What (who) is pound - definition
pound
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Pounds; Pound (unit); Pound (Unit); One pound; Pound (disambiguation); Pounded
(pounds, pounding, pounded)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
The pound is the unit of money which is used in Britain. It is represented by the symbol ?. One British pound is divided into a hundred pence. Some other countries, for example Egypt, also have a unit of money called a pound.
Beer cost three pounds a bottle...
A thousand pounds worth of jewellery and silver has been stolen.
...multi-million pound profits.
...a pound coin.
N-COUNT: num N
2.
The pound is used to refer to the British currency system, and sometimes to the currency systems of other countries which use pounds.
The pound is expected to continue to increase against most other currencies.
N-SING: the N
3.
A pound is a unit of weight used mainly in Britain, America, and other countries where English is spoken. One pound is equal to 0.454 kilograms. A pound of something is a quantity of it that weighs one pound.
Her weight was under ninety pounds.
...a pound of cheese.
N-COUNT: num N, N of n
4.
A pound is a place where dogs and cats found wandering in the street are taken and kept until they are claimed by their owners.
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5.
A pound is a place where cars that have been parked illegally are taken by the police and kept until they have been claimed by their owners.
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6.
If you pound something or pound on it, you hit it with great force, usually loudly and repeatedly.
He pounded the table with his fist...
Somebody began pounding on the front door...
She came at him, pounding her fists against his chest.
...the pounding waves.
VERB: V n, V prep/adv, V n prep, V-ing
7.
If you pound something, you crush it into a paste or a powder or into very small pieces.
She paused as she pounded the maize grains.
VERB: V n
8.
If your heart is pounding, it is beating with an unusually strong and fast rhythm, usually because you are afraid.
I'm sweating, my heart is pounding. I can't breathe.
VERB: V
• pounding
...the fast pounding of her heart.
N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n
9.
see also pounding
Pound
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Pounds; Pound (unit); Pound (Unit); One pound; Pound (disambiguation); Pounded
·pl of Pound.
II. Pound ·noun A level stretch in a canal between locks.
III. Pound ·vi To strike heavy blows; to Beat.
IV. Pound ·vi To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds.
VI. Pound ·vt To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to Beat.
VII. Pound ·noun A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces.
VIII. Pound ·noun A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
IX. Pound ·vt 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.
X. Pound ·noun 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.
XI. Pound ·noun A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value.
pound
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v. a.
1.
Beat, strike.
2.
Bray, bruise, crush, pulverize, triturate, comminute, levigate.
3.
Impound, confine in a pound, coop, enclose, shut up.
Pronunciation examples for pound
1. more protein, pound for pound, than steak.
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2. Pound for pound, are you actually cheaper
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3. pound transfer.
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4. pound transfer.
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5. 10 pound?
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Examples of use of pound
1. Pound for pound well spent. – James, Stroud It‘s fantastic.
2. The government would then match additional private spending pound for pound up to a limit.
3. "We‘ve been stuffing a 250–pound body into 180–pound pants," he said.
4. Policy director, Andrew Simms, said: "Smaller, independent shops employ more people pound–for–pound and keep more of each pound spent circulating locally than big stores.
5. Subject to recall are 10–pound boxes of ground beef patties, 5– and 10–pound bags of ground beef and 10–pound bags of taco beef mix.