters)
• S: (n) Lebanese pound (lebanese_pound%1:23:00::), pound (pound%1:23:05::) (the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters)
• S: (n) Irish pound (irish_pound%1:23:00::), Irish punt (irish_punt%1:23:00::), punt (punt%1:23:00::), pound (pound%1:23:04::) (formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence)
• S: (n) Egyptian pound (egyptian_pound%1:23:00::), pound (pound%1:23:03::) (the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters)
• S: (n) Cypriot pound (cypriot_pound%1:23:00::), pound (pound%1:23:02::) (the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents)
• S: (n) pound (pound%1:23:00::), lbf. (lbf.%1:23:00::) (a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec)
• S: (n) Pound (pound%1:18:00::), Ezra Pound (ezra_pound%1:18:00::), Ezra Loomis Pound (ezra_loomis_pound%1:18:00::) (United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972))
• S: (n) pound (pound%1:10:00::), pound sign (pound_sign%1:10:00::) (a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain))
• S: (n) pound (pound%1:06:00::), dog pound (dog_pound%1:06:00::) (a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs) "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound"
• S: (n) hammer (hammer%1:04:00::), pound (pound%1:04:00::), hammering (hammering%1:04:00::), pounding (pounding%1:04:00::) (the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)) "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"

Verb

• S: (v) thump (thump%2:35:00::), pound (pound%2:35:00::), poke (poke%2:35:02::) (hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument) "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
• S: (v) ram (ram%2:35:02::), ram down (ram_down%2:35:00::), pound (pound%2:35:01::) (strike or drive against with a heavy impact) "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door"
• S: (v) lumber (lumber%2:38:00::), pound (pound%2:38:01::) (move heavily or clumsily) "The heavy man lumbered across the room"
• S: (v) beat (beat%2:38:00::), pound (pound%2:38:00::), thump (thump%2:38:00::) (move rhythmically) "Her heart was beating fast"
• S: (v) pound (pound%2:35:06::), pound off (pound_off%2:35:00::) (partition off into compartments) "The locks pound the water of the canal"
• S: (v) pound (pound%2:35:05::), pound up (pound_up%2:35:00::) (shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits) "The prisoners are safely pounded"
• S: (v) impound (impound%2:35:00::), pound (pound%2:35:04::) (place or shut up in a pound) "pound the cows so they don't stray"
• S: (v) pound (pound%2:30:03::) (break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle) "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"