Definition of Pound

Noun

• the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
  "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"
  "the pounding of feet on the hallway"
  hammer hammering pounding
• a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
  "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound"
  - dog pound
• a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
  - pound sign
• United States writer who lived in Europe
  strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)
  - ezra pound - ezra loomis pound
• a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
  - lbf.
• the basic unit of money in Cyprus
  equal to 100 cents
  - cypriot pound
• the basic unit of money in Egypt
  equal to 100 piasters
  - egyptian pound
• formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland
  equal to 100 pence
  - irish pound - irish punt punt
• the basic unit of money in Lebanon
  equal to 100 piasters
  - lebanese pound
• the basic unit of money in the Sudan
  equal to 100 piasters
  - sudanese pound
• the basic unit of money in Syria
  equal to 100 piasters
  - syrian pound
• a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
  
• the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  equal to 100 pence
  - british pound - british pound sterling - pound sterling quid
• 16 ounces avoirdupois
  "he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds"
  - lb

Verb

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

Word games points for the Pound

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Unscramble pound

32 unscramble word found using the letters pound.

do, don, dop, doun, doup, dun, duo, dup, no, nod, noup, nu, od, on, op, ou, oud, oup, po, pod, pond, pound, pud, pun, udo, udon, un, undo, up, updo, upo, upon,