Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
-
- [pound]
- /paʊnd/
- /paʊnd/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [pound]
- /paʊnd/
Definitions of pound word
- verb with object pound Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison. 1
- verb without object pound to strike heavy blows repeatedly: to pound on a door. 1
- verb without object pound to beat or throb violently, as the heart. 1
- verb without object pound to give forth a thumping sound: The drums pounded loudly. 1
- verb without object pound to walk or go with heavy steps; move along with force or vigor. 1
- noun pound Ezra Loomis [loo-mis] /ˈlu mɪs/ (Show IPA), 1885–1972, U.S. poet. 1
Information block about the term
Origin of pound
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English pounen, Old English pūnian; akin to Dutch puin rubbish
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Pound
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pound popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pound usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pound
verb pound
- ache — If you ache or a part of your body aches, you feel a steady, fairly strong pain.
- act upon — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
- bam — a hoax, deception, cheating
- bamming — a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
noun pound
- appulse — a very close approach of two celestial bodies so that they are in conjunction but no eclipse or occultation occurs
- bastille — a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution
- beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- birdcage — A birdcage is a cage in which birds are kept.
- blindside — If you say that you were blindsided by something, you mean that it surprised you in a negative way.
noun, verb pound
- clonk — to make a loud dull thud
general pound
- whacking — large.
Antonyms for pound
noun pound
- impound — to shut up in a pound or other enclosure, as a stray animal.
Top questions with pound
- how many ounces in a pound?
- how many grams in a pound?
- how many oz in a pound?
- how many calories in a pound?
- how many ounces are in a pound?
- how many grams are in a pound?
- how many cups in a pound?
- how many calories are in a pound?
- how many kilograms in a pound?
- how many pound are in a ton?
- how many cups are in a pound?
- how much is a pound of weed?
- how many kilograms are in a pound?
- how many onces in a pound?
- how many cups are in a pound of sugar?