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Entry 10 senses · 5 variants Webster, 1913

Pound

/(pound)/ · IPA /paʊnd/
01 v. t. To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.
imp. & p. p. Pounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Pounding
  1. 1.
    To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.
    “With cruel blows she pounds her blubbered cheeks.” — Dryden.
  2. 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.
02 v. i. To strike heavy blows; to beat.
  1. 1.
    To strike heavy blows; to beat.
  2. 2.
    To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds.(Mach.)
03 n. An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going at lar…
  1. 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.
  2. 2.
    A level stretch in a canal between locks.
  3. 3.
    A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.(Fishing)
Phrases & compounds
Pound covert — a pound that is close or covered over, as a shed.
Pound overt — a pound that is open overhead.
04 v. t. To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
  1. 1.
    To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
05 n. A certain specified measure of mass or weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces.
pl. Pounds, Pound, Pounds ((#))
  1. 1.
    A certain specified measure of mass or weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces.
  2. 2.
    A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86 in 1900 and $1.50 in 2002. The modern pound coin was introduced in 1983. Formerly there was a gold sovereign of the same value.