ALL meanings of pound
pound
P p - noun Technical meaning of pound (character) A British pound sign or Americal hash character. 1
- noun pound British currency: sterling 1
- noun pound British money: one pound 1
- noun pound unit of weight: 454 grams 1
- noun pound enclosure for stray dogs 1
- intransitive verb pound heart: beat hard 1
- transitive verb pound beat, strike hard 1
- intransitive verb pound type: on keyboard 1
- transitive verb pound hit hard 1
- transitive verb pound grind to powder 1
- 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
- noun pound Louise, 1872–1958, U.S. scholar and linguist. 1
- noun pound her brother, Roscoe, 1870–1964, U.S. legal scholar and writer. 1
- noun plural pound a unit of weight and of mass, varying in different periods and countries. 1
- noun plural pound (in English-speaking countries) an avoirdupois unit of weight equal to 7000 grains, divided into 16 ounces (0.453 kg), used for ordinary commerce. Abbreviation: lb., lb. av. a troy unit of weight, in the U.S. and formerly in Britain, equal to 5760 grains, divided into 12 ounces (0.373 kg), used for gold, silver, and other precious metals. Abbreviation: lb. t. (in the U.S.) an apothecaries' unit of weight equal to 5760 grains, divided into 12 ounces (0.373 kg). Abbreviation: lb. ap. 1
- noun plural pound Also called pound sterling. a paper money, nickel-brass coin, and monetary unit of the United Kingdom formerly equal to 20 shillings or 240 pence: equal to 100 new pence after decimalization in Feb. 1971. Symbol: £. Abbreviation: L; 1
- noun plural pound any of the monetary units of various countries, as Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, and of certain Commonwealth of Nations countries. 1
- noun plural pound a monetary unit of Ireland until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 pence. 1
- noun plural pound a monetary unit of Cyprus until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 cents. 1
- noun plural pound Also called pound Scots. a former Scottish money of account, originally equal to the pound sterling but equal to only a twelfth of the pound sterling at the union of the crowns of England and Scotland in 1603. 1
- noun plural pound (formerly) the Turkish lira. 1
- noun plural pound a former monetary unit of Israel, Libya, and Nigeria. 1
- noun plural pound pounds, Citizens Band Radio Slang. a meter reading in units of five decibels: used as a measure of loudness for incoming signals. 1
- verb pound to instil by constant drilling 0
- verb pound to produce, as by typing heavily 0
- verb pound to walk (the pavement, street, etc) repeatedly 0
- verb pound to throb heavily 0
- noun pound a heavy blow; thump 0
- noun pound the act of pounding 0
- noun pound an enclosure, esp one maintained by a public authority, for keeping officially removed vehicles or distrained goods or animals, esp stray dogs 0
- noun pound a place where people are confined 0
- noun pound a trap for animals 0
- noun pound a trap or keepnet for fish 0
- verb pound to confine in or as if in a pound; impound, imprison, or restrain 0
- noun pound an avoirdupois unit of weight that is divided into 16 ounces and is equal to 0.453 592 kilograms 0
- noun pound a troy unit of weight divided into 12 ounces equal to 0.373 242 kilograms 0
- noun pound an apothecaries' unit of weight, used in the US, that is divided into 5760 grains and is equal to one pound troy 0
- noun pound a unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound avoirdupois where the acceleration of free fall is 32.174 feet per second per second 0
- noun pound the standard monetary unit of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, and various UK overseas territories, divided into 100 pence 0
- noun pound (as modifier) 0
- noun pound Cyprus (formerly): divided into 100 cents 0
- noun pound Egypt: divided into 100 piastres 0
- noun pound Lebanon: divided into 100 piastres 0
- noun pound Sudan: divided into 100 piastres 0
- noun pound South Sudan: divided into 100 piastres 0